Superwash Cheviot Wool Natural White Undyed Combed Top Roving Dyed Wool Spinning Fiber

$12.99
4oz of Superwash Natural White Undyed Cheviot Wool.

The Cheviot breed is a British breed of sheep originating in the Cheviot Hills on the border of England and Scotland. It is now a popular sheep breed in many places in the world due to its hardiness.

Cheviot wool is easy to work with for hand spinning. It is not a very soft, fine wool, but it has a distinctive crimp and it is resilient and durable. It has a nice staple length of 4-5" and the average micron count is 30-35 microns, which puts it in the medium-coarse category.

Superwashed wool allows you to be able to launder this wool and dye this wool without fear of it felting. The superwash process removes and/or covers the scales on the wool fibers that cause the wool to felt when water temperature is changed when washing or dyeing the wool, or it is agitated in warm water.

Superwash processed wool and yarn dyes up a little differently because the dyes tend to strike deeply and immediately where they are placed on the wool. You will tend to get deeper, concentrated, distinctly placed dye results when you dye superwash wool. This is why you see that a lot of the intensely speckle dyed wool yarns available are dyed on superwash wool base yarn.

All my fiber is ready to ship right away, and sent first class USPS.
4oz of Superwash Natural White Undyed Cheviot Wool.

The Cheviot breed is a British breed of sheep originating in the Cheviot Hills on the border of England and Scotland. It is now a popular sheep breed in many places in the world due to its hardiness.

Cheviot wool is easy to work with for hand spinning. It is not a very soft, fine wool, but it has a distinctive crimp and it is resilient and durable. It has a nice staple length of 4-5" and the average micron count is 30-35 microns, which puts it in the medium-coarse category.

Superwashed wool allows you to be able to launder this wool and dye this wool without fear of it felting. The superwash process removes and/or covers the scales on the wool fibers that cause the wool to felt when water temperature is changed when washing or dyeing the wool, or it is agitated in warm water.

Superwash processed wool and yarn dyes up a little differently because the dyes tend to strike deeply and immediately where they are placed on the wool. You will tend to get deeper, concentrated, distinctly placed dye results when you dye superwash wool. This is why you see that a lot of the intensely speckle dyed wool yarns available are dyed on superwash wool base yarn.

All my fiber is ready to ship right away, and sent first class USPS.