ArtFire

Fiber is hand washed, and carded into roving. You may notice a small amount of vegetable matter (VM) as my fibers are gently processed - no harsh chemical treatments to dissolve vegetation or clean the fibers. It is also your assurance of the highest quality fiber, as it has not been weakened or damaged by processing.

Fiber Details: Roving is 45% Shetland wool and 55% mohair. The high mohair content gives the skein a beautiful luster and slight halo. The high mohair content ensures that products made from the roving are longer lasting and more lustrous than pure wool. Entirely USA made of fiber from USA raised sheep and goats (primarily from my own animals).

Color: This roving has two colors which swirl/twist around each other. One color is black/dark grey, and the other is white. You can spin the roving several ways:
-straight to produce a marled grey color (see photo of single ply above),
-one color for a section, then the other to create stripes or
-pull the two colors apart and spin longer sections of one color

Uses: Best suited to uses where durability is more important than super softness to the skin, such as knitted/crocheted outer wear, rug hooking or weaving.

Approx. 2 oz or 85g, discounts available for larger amounts

Care: Hand wash, air dry. Can be felted.

Creation Details: Entirely USA made of fiber from my Angora goats and BFL sheep, supplemented with fibers from other small USA farmers. Dancing Waters Farm is a smokefree, animal friendly farm, (no animals are taken to slaughter) which is why the majority of my fibers are from goats more than three years old. Roving was carded to my specifications in Michigan, USA.

Mohair (Angora goats), Wool (Blue Faced Leicester and Shetland sheep)