Soft, flowing colour and beautifully smooth fibre — this fine Merino roving combines three harmonious shades in each braid, creating depth and gentle transitions in your spun yarns and felted work.
With a micron range of 21–27 microns, these rovings are soft, easy to draft, and versatile across a wide range of textile applications. The finer colourways offer exceptional softness, while slightly higher micron blends provide a touch more structure without sacrificing comfort.
Each colourway has been carefully composed to create movement and subtle variation, whether spun into yarn, felted into textiles, or used in larger fibre art projects.
• Fibre: 100% Merino wool
• Micron count: 21–27 micron (fine to medium-fine)
• Colour: Multicolour (three colours in each roving)
• Form: Roving / Combed top
• Origin: Mulesing-free
• Handle: Soft, smooth, and easy to draft
Extra Fine Merino | Suitable for Spinning & Fine Felting
Inspired by painters and colour composition, these Artist Blend rovings combine carefully matched shades into harmonious, melange-style colourways.
The different colours are combed together into one cohesive roving, creating soft, picturesque transitions rather than printed sections. The result is depth, movement, and subtle complexity in both yarn and felted textiles.
Available in colourways named after renowned artists.
• Hand spinning (beautiful melange yarns)
• Wet felting
• Fine felt for clothing
• Garments worn next to the skin
• Textile art projects
The extra fine micron produces exceptionally soft yarn and smooth felt surfaces.
• 100% Merino wool
• 19 micron (extra fine)
• Combed colour blends (melange effect)
• Mulesing-free
• Country of origin: Italy
• Excellent felting properties
• Soft enough for next-to-skin garments
If you need help choosing the right fibre or quantity, please feel welcome to get in touch.
Mixed Colour Blend Collection
Soft European merino lambswool prepared as a smooth roving and available in a selection of beautiful colour blends.
This medium-fine merino wool (approx. 27 microns) is sourced and processed entirely within the European Union. The wool comes from small-scale farms that follow organic farming principles, where animal welfare and sustainable production are a priority.
The wool is guaranteed mulesing-free and has a smaller carbon footprint compared to merino wool transported from distant regions.
The fibres are combed into an even roving that drafts smoothly and is suitable for a wide range of fibre crafts including felting, spinning and large-scale knitting projects.
The Mixed Bag Collection features carefully combined colour blends that create beautiful marled effects when spun or felted.
• Wet felting
• Needle felting
• Hand spinning
• Fibre blending
• Arm knitting and chunky knitting
• Textile art and fibre crafts
The colour blends create subtle transitions and depth in felted surfaces and handspun yarns.
• 100% European merino lambswool
• Fibre fineness approx. 27 microns
• Produced in the European Union
• Wool from farms following organic production principles
• Mulesing-free wool
• Smooth roving preparation
• Dyed with high-quality modern dyes
This listing contains 13 mixed colour combinations, each combining several colours within the roving to create natural marled and painterly effects.
Colour Blend Collection
Soft European merino lambswool prepared as a smooth roving and available in a range of beautiful colour blends.
These blends are created by combining several similar coloured and silver-coloured fibres before the roving is prepared. The result is a subtle marled or melange effect that creates depth and movement in both felted work and handspun yarn.
This medium-fine merino wool (approx. 27 microns) is sourced and processed entirely within the European Union. The wool comes from small-scale farms that follow organic farming principles, where animal welfare and responsible land management are a priority.
The wool is guaranteed mulesing-free and processed by an established European wool mill with modern quality control.
The fibres are combed into an even roving that drafts smoothly and works beautifully for felting, spinning and large-scale knitting.
Each roving contains several colours blended together, creating natural depth and variation.
These blends are ideal for:
• painterly felt surfaces
• textured handspun yarns
• natural colour transitions
• marled fibre effects
Choose your colour blend from the dropdown menu.
Each blend is shown in the product images.
• Wet felting
• Needle felting
• Hand spinning
• Fibre blending
• Arm knitting and chunky knitting
• Textile art and fibre crafts
The blended colours create subtle transitions that appear naturally when spinning or felting.
• 100% European merino lambswool
• Fibre fineness approx. 27 microns
• Produced in the European Union
• Wool from farms following organic production principles
• Mulesing-free wool
• Smooth roving preparation
Wool roving is usually sold by weight rather than length, but the following estimates may help when planning projects.
| Weight | Approximate Length |
|---|---|
| 50 g | approx. 2 metres |
| 250 g | approx. 10 metres |
| 1 kg | approx. 40 metres |
Lengths are approximate and may vary depending on colour, fibre preparation and how tightly the roving is drafted.
This wool is not superwash treated.
Finished items should be hand washed gently in lukewarm water and dried flat. Agitation may cause felting or shrinkage.
Multi Colour Collection
Soft European merino lambswool prepared as a smooth roving and available in a range of vibrant multi-colour combinations.
Unlike blended fibres, these rovings feature long colour transitions within the fibre, creating striking colour changes when spun or felted. The result can be bold stripes, soft gradients or painterly colour movement depending on how the fibre is drafted.
This medium-fine merino wool (approx. 27 microns) is sourced and processed entirely within the European Union. The wool comes from small-scale farms that follow organic farming principles, where animal welfare and responsible land management are a priority.
The wool is guaranteed mulesing-free and processed by an established European wool mill with modern quality control.
The fibres are combed into an even roving that drafts smoothly and works beautifully for felting, spinning and large-scale knitting projects.
Each roving contains several colours arranged in longer sections, creating natural colour transitions in finished work.
These fibres are ideal for:
• variegated handspun yarn
• colour-shifting felted surfaces
• striped or gradient effects
• expressive textile art
Choose your colour combination from the dropdown menu.
Each colourway is shown in the product images.
• Wet felting
• Needle felting
• Hand spinning
• Fibre blending
• Arm knitting and chunky knitting
• Textile art and fibre crafts
The long colour runs create dynamic patterns in both spun yarn and felted surfaces.
• 100% European merino lambswool
• Fibre fineness approx. 27 microns
• Produced in the European Union
• Wool from farms following organic production principles
• Mulesing-free wool
• Smooth roving preparation
• Dyed with high-quality modern dyes
Wool roving is usually sold by weight rather than length, but the following estimates may help when planning projects.
| Weight | Approximate Length |
|---|---|
| 50 g | approx. 2 metres |
| 250 g | approx. 10 metres |
| 1 kg | approx. 40 metres |
Lengths are approximate and may vary depending on colour, fibre preparation and how tightly the roving is drafted.
This wool is not superwash treated.
Finished items should be hand washed gently in lukewarm water and dried flat. Agitation may cause felting or shrinkage.
Solid Colour Collection
Soft European merino lambswool prepared as a smooth roving and available in a wide range of vibrant solid colours.
This medium-fine merino wool (approx. 27 microns) is sourced and processed entirely within the European Union. The wool comes from small-scale farms that follow organic farming principles, where animal welfare and responsible land management are a priority.
The wool is guaranteed mulesing-free and processed by an established European wool mill with modern quality control facilities.
The fibres are combed into an even roving that drafts smoothly and is suitable for a wide range of fibre crafts including felting, spinning and large-scale knitting projects.
This listing contains 59 solid colours.
Choose your colour from the dropdown menu.
Each colour is shown in the product images.
• Wet felting
• Needle felting
• Hand spinning
• Fibre blending
• Arm knitting and chunky knitting
• Textile art and fibre crafts
The even roving preparation drafts smoothly and creates consistent results for both spinning and felting.
• 100% European merino lambswool
• Fibre fineness approx. 27 microns
• Produced in the European Union
• Wool from small farms following organic production principles
• Mulesing-free wool
• Smooth roving preparation
Wool roving is usually sold by weight rather than length, but the following estimates may help when planning projects.
| Weight | Approximate Length |
|---|---|
| 50 g | approx. 2 metres |
| 250 g | approx. 10 metres |
| 1 kg | approx. 40 metres |
Lengths are approximate and may vary depending on colour, fibre preparation and how tightly the roving is drafted.
This wool is not superwash treated.
Finished items should be hand washed gently in lukewarm water and dried flat. Agitation may cause felting or shrinkage.
Carded New Zealand Merino with cotton neps
These beautifully dyed carded merino batts contain small cotton neps that create a subtle Donegal-style tweed effect when spun.
The fibre is made from 100% New Zealand Merino wool (27 micron) blended with cotton dots. The relatively short fibres make this preparation especially suitable for strong felts, whether needle felted or wet felted.
When spun, the cotton neps appear as small speckles throughout the yarn, giving a lively tweed texture reminiscent of traditional Donegal yarns.
Hand spinning
Wet felting
Needle felting
Textured yarns
Fibre art and textile work
Short staple merino fibre
Excellent felting properties
Decorative cotton neps
Creates tweed-style yarn when spun
Easy to blend with other fibres
Fibre: New Zealand Merino wool (27 micron)
Preparation: Carded batt with cotton neps
Processing & dyeing: Germany
Certification: Öko-Tex® Standard 100 / GOTS processing
Animal welfare: Wool from mulesing-free farms
Colours are shown as closely as possible to the original. Screen settings may influence how colours appear.
Soft Merino Wool with Flowing Colour
This fine 21 micron Merino roving features flowing, painted colour transitions that move gradually through the fibre. Unlike blended roving, the colours are applied in long sections, creating natural striping and gentle gradients when spun.
Soft, smooth and easy to draft, it is suitable for both spinning and felting work.
Available in 6 colourways.
• Hand spinning (ideal for gradient yarns)
• Wet felting
• Needle felting
• Dreadlocks
• Fibre art projects
The fine micron produces a soft handle while still felting effectively.
• 100% Merino wool
• 21 micron
• Painted / space-dyed colour application
• Approx. 20g per metre
• Mulesing-free farming
• Available in 6 colours
If you need help selecting the right fibre or quantity, please feel welcome to get in touch.
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