Easy to spin and felt! 50% alpaca!
This listing is for 4 oz. Of roving.

SUPER SOFT AND LUSCIOUS! All our fiber is produced by small-flock shepherds here in the US. Help support the small business person, and our US economy by supporting all of us! EASY to Spin or Felt!

Want a luscious summer-y tone that’s bursting with color? LIVELY LIME is just that! This happy color is hand blended by me using several different dyes.

LIVELY LIME is a joy to spin or felt. My blend of lots of alpaca and 2 different domestic wools (no foreign fiber here!) Makes a super soft roving that is easy to work with. No pulling or tugging required; neither short or fussy and full of nepps.

LIVELY LIME is a blend of 50% Huacaya Alpaca (for super-softness!), 30% long, wavy, Borderleister Wool (for strength and durability), and 20% short, crimpy Corriedale Lambswool (for softness and loft). LIVELY LIME is super-easy to spin, even for beginning spinners, due to the wonderful Borderleister wool that I use in my roving. And LIVELY LIME makes a soft but durable fabric when felted.

If you aren’t familiar about the wools that I use, let me tell you about them:

-Corriedale: Originated in New Zealand about 1900 from a cross between a Merino and a Lincoln longwool. It was brought to the US in 1914 by the Dept. of Agriculture, and has since become the 2nd most numerous breed worldwide. Their wool is fine and crimpy, like that of merino, but long and sturdy like that of Lincoln. Corriedale truly combines the best qualities that fiber artists are seeking.

-Borderleister: An old breed originally from England, Borderleister is known to be one of the softest, and shiniest of the longwools. I get my Borderleister from registered breeds that have been bred for these specific characteristics, and their coats yield 6-10 lb of the loveliest fluff per year. I use Borderleister in my fiber blend to give our roving long wear ability, fiber memory (meaning that it will spring back into shape well), and ease of spinning, to our rovings

-Alpaca:If you haven’t experienced the softness of alpaca, it’s time to try it! 100% Alpaca tends to be rather hard to spin, lacks “memory”, and wears through, but when it’s combined with wool it retains it’s softness, becomes much easier to spin, won’t stretch out, and won’t wear out as fast.

Wear LIVELY LIME with almost anything— black, khaki, gray, olive, brown, navy, white, or jeans.

I can see LIVELY LIME knitted into a summer-y tee. And felters, wouldn’t LIVELY LIME be perfect to make the stems and eaves of various flowers?

This wonderful roving is processed in our own little wool mill “from scratch”. Our roving is NOT made from commercial mills and then just hand-dyed. Oh no! This is truly HANDMADE, from fleece to roving! We wash, hand- dye, pick, and card right here on our farm, using our own machinery, so you can be sure of high quality! We support local, small shepherds in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. WE DO NOT use foreign grown or processed wool or alpaca. We skirt each and every fleece by ourselves, ensuring the best quality fiber that we can find. No harsh chemicals are used when scouring either— just biodegradable cleaners that we don’t mind going into our ground water. After all–this farm is where we live too!

Team LIVELY LIME up with its coordinate, CARIBBEAN DREAM. Want other colors? E-mail us Amy@woolmill.com or keep checking back as we post new colors over the course of the summer.