Fibresmith

Name: Fibresmith
Address: Kingsville, VIC, AU
Telephone: +61393151995
Price range: $$

Hand dyed yarn, handprinted fabric and handmade goods by Leslie Keating

23/05/2026

Softest Slouch Beanie in Kingfisher knit up for a friend of a friend undergoing chemo, hope this helps keep their noggin cosy and comforted ❤️

21/05/2026

My Mini Skein Beanie is finally only a few days away from release! I've finished my last 4ply Merino sample (shown with just ribbing completed in the first pic) and just need to layout the pattern and take pics for the colourway kits 😃

19/05/2026

Colour samples now available! I've been saving up all the ties when twisting my hand dyed skeins for the past six months or so, collecting them in a vintage tin, sorting and filing them when the tin gets full. And now I've finally got more than enough of each colour to be able to offer colour samples for people who are debating between shades. I know it can be hard to choose a colour without seeing them in person, especially for a bigger project where a sizeable amount is needed, so hopefully this help!

The cards are $2 for four colour samples and include lettermail shipping within Australia. If you're already placing an order for skeins or a kit and would like to also see a few colours, just leave me a note at Checkout and I'll pop a bonus sample card in with the shades you're after 🥰

04/05/2026

What an absolute cracker of a weekend!! Got to stay with some of my very favourite people at the absolutely beautiful in Warburton on Friday and Saturday. So many marvellous chats, great eats and inspiring projects took place (I cut out a bunch of wardrobe enhancements for future sewing and worked on samples for my upcoming mini skein beanie pattern as my car was too stuffed with wool for the usual craft weekend supplies!), followed up by a completely fabulous day at on Sunday 🙌🏻🔥🧶

Thanks to everyone who visited my stall at the show! Crafty folk are delightful people and I loved seeing your projects come to life in your heads as you ooohed and aaahed over my yarn - you all made for such a fun day 😃

Massive thanks to the team and all the wonderful volunteers. What an incredible event you’ve created, I’m already looking forward to next year!

03/05/2026

All set up with plenty of goodies at , along with a huge bevy of fantastic crafty folk!! We’re here until 4pm, hope to see your smiley faces ❤️

02/05/2026

Colours slightly skewed by the light here but I’ll have some new limited edition colourways of the Mini Stripe Scarf kits available tomorrow at the , along with all my tried and true colourways that have been redyed and put together in the past two weeks 🙌🏻 Plus Beanie Kits, Cowl Kits, Sock Sets, project bags, stitch markers and skeins of pretty much all my yarn bases!

The line up for the market looks completely wonderful and the weather is set for a seasonal change, should be the perfect outing to pick up your next cosy project and settle in 🧶

20/04/2026

A belated THANK YOU SO MUCH to Tess and Andrea for an absolutely wonderful day at their inaugural GABYS market on Saturday!

Great venue, wonderful line up of amazing vendors, excellent demonstrations, and the NICEST visitors (plus very well dressed in their hand knits, so much inspiration!). Truly a fantastic event and the perfect jump back into markets for me after a year off 🙌🏻

I had to take yesterday to recover after running around like a crazy person for the past two weeks, wrapping orders while working on market stock. Thanks to my husband for grabbing this pic near the end (and for driving down with me and helping set up/tear down ❤️), it was pretty consistently busy all day long and I didn’t even think about taking photos.

Mini Stripe Scarf Kits were super popular again and the dye pots are already running hot to restock all the colourways before the in less than two weeks!

15/04/2026

A massive and heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part in my Farewell Maze & Vale Sale, who sent their support and such kind words 🩵

To say that I was surprised by the flood of orders that came in would be a complete understatement, and it’s been very cathartic to wrap up all the pieces and send them off into the world. I wish I had the words to express how much I’ve enjoyed creating these fabrics, from sketching the designs to mixing the inks to pulling the squeegee across the screens to folding and wrapping them up, it’s all been such a joy.

I will miss it, for sure.

But I have a tidy stash of my own prints to play with, future quilts and project bags, that may appear here at some stage, along with my hand dyed yarns, which will continue to provide me with colour-playing joy.

I choose theses photos as some of my favourite projects created with my fabrics. Hopefully they encourage you to get yours out and MAKE SOMETHING. They are meant to be used and enjoyed so I hope you will do both. Thanks again for all your love over the years xx

ps. There are still a few Freeform Patchwork Kits, Canvas Scrap Packs and one Modern Graphic Quilt Kit left at this point - all of these will give you a nice variety of prints to play with.

09/04/2026

Maze & Vale pals, I've got good news and bad news... Let's get the bad news out of the way first, shall we? Almost a year on from moving out of the warehouse and I've had to face the reality that my fabric printing days are truly over for the foreseeable future. I will always adore screen printing and absolutely love creating my own fabrics, but the space and drive needed to keep the Maze & Vale dream alive is in very short supply. So, after putting aside a hefty collection for my own personal use, I'm officially retiring my beloved fabric range.

The good news is that I do have a decent amount of goodies available right now, and they are all on sale. Hopefully this will help you find the bits you need to finish any works in progress or snap up pieces for a future dream quilt.

I've shared a few highlights here, find a link in my profile to take you straight to all the goodies 🩵

26/03/2026

I'm putting all other knitting projects aside to get this mini skein beanie pattern finished before the GABYS market next month (see last post for market details). Choosing colours has been super satisfying, I'm using Olive, Aster, Pink Clay, then Steel, Pond, and Fog to finish it off.

Sneak peak in the last pic of the new oversized (sweater sized!) project bags I've been working on with hand dyed organic cotton canvas pieces 💚🩵 These will also be launching at GABYS.

Address

Kingsville, VIC

Telephone

+61393151995

Website

http://www.fibresmith.com.au/

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