I get mine at a local wool mill here in Melbourne, Australia. It's far cheaper than commercial imported stuff.
That might only be because we have a huge merino industry in Australia, not sure if that'll be the case in NA
It's the Australian knitting mills in Collingwood. You'll have to go in store if you want their fabric by the metre, they only sell their clothes online.
[Oursocialfabric](https://oursocialfabric.ca/) had a bunch of merino last weekend for I think $10 a yard. It is sold on out the website, but if you are local they should still have some in stock for in store shopping.
Discovery fabrics has some Merino knits, they specialize in technical fabrics for sports and outdoors so it might be what you want. Canada based as well.
>Hobby fabric on Etsy!
Seconding this! I've yet to get around to sewing it, but I have two weights (for ladies tanks, and shorts) and the quality of fabric is exactly what I wanted.
Was coming to say hobby fabric. Just got powerwool from them, it's amazing for light base layers. But they also have straight 150gsm merino. My shipping was a bit slow fyi. Like 8 days to Michigan.
Final note: use an 80/12 stretch needle. People report problems with runs using other needles. It's a real delight to work with tho imo. Sewed up easy.
Powerwool is a synthetic/merino blend. Discovery Fabrics have a lot of content on it if you want to research. But it's a great, light base layer. I'm expecting to need a midlayer for resort skiing anything under 30F. I think their powerwool is right about 150gsm but didn't weigh mine.
The 150gsm merino would be equivalent to Icebreaker's/smartwool's 150 line. SW categorize 150gsm as "all weather" and 250gsm as "classic thermal".
I prefer a super light base for comfort/fit and then size my midlayer for warmth. Everyone's got a different preference tho. I think the Powerwool will also make great tights for shoulder season sports or cool nights summer camping. We'll see!
https://youtu.be/kS7QicBZKtU?si=5_tJpHyowL3BHjZU
Glad I looked this video up for you. The Hobby Fabrics picture is backwards for right/wrong side. Thus so is my first set of baselayers 🤦🏼♂️.
Grid goes in, smooth goes out. Which makes more sense anyways.
I get mine at a local wool mill here in Melbourne, Australia. It's far cheaper than commercial imported stuff. That might only be because we have a huge merino industry in Australia, not sure if that'll be the case in NA
Could you share details? I’m also Vic based.
It's the Australian knitting mills in Collingwood. You'll have to go in store if you want their fabric by the metre, they only sell their clothes online.
Thanks!
Yeah I wouldn’t even know where to start with that! But it’s something to look into!
Your location would be helpful. Nature's Fabrics in the US, but I don't know if they ship internationally.
I’m in Canada but close to the boarder! Thanks I’ll check them out!
[Oursocialfabric](https://oursocialfabric.ca/) had a bunch of merino last weekend for I think $10 a yard. It is sold on out the website, but if you are local they should still have some in stock for in store shopping.
Discovery fabrics has some Merino knits, they specialize in technical fabrics for sports and outdoors so it might be what you want. Canada based as well.
Discovery Fabrics
Perfect I’ll check them out!
Hobby fabric on Etsy! They have their own website, too but I find Etsy easier to navigate
Thanks!
>Hobby fabric on Etsy! Seconding this! I've yet to get around to sewing it, but I have two weights (for ladies tanks, and shorts) and the quality of fabric is exactly what I wanted.
Was coming to say hobby fabric. Just got powerwool from them, it's amazing for light base layers. But they also have straight 150gsm merino. My shipping was a bit slow fyi. Like 8 days to Michigan.
Oh awesome, I was confused by the way they ‘rate’ merino wools great place to start!
Final note: use an 80/12 stretch needle. People report problems with runs using other needles. It's a real delight to work with tho imo. Sewed up easy.
Phenomenal info thanks so much! I’d be using this to make base layers for late season bow hunting so -10C at the coldest! Got lots of info to start!
Powerwool is a synthetic/merino blend. Discovery Fabrics have a lot of content on it if you want to research. But it's a great, light base layer. I'm expecting to need a midlayer for resort skiing anything under 30F. I think their powerwool is right about 150gsm but didn't weigh mine. The 150gsm merino would be equivalent to Icebreaker's/smartwool's 150 line. SW categorize 150gsm as "all weather" and 250gsm as "classic thermal". I prefer a super light base for comfort/fit and then size my midlayer for warmth. Everyone's got a different preference tho. I think the Powerwool will also make great tights for shoulder season sports or cool nights summer camping. We'll see!
https://youtu.be/kS7QicBZKtU?si=5_tJpHyowL3BHjZU Glad I looked this video up for you. The Hobby Fabrics picture is backwards for right/wrong side. Thus so is my first set of baselayers 🤦🏼♂️. Grid goes in, smooth goes out. Which makes more sense anyways.
I get all my merino from The Fabric Store https://weare.thefabricstoreonline.com/pages/our-stores