Fresh Rovings

It all starts with choosing the right ram and ewe to make the type of wool that you want. These rovings are from my Cotswold ewes.Cotswold does well in this area, most of the time I crossbreed them, but these are from my registered ewes. After 8 months of fleece growing the sheep are shorn, the fleeces are skirted,washed,dyed or left natural,picked, then carded into roving.I will take these rovings to the Peachtree Handspinner's guild meeting tomorrow to sale.If I keep them for myself, they are ready to spin into yarn, then the yarns are woven or knitted.A long process and tons of work.Not to mention the mess left behind that the carding process makes.The carding drums will have to be cleaned with a dental like tool to remove all the fibers left behind, then vaccumed.Takes several hours to clean the carder. After cleaning I start carding with white or natural color, then onto the dyed fibers.