Roving!
The sheep send their fiber out to my good friend Shari at Morro Fleece Works for carding. The sheep put their fiber together, pop a card with instructions in and off it goes. Over the mountains all the way to California. Shari does a beautiful job with our fiber. When the fiber boxes come back home, they are packed full of roving! It's like Christmas!!
Our favorite is her pin drafted roving. The fiber is carded an extra time into a pretty coil. It is easy to spin and so pretty. The more traditional roving is also great to spin. Both are easily felted, spun, dyed, and for weaving or needle felting. Whatever your fiber art, this roving is perfect. And there is NO bias here! haha!
You may find a stray piece of hay here and there but please consider them mementos of our happy sheep taking great joy ignoring my pleas to keep their fleeces really clean! If you have any questions please send us an email.
We are happy to send our fiber to Shari to card for you, contact the sheep for more info!
Shirley was a Hampshire sheep owned by a friend. She was a beautiful sheep with a very sweet personality.
Her fleece is easy to spin, soft and soaks up dye like a sponge. It is a perfect wool for hats and mittens- or most any project you can design. This is one of our pin-drafted roving batches. Don’t miss out on this gorgeous wool!
Price: $3 per ounce
Apparently I neglected to post this batch of roving last week. Sorry about that. It is a beautiful blend of wool and suri alpaca. All natural colors of gray wool and reddish suri.
I did spin some of this for myself and the yarn is nice and soft and such a striking color. A bit heathered I think one would say. Don’t miss it- this is a great blend created by our sheep from their own wool!
Price $3 per ounce
Berti is one of our CVM/Romedale sheep! She is one of our shyer sheep but we think that is ok too. She loves fruit loops and bread so we are able to visit with her. It was hard to get her on camera. She was pretty crafty about avoiding it! Read more…
Her wool is as soft as Merino with a little bit of bounce to it. Perfect for any project and loves to be dyed up. This is a coiled roving but please know, Berti is not always careful with her fleece. There is veggie matter in the roving. Just bits of hay. I have reflected that in the price below.
Berti sends smooches to all!
Price $3. per ounce
This roving is from gorgeous Rambouillet fleece. The sheep sent the wool off to Shari for carding into pin-drafted roving. They also asked her to run topaz bamboo silk fiber side-by-side with the wool.
The darker wool was carded with topaz bamboo. The lighter with shades of red.
The wool is soft as Merino. You could use this in any project!
Price: $3 per ounce
Ilse is one of our little Shetland sheep! She is a little shy but she sure loves fruit loops and vanilla wafers! Her best friend is Angus, he arrived with her some years back. Read more about them…
Ilse’s fleece is a pretty ecru/cream color. It is very easy to spin into any yarn weight you choose. It is soft enough for most projects and takes up dye like a champ.
Ilse added in lots of Karma for you too!
Price: $3 per ounce
I’m finally getting through my shameful stash of all things wool! This roving is from my friend Jenny’s flock of happy alpacas. It is a blend of Shetland wool and Alpaca fiber.
The roving is a creamy white color, soft and easy to spin!
Price: $3 per ounce
(Don’t forget- you are welcome to order roving by the ounce to create your own samplers! Be sure to check out our other roving offerings!)
The sheep sent a bunch of Rambouillet wool off to Shari to be carded. The fawn batch is pin-drafted roving. The bay-black batch is loose roving.
Rambouillet wool is soft as Merino with a bit of elasticity. This roving is perfect for most any project!
You could even over dye the lighter color if you choose!
Price: $3 per ounce
Spice is a beautiful Suri Alpaca we adopted from a friend when life changes required her to find good homes for her alpacas. She is such a sweetie. She loves her neck to be scratched and will snuggle up to me if I do not hug her. Every morning we meet to have a sit down to discuss our plans for the day. Read more…
Her fleece is silky soft and a very striking color. It is a deep bay black and there are gray strands of hair. It also has an auburn tone. The locks average 4 to 6 inches long. She sent her fiber off to Shari with wool from our sheep. The roving is stunning. It is a dark black with brown highlights and a few gray threads. It is very soft and easy to spin. The suri gives a garment silky drape but the wool gives it more memory to hold its shape.
You can’t go wrong- don’t miss out, this is all that I have left of her fleece for this year!
Price $3.50 per ounce
Merlin is a sweet fellow who arrived a few years ago from a friend’s flock- with his brothers Wooliam and Wicker. He has beautiful blue eyes and is quite a scamp. He lives with our special needs sheep, he insists on living there with his friend Bunny! Read more about them…
He is an East Friesian sheep with a beautiful, soft fleece. We sent his fleece out to Shari for carding into a pin-drafted roving. Merlin had her add some pretty Tencel fiber too- ooh la la.
Easy to spin and the roving soaks up dye like a champ!
Price: $3 per ounce
If you haven’t tried East Friesian wool, you do not know what you are missing! It is soft and bouncy- reminds me of Romney or Corriedale wool. We are lucky to have several we adopted from our friend Deb’s flock. The sheep are sweet and very laid back. Such elegant, expressive faces!
This roving is a blend of beautiful black East Friesian fleeces, carded by Shari at Morro Fleece Works. Shari carded the wool side by side with Tussah Silk into an easy to spin coiled roving. It lends itself perfectly to most any project.
Be sure to try this roving out- you will love it!
Price: $3.50 per ounce
Our CVM sheep are adorable! All 7 joined our flock some years back when they needed to retire from a flock in Michigan. Lucy is an older girl now who is a bit shy. (Unless treats are involved!) All of our sheep have a bio so grab a cup of coffee and have a visit!
Lucy’s CVM wool is as soft as Merino wool with a bit of extra bounce to it. It spins up into a stretchy yarn and I love to knit hats with it. Her fleece is a gorgeous bay-black color. I’m spinning some of it right now and I just love it- but no bias here right? You truly cannot go wrong with CVM wool!
Price $3.50 per ounce
If you haven’t tried East Friesian wool, you do not know what you are missing! It is soft and bouncy- reminds me of Romney or Corriedale wool. We are lucky to have several we adopted from our friend Deb’s flock. The sheep are sweet and very laid back. Such elegant, expressive faces!
This roving is a blend of several white East Friesian fleeces, carded by Shari at Morro Fleece Works. It is a coiled roving that is so easy to spin. It lends itself perfectly to most any project.
Be sure to try this roving out- you will love it!
Price: $4 per ounce
If you haven’t tried East Friesian wool, you do not know what you are missing! It is soft and bouncy- reminds me of Romney or Corriedale wool. We are lucky to have several we adopted from our friend Deb’s flock. The sheep are sweet and very laid back. Such elegant, expressive faces!
This roving is a beautiful gray East Friesian fleeces, carded by Shari at Morro Fleece Works. The sheep also sent a bit of black Shetland wool with this batch. Shari carded the wool side by side andIt is a coiled roving that is so easy to spin. It lends itself perfectly to most any project.
Be sure to try this roving out- you will love it!
Price: $4 per ounce
Andrew and his sister Bobbi were our very first Great Pyrenees dogs. They adored our sheep- and us!
Our CVM sheep are adorable! All 7 joined our flock some years back when they needed to retire from a flock in Michigan. All of our sheep have a bio so grab a cup of coffee and have a visit!
Comfort’s CVM wool is as soft as Merino wool with a bit of extra bounce to it. It spins up into a stretchy yarn and I love to knit hats with it. Her fleece is a gorgeous barely light cinnamon-y color. I’m spinning some of it right now and I just love it- but no bias here right? You truly cannot go wrong with CVM wool!
Price $3 per ounce