You can now order the carefully chosen wooden parts needed for the Hobbit-y Chair from The Stick Chair Journal No. 2. The kits are $295 and are in red elm, my favorite chairmaking wood.
You can order a kit here from Alexander Brothers in Virginia. Shea Alexander and his employees have been supplying me with chair wood for almost a year now, and I am really happy with the stock they pick, both for straightness of the grain and overall beauty.
We do not receive any royalty or kickback on the sales of these kits. Shea was willing to do them, and we consider it a service for people who live in areas where wood is difficult to purchase, or where the woodworker isn’t confident in choosing their wood.
Alexander Bros. also offers a kit for the six- or seven-stick comb-back chairs I build. These are available in red elm, or in red elm with oak legs and sticks.
We highly recommend these kits, and hope they help you get started in chairmaking.
— Christopher Schwarz