Notes
Madiera silk is a four stranded silk floss that comes in a wide range of colours, 5m per packet, $2-3.
Eterna Silk comes in several
weights, including silk floss and twist. Australians can order online directly
from the company. VERY fast delivery times.
Rajmahal silks are not silk! They are made of rayon, are slippery and do not wash well.
Sources
Know of a useful source or resource in your area? Let us know the details and we can add it to the list.
Lincraft stores have reduced their range, but still have some stock:
Evenweave linen (pre-cut only)
Gutterman reeled silk
Rajmahal gold and silver purl
Store locations
Spotlight stores have some embroidery materials at good prices:
Roller frames and hoops
Gutterman reeled silk
Store locations
Home Yardage has increased their range recently and are well priced:
Madiera silk floss
Roller frames and hoops
Gutterman reeled silk
NSW: 68 York St Sydney NSW 2000 (02) 9290 3600
ACT: Kingston Plz, Cnr Giles & Jardine Sts Kingston ACT 2604 (02) 6295 9977
Tapestry Craft has a good range but can be expensive:
Maderia silk floss
Eterna silk floss
Appleton and Persian Flower wools
NSW: 32 York St Sydney NSW 2000 ph: (02) 9299 8588
Eyrika von Teklenburg handspins and natural dyes wool for embroidery:
24 colours of natural dyed wool
Silk, linen and synthetic dyed woll also available
eyrika_handspun@hotmail.com
Master Thorfinn Hrolfsson imports a wide range of semi-precious stones:
Pearls, including seed pearls
Garnets, amathyst, lapis, etc
Available at major SCA events
Mistress Myfanwy imports some materials:
Twisted gold and silver cord – large reels
Available at major SCA events
Online
Natural dyed wools
http://www.naturaldyeing.co.uk
Woad dyed threads
http://www.bleu-de-lectoure.com
Berlin Embroidery - http://www.berlinembroidery.com/
This website is based in Canada but has all the hard to get supplies for goldwork,
including the 2% gold bullions etc. Tanja ships to Australia no problem. Also,
she has a two page sampler of all the goldwork supplies, which I would highly
recommend purchasing if you are new to goldwork.