Feature

●NEEDLE & WET FELTING: Works well for needle and wet felting, and crafting bigger pieces. Also great for macrame wall hangings, school projects, scarves, arm knitting, tapestry wool, core wool, DIY wool dreads, great natural stuffing
●SPINNING, KNITTING, WEAVING: This chunky wool yarn is a dream to spin on a spinning wheel or drop spindle. It takes dye well and makes for great rolags. Knit as-is or for extra strength felt or spin before using as jumbo yarn. Knit as-is or for extra strength felt or spin before using as jumbo yarn. Perfect for housewear & outerwear projects
●CHUNKY, SOFT & DURABLE: 1lb wool roving with Staple Length: 3-5 inches (roughly 100 mm) and Micron Average: 27-33 cheviot wool has a distinctive helical crimp, which provides highly desirable resilience and durability on its own, or when blended with our merino or corriedale roving wool tops
●COMBED & CLEANED: We deliver you this roving yarn wool carded, combed, and prepped to minimize pre-felting and pre-drafting. The unspun wool fibers are washed before packaging to ensure no harsh animal smell, or vegetable matter remains. Works great as carded wool stuffing
●100% NATURAL & ECO FRIENDLY: The wool is sourced ethically and 100% naturally. The sheep are handled with care and cruelty-free according to environmentally safe practices. This is a perfect jumbo yarn for chunky knit blankets, pet beds, rugs and floor mats


Description

cheviotcheviot
chevitchevit

Premium Grade Undyed Cheviot Wool Roving Top

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.

ethically sourced scotland cheviotethically sourced scotland cheviot

Cheviot Wool (The Bunny Sheep)

crafting craft projects wreath scarves hats gloves crochet weave fingerknit handknit fingercrafting craft projects wreath scarves hats gloves crochet weave fingerknit handknit finger
Technical Specifications of Cheviot Wool
  • Staple Length: 3 ? 5 inches (roughly 100 mm)
  • Micron Count : 27 ? 30 Microns
  • Color: Undyed / Light Cream
  • Weight: 1 lbs. / 453 grams
  • Wool Content: 100% Pure Cheviot Wool
  • Processing: Undyed | Cleaned, Washed, Combed & Carded

Why Cheviot Wool?

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.

  • Renewable: Just like humans need a haircut, every year merino sheep need to be sheared for their health and we have worked to ensure they are not harmed in the harvesting of wool
  • Safe for Environment: If it is time to dispose of your project wool naturally decomposes in soil over time, releasing valuable nutrients back into the earth, acting like a natural fertilizer
  • Fiber Length - Cheviot wool fibers are naturally long and strong. This is important because if the garment is made of too many short fibers it is prone to rip, tear and wear faster
  • Helical or DNA-type Crimp - The crimp is the way in which the wool fibers grow and intertwine with each other. The cheviot’s helical fibers are springy and strong, able to withstand pressure and wear

needlefelt wetfelt supplies kit kneedle materials wool by the yard yeard tool wide eye needlesneedlefelt wetfelt supplies kit kneedle materials wool by the yard yeard tool wide eye needles

sheeps giant medium white chunky flet crafts drop spindle supported suspended spun spining unspinsheeps giant medium white chunky flet crafts drop spindle supported suspended spun spining unspin

arm knitting armknit handknit fingerknit nit nitt crochet weave weaving braid braided finger knitarm knitting armknit handknit fingerknit nit nitt crochet weave weaving braid braided finger knit

Needle Felting & Wet Felting

Needle 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.

Spinning

Cheviot 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 Knitting

Arm 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

wool roving top clean combedwool roving top clean combed

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.

throw throws big bed home knotted heavy cable cableknit oversize oversized cream taupe beigethrow throws big bed home knotted heavy cable cableknit oversize oversized cream taupe beige

cable knit decorative cover case boho baige couch sofa decor chiccable knit decorative cover case boho baige couch sofa decor chic

cheviot wool roving sockscheviot wool roving socks

tapestry hanging hang bedroom boho above rope bohemian room macamre hangings behindtapestry hanging hang bedroom boho above rope bohemian room macamre hangings behind

Graphic of Merino Sheep with Title Merino Wool Roving Tops illustration of sheep with "Corriedale Wool Roving Tops" title text Illustration of Sheep with "Cheviot Wool Roving Tops" title text
Merino Wool Roving Corriedale Wool Roving Cheviot Wool Roving
Customer Reviews
4.8 out of 5 stars
519
4.9 out of 5 stars
338
4.7 out of 5 stars
121
Price $28.00 $27.99 $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

Looking for specific info?