Ashland Bay Trading Company provides fibers and yarns undyed fiber, undyed fibre, undyed yarn, dyed yarn, natural fiber, naturally dyed fiber, natrually dyed yarn, project kits to fine retailers throughout North America and beyond. Products include wool fiber (fibre) including but not limited to Merino, Colonial Wool, Jacob Wool, Wensleydale Wool, Shetland Wool, as well as Cashmere, Alpaca, Angora, Synthetics fiber. In addition to pure fiber products, Ashland Bay Trading Company deals in blends which include Merino Mohair, Alpaca blends, Cashmere blends, Silk blends. Beautiful multi-colored dyed fibers and yarns, solid natural and solid dyed fiber and yarn products are also available. These fine fiber products are excellent for spinning and weaving. Check out the rich and vibrant colors in our products section.

Ashland Bay Trading Company was created in 1989 to server the needs of the fiber enthusiast, spinners, weavers and organic project makers. We purchase yarns and fibers from around the world and wholesale them to spinning, weaving, and knitting shops throughout North America and beyond. Please browse through our site. If you would like to make a purchase, links to on-line dealers are provided. If you need help in locating a stocking retailer, send an e-mail and we'll send you a list of dealers in your area. Focused on fiber and yarn. If you're in business, you should be doing business with Ashland Bay! Sheep images courtesy of the British Wool Marketing Board. The Cashmere (Kashmir) or down goat.

Luxuriously soft Cashmere is from the fine, soft undercoat or underlayer of hair. The straighter and coarser outer coat is called guard hair.From the high plateaus of Asia. Significant supplier countries are: China, Mongolia and Tibet. Today, little is supplied by the Kashmir Province India, from which its name is derived. The cashmere products of this area first attracted the attention of Europeans in the early 1800s. Natural color include gray, brown, and white but it is also capable of dyeing to a broad range of colors.

Alpaca is from the Llama and is considered a wool. Fiber is soft, silky and fairly lightweight. It can be handspun and hand dyed. It is often blended with other fiber products.