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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. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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! |
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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!
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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!
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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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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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.
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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. |
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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 . |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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.
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of course, it has the sheen of Cotswold. |
