Dyed Roving & Top

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Colour is so amazing and wonderful. Whether you go for solids, fun-and-streaky, soft pastels, dark and sombre or bright and in-your-face, we hope there is something intriguing here for your crafting needs. One thing we have learned at the shop is that every customer has their own favourites, and that there just IS no right or wrong when it comes to colour choices. Be cautious, or be brave… that is entirely your decision. We are, of course, always happy to provide suggestions for interesting pairings.

Fibre comes in various preparations.

TOP: fibre that has been washed and then combed, which removes a good degree of vegetation and gives a preparation with fibres of a similar length and in a parallel arrangement. Top is used to produce smooth and strong true worsted as well as semi-worsted yarns. The vast majority of what people refer to as “roving” is actually combed top.

ROVING: fibre that has been washed, picked and then carded, usually on a giant carding machine at a commercial mill. The fibres may be of varying lengths, in a somewhat jumbled arrangement rather than parallel. Roving is best suited to woolen and semi-woolen style spinning, which is lighter and airier than worsted. Roving also sometimes contains more vegetation than combed top, but not always. It depends on how dirty the fibre was to begin with, how it was skirted and picked, and on the milling equipment being used.

RUSTIC ROVING is a term we invented. It describes the thick and chunky rovings that come from a couple of our suppliers. If you’re used to working with neat and tidy combed top, Rustic Roving may come as a shock to your eyes and fingers. It can be two inches or more in diameter and usually chunky and rough in appearance compared to some of the lighter and airier rovings we carry. Most of our Rustic Rovings are found in our Canadian natural wool line.

SLIVER is a hazier term in the trade, in our experience. Most often it seems to be roving that is drawn into a thinner preparation than regular thicker roving. Sometimes it’s just another word for combed top, particularly in New Zealand. We always try and qualify which it is, when we know.

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Alpaca/Merino – Frost
Alpaca/Merino – Frost
30% baby Alpaca (21.5-micron) / 70% Merino wool (22-micron), by Ashford of New Zealand. Lovely and clean combed top/sliver. A fairly thourough blend of both creamy-white Merino with Alpaca, not especially streaky but lovely and soft to the touch. Would be great for dyeing, if you wish. Suitable for both spinning and felting: Alpaca felts beautifully, particularly when blended with Merino. PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
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Corriedale Amethyst
Corriedale Amethyst
This is a rich, somewhat muted dark plum-purple. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Aubergine
Corriedale Aubergine
Ashford calls this Aubergine (French for Eggplant) but we find it's much more of a beet purply-red or burgundy-wine tone. Anyhow, it's great and a nice tone to add to the lineup. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Beansprout
Corriedale Beansprout
Sort of an avocado green and our best-selling colour in this line. Go figure! Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Blue
Corriedale Blue
Rich sapphire or ultramarine blue. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Blueberry Pie
Corriedale Blueberry Pie
A medium blue that leans towards violet. Our most popular blue in this line. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Blush
Corriedale Blush
Ashford renamed this in 2018, formerly known as "Skin". A very useful tone of very soft ivory pink. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Butterscotch
Corriedale Butterscotch
Warm golden brown. Looks smashing with Toffee or Nutmeg. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Candy Floss
Corriedale Candy Floss
Soft but not whussy pink, a rose pink rather than baby pink. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Cheesecake
Corriedale Cheesecake
Medium-soft and pleasing golden orange, a bit like mild cheddar cheese. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Cherry Red
Corriedale Cherry Red
Not a pinkish cherry, but rather a medium-dark red - the best red in the lineup we think. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Chili Pepper
Corriedale Chili Pepper
Vibrant chili-pepper or tomato, leaning either towards scarlet or red, depending on what you combine it with. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Chocolate
Corriedale Chocolate
Deep and solid chocolate brown, more dark than milk chocolate. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Classic Blue
Corriedale Classic Blue
NEW Autumn 2020. A true-blue of medium-dark value. Basically a denim blue. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Cookie
Corriedale Cookie
Extremely popular with needle felters particularly, this is a medium biscuit-tan colour that seems to be perfect for making teddy bears and other 3-D felted critters. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Dyed Corriedale @ The Fibre Garden
Corriedale Coral
NEW, November 2019! A perky bright coral pink, like none of the other pinks in the range. Dyed 30-micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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dyed corriedale wool @ The Fibre Garden
Corriedale Cupcake
A lovely soft pink. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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Corriedale Fern Green
Corriedale Fern Green
For sure a woodland green, this is medium-dark in tone and a bit sombre (not sad, just muted), darker than Olive. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.

$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63

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