This moorit (grey/brown/rose grey) roving is from a young (yearling) ewe at a friends farm. I was at shearing and personally chose and skirted this fleece. This is beautifully prepared. Marigold was coated and this is her first shearing. It has a great hand and I feel that coopworth hoggett is definitely next to skin soft.
It is smooshy and squishy and just really fun. When I was braiding it, I felt there was the tiniest bit of lanolin left in the roving.
The stats:
- 4 oz in a braid
- pin drafted roving
- 100% Coopworth Hoggett wool
- almost no VM - tiny bit here and there (coated fleece), any VM should fall out when spinning
- almost no neps or noils, but a few - nice and pretty smooth
- mill processed
- staple length - 4 -5 inches
The roving is light and airy and drafts beautifully. Coopworth is very versatile and is easy for a beginner to spin.