24th December 2025
Happy Christmas Everyone! The shop is now open for business again. Orders will take between 4-6 weeks to dispatch. All orders to the USA will be sent via Royal Mail duties paid. All EU orders will be sent via Parcelforce, with duties paid. All other international orders will be sent via Royal Mail tracked services (non duties paid)
UK orders will be sent via Royal Mail Tracked 48.
Once orders are ready for dispatch I will send an email with all tracking details.
If you have any questions, or would like a custom order, please contact me at carol@fellviewfibres.co.uk
I love the wonderful irridescent colours that you can see in the black plumage of the European Starling. When I saw this inspiration photograph I decided to try to put together a colourway based on the shades in the plumage, but MUCH more subtle. Therefore I blended together superfine (18.5 micron) black merino with some cobalt and purple tussah silk and some green bamboo. Finally I added some black Angelins to give just a little sparkle, but without distracting from the subtle shades of the silk and bamboo.
I made some of the batts that I carded up into rolags. You can see from the photographs that the little extra carding involved has made the colour in the rolags slightly more subtle than the batts.
At present I am spinning up the Starling batt, it is spinning up beautifully into a laceweight single. I will update the listing to show the yarn once I have completed it.
The merino in this blend will felt. If you do not wish it to, hand wash in cool water.
