| #1 Wool Top, Roving price is the same! No Promises as to how it will turn out.. .THEY WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THE GLOWING SUPERWASH, BUT ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL AS WELL and fun to spin. |
| Superwash is very fun to dye.It can take much rougher handling in the water than can normal fiber and still comes out beautiful and ready to spin. |
| CAROL'S SPECIALLY DYED SUPERWASH or WOOL We are no longer doing custom dyeing. We will continue doing the Specially Dyed Fibers as time permits.The dyed fiber spins into glorious yarns, strictly one of a kind. We now offer a smaller amount for folks wanting to spin for a pair of socks. 1lb. 8 oz bump..1 lb bump..8 ounces..4 ounces $32.50 $28.00 $15.50 $10.00 All colors are derived from Acid dye stock colors or Rit Dyes on hand. |
| Superwash fiber takes many dyes beautifully. I normally use Jacquard Acid Dyes and they work fine for me. We are trying the Dharma Dyes, but I like the Jacquard dyes better. I have also used RIT and the fiber took all the dye leaving a nearly clear water. I often soak my loosely hand crocheted roving in a fairly strong hot vinegar bath before droppng the fiber into the dyepot, this gives a variegated dye job. I would also use this method for wetting the fiber before painting it with the dye. I also just drop the dry roving into the pots for a wider variation of color. |
| Carol Lee is ready to make a loose hand crocheted hank of Saffron SuperwashRoving in preparation to drop it into a dyebath, making A Specially Dyed Superwash Roving. |
| We offer #1 White Superwash. $16.50 per pound It is a Good White fiber ready to spin or to dye into glorious glowing colors. Very easy to handle, no felting in the dyepots or in the wash. Mixed breeds of sheep in the blend gives the white Superwash a more light cream tone to the white color. The #1 Wool Top is a purer white most of the time. |
Sapphire Blue Brite Blue
| BROWN SHEEP SUPERWASH #1 Superwash top fiber... WHITE...$16.50 per pound and COLORS..$21.50 per pd. We have purchased several hundred pounds of this wonderful spinning and dyeing fiber. Bear in mind that this great fiber may not be a completely solid color. It is a base color at the mill that they often use for blending, so some streaks or light to white spots do happen occasionally in the roving dyeing process. SUPERWASH DOES NOT FELT!! Scroll to the bottom of this page to find Specially Dyed Superwash, Wool and Mohair Roving |
| Soft Yellow |
| Specially Dyed, Superwash, or Wool Roving ....use add to cart button below..... Amts and prices on add to cart button. Photos shown below are rovings that have been dyed in the past. We most likely will not have any on hand like the ones shown. We use a base color and then add more colors to float and to sprinkle on the fiber before pushing it into the dyepot. There are no color buttons to choose from as we never know for sure what will be coming out of the dyepots each week. Dye jobs will likely not look exactly as pictured due to the Dyer's Handiwork. Each dyepot is totally different, and duplications are almost impossible. |
| CREDIT CARDS NOW TAKEN ON THE PAYPAL ORDER FORM. Choose your item.......click on add to cart....change the weights if you want more than the one pound, add your zip code in the proper box, and click on update. Do this for each item you order. Then click on the "Pay now with Pay Pal" button. You do not need to have a Pay Pal Account to pay with a credit card. You will then move to the next secured site where it will give you the payment options..........click there and the page where they will request your information will appear. Thanks!! |
| Shipping is high so 4 ounce orders are best combined with larger orders. We cannot weigh up many colors to make up a 1 1/2 pound order. It must be made up of one dyelot. For many colors, you must order 4 oz ,8 oz, or l lb orders. |
| Black |
| Dusty Rose |
| Bronze |
| Wool and Superwash Specially dyed fibers 1 LB. $28.00 8 OZ.....$15.50 4 OZ.....$10.00 7 lb..dyed to order...$195.00 |
| When I am dyeing the rovings I use strong dyes. If they show signs of not absorbing all the dyes, I begin adding fibers to the pots to take up the excess dyes. I call these dye soppers. They are #1 fibers, wool and occasionally mohair or a blend. Possibly some SW , nylon or mohair in the mix as well. They are good for blending, for spinning if you like spinning from handfuls, or they are good for felting. This is a sample of dye soppers from a few days dyeing...you never know what color will appear. You get a mixed bag of color and these may vary from the photo. The fiber now is almost all from the Grab Bag Fibers as we are getting next to no mill end rovings. Generally I have Dye Soppers ready for shipping. No Color Choice, colors will be mixed. On occasion you might have to wait a day for me to dye up more colors and fibers........Colors will vary from the photo on the left...all depends on what I am dyeing at the time. Thank you! |
| Mallard |
| Mixed bag of #1 Superwash Colors Approx. 4 oz of each available color.....$88.00 we sometimes have more colors so you get a bit less of each color available..but more colors.. Each bag should be approx. 4 lb. This roving does not felt, but can be used for needlefelting on items that will be washed. |
| Special Bag, Specially Dyed 1 1/2 LB. LOTS Wool and Superwash 32.50 per 1 1/2 lb. lots using #1 Rovings |
| Dk. Brown |
| SUPERWASH DOES NOT FELT!! It will FULL or FLUFF when rinsed! |
| Red |
| The wool or wool blend specially dyed fibers do not have the sheen that the superwash does. |
| There are several ways to spin up your specially dyed rovings. Please note that the patterns on the roving are generally unlikely to turn out that way on the yarn itself as is shown in the photo below left. When knitted or woven the pattern of the specially dyed will change yet again. Fun to spin and use... |
| DYE SOPPERS $12.50 per pound PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION |
| Amethyst |
| Emerald Green |
| Fuschia |
| Dusty Rose soldout |
| Hot Pink |
| Oak |
| Brown |
| Turquoise |
| Jade |
| Brite Blue |
| Oregano |
| Want MY SPECIALLY DYED ROVING, Enough for the Giganto??? Giganto special price of $195.00 for 7 pounds.......tell me your colors and I will dye it up but look at the photos and be sure of what you are ordering. No two ever come out the same...colors blend...We do not guarantee how the end result turns out...you just never know for sure what will come out of the dyepot. You can return, but we do not refund shipping costs...Normally will take one to two weeks to dye and ship if we are not busy. Straight roving colors are less expensive...this is a labor intensive job. .If you want only solid colors, order from the selection at the top of this page with colors dyed at the mill.. White must be ordered from above as well... this price listed above is just for the multicolored Specially Dyed Roving. |
| Saffron |
| Saffron is a bit brighter |
| Black |
| Pink |
| Driftwood |
| Sage |
| PLEASE BE CERTAIN OF WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. WE DO NOT INCLUDE RETURN POSTAGE IN THE PRICE OF THE ITEMS WE SELL. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURN COSTS... |
| Turquoise, slightly brighter |
| SUPERWASH does not felt. I can FULL/RINSE your Superwash or #1 Wool Top Roving for you, and SPLIT it in half ready for knitting a lighter weight, slightly smaller diameter giganto items. To have me rinse/full and split the roving for you it will cost... $12.50 per pound for each Pound This price does not include the price of the roving! The roving is split and rolled in up into 2-4 balls ready to knit depending on amt. purchased. A Needlefelting needle included to tack down any loose fibers. |
| Suggested Giganto Blanket Sizes Using the roving as it arrives....unsplit Lap robe size....5-6 lb Afghan size...7-8 lb Twin bed.....8-9 lb Double bed....15-17 lb. Queen bed....18-20 lb. King Bed.....23-25 lb. Size/Amount difference seems to be if you want it to be a topper or to hang over the edge some. |
| Sold out for now |
| A NOTE ABOUT SPLITTING AND WORKING WITH THE SPLIT ROVING. I offer this service for folks who want more yardage and a less thick roving to knit with. Know first off that the roving will be less tight, with more fluffy short wool fibers. I send a felting needle or punch and a small sponge for you to use to "tack" loose ends in and smooth as you work. Most sheep wool contains some asst. lengths of fibers.......one reason that wool sweaters form "pills" on the surface. The roving is "pin drafted" and when I split it, more surface is there to let some of these short ends loose..."tack" them in as you work for you will loosen some as well. The "unsplit" roving will also "pill" somewhat, but not as much...Also, please understand that during the dyeing process the roving ends up being somewhat thinner than does the just washed white roving. Think on this if you are using the colors with the white roving...make it a design element.... |
| PLEASE NOTE AND UNDERSTAND THAT ROVING IS NOT YARN...ROVING IS PROCESSED WOOL WE SPIN INTO YARN. ROVING HAS LITTLE TO NO TWIST AND WILL FUZZ UP THE MORE IT IS HANDLED. THIS SIMPLY MAKES IT A SOFT AND WOOLY ITEM AS IT GROWS OLDER. COMFORTABLE AND WARM |
| DO THE FULLING AND SPLITTING YOURSELF AND WE CAN SHIP THE ORDERS IMMEDIATELY.....i AM OFTEN BURIED IN ORDERS TO DO THE FULLING AND SPLITTING....I will get your roving processed as quickly as possible. |
| NO REFUNDS ON FULLED AND SPLIT ROVING I spend hours and hours, days and days with doing these processes....i would prefer that you do it yourself, not hard, just tedious work. The biggest chunky blankets are not split...your blanket will be thinner for the splitting. Dyed roving is thinner yet, but thicker than yarn. |
| Sapphire Blue has purple tones |
| IT MAY TAKE 3+ DAYS BEFORE I CAN SPLIT YOUR ROVING. KNOW IT WILL BE A WOOLIER ROVING. WOOL FLUFFS MORE AS IT IS WORKED WITH.... |
| Please note that the rovings to the left are dyed only in 2-3 lb. lots. My Specially Dyed Rovings can be dyed in 6-8 lb. lots but will not look like those on the left. The sections of color are much shorter, and there is much variety in the colors as they blend together. |
| A beautiful medium dk. gray dyed Superwash Wool Roving. sometimes lighter than shown New batch being dyed now. 10/17/17 |
| 5 lb available |
| Lav. Mauve |
Lt Blue |
| More pink toned |
| Ink Blue |