Australian Country Spinners
Printer in Wangaratta

ABS manufactures the choice Australian pure wool: Merino and crossbred fibers into classic crepes and fingering yarns in various plies, from bulky speedy knit yarns to nice easy baby yarns, blends of instinctive fibers and colors blends of natural fibers with synthetics and blends of synthetics. Worsted Yarns are of superior quality and appearance, spun from better qualities of longer length woolen fibers by having to go through an fancy system of approximately 16 diverse operations to convert the greasy wool to a twofold worsted yarn. Much of the waste from worsted processing can be reused in the manufacture of woolen yarn. woolen yarns are usually coarser and produced from shorter cools. ABS prides itself on being capable to thrive yarns with a wide variety of effects: soft and subtle colors or vivid and contrasting shades earls, flanges, tweeds and tartans are achieved through top dyeing and blending injected color effects, or by adding a brushed conclude or knob to create something new. Its Research Development laboratory also investigates the use of colored man made effects such as Durex, sparkles and viscose naps. Printed products can be on wool, nylon, acrylic and their blends. Polyester printing can also be achieved through the availability of 130 C dye fixation. Package specifications for its hand knitting yarns include classic ball configurations of standard balls, donuts and pull skeins. Industrial customers can be supplied with yarns pertinent for either knitting, weaving or hosiery applications on 1.2 kg cones. ABS is capable to produce yarns with a expansive variety of treatments that gives each yarn its distinctive quality. Abundant technical and attainable dyeing experience is on hand with wool dyeing being the company's specialty. Small lot sampling services are available and the skill to dye most fibers and blends is achieved through the experience of a multiskilled work force and fully automated dye vat controls. The streamlined production process includes natural forbid coding of all products. The end tally was an incredible 6977 pom poms strung in one consecutive garland. ABS supports over 100 retailers across Australia and Fresh Zealand with its range of hand knitting yarns and patterns across the four brands: Cleckheaton, Panda, batons and Shepherd. Cleckheaton began its Australian history in 1948, when an Australian knitwear manufacturer Mr. Fred James traveled to Yorkshire, England to buy fine, immaculate wool worsted yarn, which had been in continual brief supply in Australia. With further acquisitions, the company grew and in 1980 merged with Wangaratta woolen Mills. For the past two decades Cleckheaton has justly earned the status and position of a premium quality brand that has established a loyal latter not only in Australia and Fresh Zealand but in markets all over the world. Panda's vogue range of qualities and pattern designs are distributed widely throughout Australia and Fresh Zealand. batons established itself in Australia with its first mill built in Tasmania in 1923. For decades, batons was the leading hand knitting yarn brand but due to the market conditions in the mid 1980's, batons felt the decline and eventually amalgamated with Alliance Textiles, New Zealand in 1996. Earlier to 200 Shepherd yarns were produced by Alliance Textiles in New Zealand. The Shepherd brand has a proud history going back forty years of supplying tall quality yarns in New Zealand and abroad.

In 2012, Saleutions was integrated into ABS offering retailers retail ready solutions in hand knitting yarn. The final tally was an wonderful 6977 pom poms strung in one continuous garland. Today, the business employs around 100 people both at the Mill in Wangaratta and in the pattern, design and marketing teams in Melbourne. ABS supports over 100 retailers across Australia and Fresh Zealand with its range of hand knitting yarns and patterns across the four brands: Cleckheaton, Panda, batons and Shepherd. Cleckheaton began its Australian history in 1948, when an Australian knitwear manufacturer Mr. Fred James traveled to Yorkshire, England to buy fine, pure wool worsted yarn, which had been in continual brief supply in Australia. With further acquisitions, the company grew and in 1980 merged with Wangaratta woolen Mills. For the preceding two decades Cleckheaton has justly earned the status and position of a premium quality brand that has established a loyal following not only in Australia and Fresh Zealand but in markets all over the world. Panda Yarns began in 1963 as an importer of fashion hand knitting yarns but gradually shifted emphasis to supplying high volume markets with basic synthetic yarns. Today, Panda has a range of yarns from basic to fancy, that present quality at a appropriate price with a great best of color, texture and fibers to confront the temporary needs of knitters, charity and craft workers. Panda's stylish range of qualities and pattern designs are distributed widely thro