
Currant - Wool Roving
This listing is for 1 oz. of beautiful 100% domestically sourced wool roving. I have carefully chosen this wool for its consistent superb quality and gorgeous nuanced coloring. Meet Currant, a beautiful heathered color featuring a lovely blend of red, orange, pink, yellow, purple, yellow, and light grey. These subtle color shifts will add richness and depth to any project!This is a medium fine wool, very soft to the touch, but still with plenty of crimp for felting. 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 some degree. But with batting, the wool comes off the machine in thin sheets which