#wool roving

[ezekiellsplayground]

*cackles* I managed to get 400g of ‘ice cream’ merino & milk fibre singles on my bobbin. I’m planning to measure off 3 equal lengths of singles to 3 ply with a sparkly silver thread.

[thepaintedredstart]

I see your “to be read” pile and raise you a “to be spun” pile.

[zuccninis]

Walking Wake Felt/Clay Art Doll (2023)

[thypandatetor]

Ok. So. I have been working on this spinning project, I got this fade pack of roving braids (unspun wool) from my favorite wool vendor, Fossil Fibers. This beaut here

They come with 6 braids but I got 2 packs, so the same amount shown here. I have recently been fascinated by how much the colors will stray if you break them up by weight and am super into cable plied yarn because they are supposed to be resistant to pilling. And the cable ply is technically a 4 ply, so you need to make 4 singles. (Bottom left in diagram)

We have our ply plan and our wool. Time to split TWELVE BRAIDS BY WEIGHT. And lengthwise because we gotta get those color changes

This took me like 3 hours...

[zuccnini]

This weeks Shop Update: Slither wing poseable art dolls!

Both are in extremely limited stock.

Etsy Shop

[redshoes-blues]

A very exciting package arrived for me today from BC with wool roving for the first thrummed mittens I’m going to knit!! These colours are absolutely gorgeous, and the wool is sooo soft. I was a little bit worried because I’ve never worked with roving before, so I was a bit concerned it would be scratchy (a big no-no for my sensory issues). Not this stuff! It’s very silky, and will keep me so warm this winter. Can’t wait to pick up some yarn and get these started!

Fellow Canadian knitters/fibre arts people, this wool roving is from OdysseyFibreArts on Etsy, and was very affordable with free shipping in Canada. Highly recommend them for your wool roving needs! :)

[crazycatfiberarts]

My current roving stash

[binchickencrafts]

Behold; dyed roving be upon me.

the original colour inspo was 'visceral eldritch', as in viscera; my wife says (and is correct) in that this came out more like 'sexy bruise', which is not a bad thing.

Photos are oddly blue and don't quite show the actual colours; in person, this has a lot more contrast between the dark parts and the lighter ones. And the red is like, nearly scarlet blood colour.

this is about 100g of a south american blend that is probably mostly corriedale, dyed using dharma trading's acid dyes.

[icterid-rubus]

Failed my one goal for the fiber festival: don’t buy anything. Got some Navajo Churro roving, 90% Alpaca/10%merino blended batt, and two more bags of Romney roving.

I got this exact Romney a year ago, but the booth sold it at a 50% discount and it felt too good to be true, so I only got a little in case it was moth infested or something. But no, completely fine wool, and I kicked myself for not cleaning her out. She had the same discounts so I got twice as much today.

Also, I brought my whidbey bag (got a lot of compliments on it hehe) to carry everything and got to tell the Shaggy Bear Farms owner that I’d made it from Zinnias wool. That was a very satisfying conversation.

[cckittycreative]

Guess who tried needle felting!

[ezekiellsplayground]

Eeeeeeeeeee! Look what arrived yesterday! The largest fibre order I have EVER made and the currency conversion was horrific, but these colour ways are just. so. gorgeous! I have no regrets. Fibres are handdyed by Fossil Fibres.

[things-from-strings]

found some roving while storage-spelunking! im kind of a pack rat w/ craft stuff: bought it yrs &yrs ago b4 i could even spin 😅

thanks, past me! 💙🩵💜

[zuccninis]

Slither Wing Felt/Clay Art Doll (2023)

[im-da-bronx]

THATS WHY MY CAT KEPT STEALING MY WOOL ROVING AND TRYING TO EAT IT. I thought it was a hunting thing, fluffy hair that smells like an animal in the shape of a small animal, but NO. He just wanted the mom smell!! And he kept disrupting my spinning!!

cat riding sheep

[elevenonehandmade]

Wool Dryer Balls

The sustainability of wool is truly amazing. The cast aside wool that isn’t good enough for spinning can be used in different ways, and this post is focusing on a favorite: wool dryer balls. If you aren’t familiar with these, they’re a natural alternative to dryer sheets. They’re said to reduce the time it takes clothes to dry, therefore running the dryer for less time and saving energy. They’re…