roving

[koolbreeze]

where does everybody get there roving from?? trying to find a decnt resource for roving and a good price.

[dana_renay]

Here is a good one:

http://www.thesheepshedstudio.com/rovingbusiness.html

These are mill end rovings for 7.50/lb. I ordered 2lbs of white and 1lb of the black and white, they also sent some of the brown and white as a sample. The wool is soft and silky, takes dye beautifully and I have yet to find any vm. It is mostly shorter lengths of one to three yards, not one continuous ball of roving, but I don't consider this to be a problem. It is a great deal for the price.

[koolbreeze]

ok thanks. i've seen this before but didn't know what they meant by ends. but how would you dye it if its not all together if you wanted multi colored?

[dana_renay]

I'm not sure what you mean - you can dye it using any method I've seen for dyeing roving.

[koolbreeze]

well, you said it wasn't in a ball so i was wondering how you dye it without it be all connected together.

[yarnahoy]

I got a box full of stuff from here. Some of the rovings were soft whereas some were medium soft to coarse. I guess you could ask the folks specifically for softer wool if you like.
I think i'm going to spin all the coarse wool i got into yarn for weaving a rug on my 4 shaft loom.
:D

[dana_renay]

Well, a ball of roving is just one long strip wound up into a ball like yarn, right? So, this is still strips, just shorter lengths, rather than one long, long strip.