Cheviot is a lovely and popular wool that is a wonderful all-purpose fiber loved by spinners, weavers, felters, knitters and crocheters around the world. This is premium grade, fine and softer than most other cheviot wools. Cruelty-free sourced, this reliable multipurpose wool is a pleasure to spin, knit, crochet, weave, felt, or use for filling purposes.
The best feature about Cheviot wool is resilience & durability making it the optimal wool choice for sweaters, socks, blankets and other household textiles. It has a very well-defined crimp, and it makes a wonderfully bouncy DK or heavier weight yarn.
Knitters, weavers and crocheters will love it for its grippy-ness and ease of drafting. Colorwork and macrame weaving done with Cheviot won’t slip around or become loose.
Cheviot Wool (The Bunny Sheep)
The Cheviot wool is famous for its crimp and resilience. The helical crimp gives the wool a strong structure and integrity as the surfaces bend and shift to prevent wear. This is what gives the wool its resilience and protects the cheviot sheep from snow, rain and cold. With its durability and a staple length of 3-5 inches, the cheviot wool is ideal for knit projects like sweaters, socks, blankets, wall hangings, tapestries, rugs and more.
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Needle Felting & Wet FeltingNeedle felting is a process that involves sticking a needle repeatedly to shape and sculpt a piece of wool into a desired shape or form. Cheviot wool can be fine to coarse, and while not as soft as Corriedale and Merino, it has a very strong and durable structure which is ideal for larger felting projects or as a felting base to build upon. Wet felting is a more extensive process and involves combining water and soap to create a piece of fabric. It is often used to create two-dimensional artwork. Other steps are involved using heat, moisture, and changing ph levels. |
SpinningCheviot Wool is great for spinning or both wheel and drop spindle, for beginners and advanced spinners alike. It is especially popular among hand spinners as the wool fibers have a great draft, in particular when it’s combed. Once the cheviot wool is spun into yarn it is commonly used for outwear and household items that receive a lot of use. Our cheviot wool takes dye well and is perfect as a filling material. |
Arm or Hand KnittingArm knitting is an easy and popular approach for beginners. For this technique, needles are not necessary! Also called arm weaving, or arm crocheting, this technique is often used for larger-scale projects such as a blanket, rugs, scarves or pillows. When you are knitting with your arms a larger scale yarn or roving is needed. Because of its resilient quality, our cheviot wool makes for the perfect blanket arm-knitting project |
This Cheviot wool is thoroughly washed, combed, and carded making it ready for use upon delivery. The wool fibers are aligned, easy to work with, and are free of any harsh animal smells or vegetable matter.
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Price | $28.00$28.00 | $27.99$27.99 | $26.99$26.99 |
Wool Breed | Merino Sheep | Corriedale Sheep | Cheviot Sheep |
Best For | Handspinning fine yarns for against the skin projects. Felts and takes dyes very easily. Excellent for fine details. | Drafts very easily and is excellent for beginner hand spinners. Excellent for wet & needle felting. Takes dyes very well. | Knitted outerwear, socks, woven rugs and tapestries. Excellent toy stuffing or filling. |
Hand Feel | Extremely soft and smooth to the touch. | Very springy and bouncy to the touch. Slightly coarser than Merino. Long fiber length adds to its strength. | Very fluffy and bouncy, slightly coarse to the touch, like warm winter mittens. |
Wool Handling | Thoroughly cleaned washed combed and carded | Thoroughly cleaned washed combed and carded | Thoroughly cleaned washed combed and carded |
Smell / Odor | Nearly Odorless | Nearly Odorless | Nearly Odorless |
Feltability | Felts very easily with both wet and needle felting. Great as a core wool and the soft fibers are excellent for fine details. | Great for creating larger pieces. Especially good for wet felting and making larger projects.. | Less Feltable |
Softness | Very Soft | Soft | Medium-Coarse |
Color | Off-White | Off-White | Off-White |
Wool Origin | New Zealand | New Zealand | Scotland |