Handspinning Roving

All our natural and dyed wool roving is from our sheep flock and is offered directly to you for all your spinning pleasures. Other fibers included in blends are carefully selected for color and texture compatibility with our wool.

Spinning oil is often added by the processor when roving is created to control the static electricity in the fiber as it flies through the machinery. If your roving should feel tacky or sticky, it is only a result of this added oil. It can easily be washed out by soaking in hot water and detergent either before spinning, or after the fiber is spun into yarn.

All dyeing is done here at the farm by hand. No two dye lots of roving will ever be quite the same, so be sure to purchase enough for your project. When it's gone - it's gone! If I do not have a sufficient quantity left to fill your order I will contact you immediately.

Note: Shipments outside the US will likely incur higher shipping costs than are calculated on this site. Please contact me prior to purchase so I can determine pricing for you.


Hi Robin,

The roving arrived today!!!!! I will get your check off to you Saterday!

Oh my this roving is absolutely beautiful. That black coffee is gorgeous, I think a sweater would look nice out of that for my dh:-) But I'll have fun playing until I can order what I need for his sweater :-) Thanks a bunch!

Take Care, Jennie


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Hi friends...... believe me, it pains me to be out of as many of these rovings as I am.

I'm working to get wool skirted, washed and dyed and back on the shelves so I hope you'll have patience and keep checking back. Most recently returned is September Glow and Fudge Brownie.


Natural Colored 100% Wool
 

Pearly White
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"Pearly White" is the name of this 100% wool roving. Not a glaring white, but more like eggshell, ivory or.... pearls! Blended from all the white wools in my flock, this roving spins to a moderate sheen and is springy. Makes a nice bouncy yarn that will hold its shape for pattern work.

A real pleasure to spin.




Pewter


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Colored Cotswold fleeces made into roving! This light, clear gray is silvery, and has no brown overtones as does Woodsmoke (below). The silky long-stapled roving spins very easily, and makes a crisp semi-worsted yarn with barely any effort. Takes dye beautifully and gives color with a lot of depth. Strong enough to spin into warp yarn, but with a soft enough hand to make great sweaters, too.

Very lovely and versatile!



roving - woodsmoke


Wood Smoke


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This roving slips through your fingers as easily as its namesake. A dream to spin, and a beautiful, warm gray/brown color which will coordinate well with other colors, or stand alone. The unspun roving actually looks lighter than in this picture, but the spun skein is close to this shade of gray.

Crisp enough to knit a textured pattern and have it show up really well. Has a moderate luster which confused my camera - it kept making the skein look much lighter than in real life.



roving - black coffee


Black Coffee

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This easy-drafting wool roving is about as close to black as you can be without getting there. Not jet black, but really dark with just an occasional strand of gray wool present. The picture does not do the black-ness justice. Moderate luster. More even in tone that the spun skein would lead you to believe.

Spins up easily into a very springy, bouncy yarn. Nice!



Fudge Brownie

Lamb Combed Top

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Oooh-la-la! This combed top is made from fine and medium lambs' wool. The black lambs spent the summer in the sun, so the tips were bleached brown, and the carded fiber spins into a yummy fudge color. Not black, but such a dark chocolate! Soft yet springy, this combed top is wonderfully easy to spin. Treat yourself to this decadent fiber today!




Maple Walnut

Lamb Combed Top

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Moorit color fine lamb fleeces combed into easy-drafting, next-to-the-skin-soft roving. This is the most wonderful natural brown color! Moorit means the wool is actually a shade of brown - not black or gray. This picture is a tiny bit too red. The actual roving is the exact soft brown color of walnuts - maybe on top of hot pancakes with maple syrup poured over all. Sooo satisfying to spin, and you won't gain an ounce!




Dyed 100% Wool Roving

Blue Jeans
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Cornflower blue dye plus gray wool equals a roving the exact color of your favorite pair of jeans. It will work into a bouncy yarn just as comforting as those jeans, too. A little brighter blue than the picture leads you to believe.

Soft and springy, this roving is made from wool from crossbred animals, so it is more matte, and less shiny than pure Cotswold.




Wine Country
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Much like "Blue Jeans", this roving is gray wool from our crossbreds colored with raspberry dye. The result is a soft purple of differing shades that remind me of the many kinds of grapes grown in the Finger Lakes each fall. More purple, less pink than the picture.

Soft and springy, this yarn will also have a somewhat matte finish.



Wool Blends
 

Natural Lamb and Alpaca (65/35)
"Brown Sugar"
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"Brown Sugar" is the name of this yummy lamb/alpaca blend.  White Cotswold lamb wool blended with red alpaca fiber makes this super easy-to-spin roving the exact color of brown sugar.  Soft hand, some sheen from the Cotswold, and fabric will have a nice drape. 

This is really lovely stuff!




Natural Lamb and Alpaca (50/50)
"Whipped Cream"
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This blend is very popular with handspinners. White Cotswold Lamb wool is blended with white alpaca fiber to make a 50/50 mix.

Very soft and supple, with a subtle sheen from the Cots lamb. This blend will also take dye beautifully. Garments worked from this yarn will have a wonderful drape.

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roving tropical sunset

 

Cotswold and Mohair (50/50)

"Tropical Sunset"

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Dark shades of burgundy, crimson and yellow blend beautifully to give this roving a rich, tropical look.  This is a "frosted" roving, with the colors lying parallel to each other with the burgundy lightly wrapped around all.  They can be separated fairly easily if you choose.  The colors combine to be warm, not garish. (The picture doesn't do it justice - it is not this neon-ish.)  The mohair will raise a soft halo with wear, and both fibers give the resulting yarn a lovely sheen from every angle.


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Cotswold Lamb and Silk (92% / 8%)

"September Glow "

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"Luxurious" is the only way to describe the rich color and texture of this lamb and silk roving. Chestnut, crimson and gold combine to provide all the varied shading that nature produces on the beautiful leaves of autumn. The undyed silk adds flecks of beige that seem to accentuate the other colors. And of course it has the beautiful sheen of Cotswold along with the silk. Wow! This colorway won't last long!


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Cotswold Lamb and Silk (92% / 8%)

"Spring Meadow "

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Lamb and silk blended together in spring time shades of green, yellow, blue and lavender. This roving spins up beautifully - like a field of bright grass full of buttercups, violets and bluebells. This is a "frosted" roving, with the colors lying parallel to each other with the green wrapped around all, so you can separate them if you wish, or just spin them together as I did in the sample skein at left. Also, between the Cotswold luster and the silk, this fiber sparkles in the light as though it had some synthetic glitz in there - but it doesn't! Just lamb and silk.


A Note on Cotswold Wool

Cotswold is considered a "coarse" wool, which I think is an unfortunate adjective because it sounds as if the wool is scratchy, itchy or somehow unpleasant. Not true! I think a more accurate term would be "thick" or "heavy" wool.

Cotswold has been called "The Poor Man's Mohair" and for good reason. The wool is extremely lustrous, silky, takes dye beautifully, and can have great staple length. When measured in microns, the fiber falls in the 30-40 micron range, which is comparable with Romney, Border Leicester and Lincoln.

While it may not be suitable for baby clothes or underwear, it is wonderful for all manner of outer garments. It spins easily into a fuzzy yarn from which you can raise a halo similar to mohair, or, when combed or put through a diz you can achieve a smooth, hard, worsted yarn that will wear forever.

All in all, it is a wonderfully versatile fiber.


Dyed 100% Cotswold Roving

Autumn Spice
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"Autumn Spice"   This roving is somewhat more subdued than the picture leads you to believe.  There are overtones of gray that don't show well in the photo.  Imagine the color of perfectly baked pumpkin pie - dark orange with shades and flecks of darker hues.  This is NOT a knock-your-eye-out color. 

Warm, but sophisticated.  And spins like a dream .




Plums and Berries

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Nice strong raspberry and blue with a streak of green make up this varigated roving. It reminds me of a basket of summer fruit with a leaf or two still attached.

The colors work well together in the spun yarn - warm but not garish.




Cotton Candy
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The pink and blue in this varigated roving matches the color of cotton candy exactly. When spun into yarn, it favors the blue, but also shades to lavendar on its way to the pink spots. Happy colors for kids or adults.




Ferns and Moss
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I had a hard time capturing the color of this roving and yarn. It's a varigated blend of copper, gold and pale green, which spins into a complex yarn appearing sage green with hints of blue and streaks of gold. It's very pretty, earthy, and subtle. This would work into an item with a lot of depth to the overall coloration. Beautiful, and one of my favorites.




Summer Sun
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Wow! A sizzling blend of pink, yellow and orange. Bright and cheerful, but not blindlingly florescent. If you are going to the trouble of making a sweater - make a fashion statement at the same time! The spun yarn tends to show more of the pink and less of the orange than the roving would lead you to believe.




Viola
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This combination of yellow and lilac look like the little spring johnny-jump-ups to me. The colors in this roving lie parallel to each other, so you can strip them apart easily if you want to get two clear colors. Or, you can spin them together as I did in the sample and get a cheerful "spring flower" yarn. Happy colors with the bright shine of Cotswold wool.




Beneath the Waves
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Here's a gorgeous blend of medium blues and greens. Stare into a mass of this roving and you can almost hear the seagulls.

Add in the luster of Cotswold, and you have a very rich-looking yarn that will still stand up to heavy wear. If you're a blue/green person like me, this roving is for you.





Misty Morn

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If you like complex pastels, this varigated roving is for you.   Yellow, salmon and pale blue blend together in gentle colors reminiscent of a sunrise through the summer mist. There are streaks of blue and green in here (thanks to the yellow and blue), but the yellow and salmon overshadowed them in this picture. Very pretty.

The sheen of Cotswold wool enhances the effect in the yarn.



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dyed Cotswold roving Twilight Time

 

Twilight Time

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"Heavenly shades of night are falling - it's Twilight Time."  Remember those lyrics?  This roving captures the plum, dark teal and rich salmon of twilight.  Subtle and sophisticated, the colors would be suitable for a man or woman.

And of course, it has the sheen of Cotswold.


     
   

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