NUMBER ONE BROWN SHEEP #1 WOOL TOP ROVINGS WE BRING IN SOME #1 WOOL TOP BUMPS FROM BROWN SHEEP YARN COMPANY FOR SPINNING, FELTING AND KNITTING. ALL COLORS ARE NOT AVAILABLE EACH TRIP. WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR THE BUMPS OF COLOR, SO WE HAVE TO CHARGE MORE FOR THE DYED ROVINGS. Ouch.......price went up on us..... #1 DYED WOOL TOP........$21.50 PER POUND.....WHITE TOP....$16.50 PER POUND |
Such wonderful warm glowing colors. This #1 Wool Roving is wonderful for spinning. It is also wonderful for felting......imagine this in a Nuno felted shawl. Or weaving rugs...... |
A strong, red wool |
Bronze |
Brown |
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We carry #1 wool top White Roving. The wool is a blend of breeds with Merino at the top. The wool is a blend of Natural Wool Whites mostly from the local areas of North Western Colorado, and South Western Wyoming. It may have a slight creamy color, but most of the #1 Wool Top is very bright white. It is very soft for next to the skin wearing and easy to spin . $16.50 per pound on these lovely White easy to spin fibers. The Dyed Wool Roving is $21.50 per pound |
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FELTERS!! If you would like a smaller assortment of #1 rovings, we will gather you 2 ounces of 12 assorted colors . for your felting work. .. it will cost.... $40.00 per 11/2 pounds plus |
Oregano |
Brite Blue |
FELTERS!! ********************** Should you wish approximately half pound lots totalling 6 pounds of the colors we have on hand, We will pack you a bag of an assortment of colors available making approx. 6+lb. A bag of 12 of the colors we have in stock, for a cost of $150.00 |
Lavender |
Soft Yellow lighter |
We have the new #1 Local Wool TOP Roving in stock!! |
Most of this wool is very white. It is possible that some will have a slightly creamy tone to it. It is a blend of breeds and many things can add a creamy shade to the white fleece. $16.50 per pound |
Pink |
Bear in mind that this dyed roving may not be a completely solid color. These are base colors at the mill that they often use for blending, so some streaks or light to white spots do occasionally happen in the roving dyeing process. |
Turquoise |
Sapphire |
Black |
SAFFRON turned out to be a bright Sun Yellow on the wool roving and a brilliant Yellow on the Superwash Roving. The new Gray Roving is darker in the Superwash and a warm medium gray in the #1 Wool Top. The dye color was the same, and both rovings were dyed with in same dyebath... Superwash has a polymer coating that takes the dye a bit differently. |
Sun Yellow |
Amethyst |
Ink Blue |
Driftwood |
If you are using the #1 wool top for Supersized Knitting, we also offer fulling, that is rinsing, drying the roving which fluffs it more than double in size. Along with this, we will split the roving which will give you twice the yardage to knit with. Cost for this service is $12.50 per pound. One pound of Roving is approx. 18 yards used as is. PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ROVING. ORDER THE ROVING VIA THE DROPDOWN MENU TO THE LEFT. This is a time consuming process and the fiber will be returned to you in balls ready to knit...Do Remember this is Roving, not Yarn... It is made up of assorted lengths of fiber and and since roving is not spun, the short pieces will work out and need to be tacked back into the roving. I try to remember to add a small sponge and a felting needle with your order of split roving. You can tack loose fibers as you go, or finish the entire item and then tack the loose fibers into the roving with the needle. Instructions also included. The only way to avoid this fuzziness and possible shedding of shorter fibers is to spin the roving first before knitting. |
ATTENTION!! The $12.50 per pound is listed for fulling and splitting the roving. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PRICE OF THE ROVING. The roving must be purchased in addition to the service of fulling and splitting!!! If you pay for only one pound to be split, one pound split is what we will send back to you $12.50 for each and every pound |
WE HAVE HAD A LARGE AMT. OF ORDERS FOR FULLING AND SPLITTING. We continue to full and split as the orders come in. We work as fast as we can, but be patient. Only me doing the splitting and fulling It can take up to 3 days to get the roving gathered up, rinsed or fulled, hung to dry, and then split and rolled into the balls from which you will be knitting. |
New color just in.. Soft Warm Medium Gray |
Just a note about knitting the Giganto items.....know that you are not going to just toss these huge items into the washing machine and set it to wash. The Roving that they are knit out of is not spun. It is what we spin into yarn in normal circumstances. Yes, it will make a lovely soft item, but care must be taken....a cat or dog can destroy it in minutes, just enjoying this soft, fluffy item. A couple of kids yanking and pulling on it, can pull it apart. They are beautiful, but they are a designer item. Were I to make one, I would make it from the #1 Wool Top Roving instead of the Superwash Wool Roving. The Superwash wool has been treated, scales smoothed down, air sealed in the core of the fiber and a polymer coating applied so it can be washed....think socks or a sweater... The #1 Wool Top wool has not had this treatment. It still has those tiny scales the entire length of the fiber. The fiber core is hollow, covered with tiny scales and with agitation the air in the center of each fiber is forced out, the scales catch on each other.....think "velcro"...and the whole thing "shrinks" and felts tight....you cannot undo this process once it happens. Personally, I think the blankets are stronger and longer lasting when made of the Wool Top Roving, but they cannot just be tossed in a machine and washed. With no twist to the roving, it is not advisable that you do this with the Superwash either, and I doubt that you will wash the bigger items in your machines anyway. Either roving will make a good warm and beautiful blanket, vest, scarf, etc. so the choice is up to you... Wool loves water, but it is incredibly heavy when full of water... |
New!! Aztec Turquoise a little more green |