This category includes hand painted rovings made from Canterbury Prize Leicester wool. The Canterbury Prize wools are sourced from selected New Zealand farmers and processed with handspinners in mind. They are carded rather than combed, and may have a somewhat different feel from the same breed from other sources. Most individual rovings weigh approximately 4.0 oz., or about 113 g.

BFL is a “multipurpose” sheep breed dating back from the early 1900’s which produce “litters” of three or four lambs with long loins. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. Fortunately, they also have a beautiful soft, long wool that is especially easy to spin, so they are raised to maturity for their lustrous fleeces.

My rovings are dyed with fairly even distribution of colors. These are the same rovings from which I spin my yarns, so I dye them for that.

All rovings are one-of-a-kind handpainted. See my Etsy store at http://edgewoodgardenstudio.etsy.com for all my yarns and rovings.