
Linen - Corriedale Chunky Roving
This listing is for 1 oz. of beautiful chunky corriedale wool roving. I have carefully chosen this wool for its consistent superb quality and beautiful coloring. Meet Linen, a warm heather grey/brown color.This is a medium fine wool, very soft to the touch, but still with plenty of crimp for felting. The particular roving is almost a cross between the other roving and batting batting we carry in that it still comes in a rope-like strip, but the fibers are not as aligned as our other rovings, so this is easier to pull apart, similarly to batting. I use it primarily for needle felting, but it is also wonderfully suited for wet felting and spinning.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wondering about the difference between batts and roving? Here is a brief breakdown of these two types of wool with emphasis on their uses for needle felting:Batts (or batting, or fleece) and roving have both been pulled through carding machines which comb and align the fibers to so