'corriedale roving by gram' by Ashford / DHG | Wabi Sabi, Ottawa's Local Yarn Store

Corriedale wool has a defined, even crimp and is smooth and easy to spin or felt. You can spin a fine to medium woollen, worsted or semi-worsted yarn. Corriedale will bulk after washing and has good elasticity. It is ideal for baby wear, woven, knitted, crocheted or felted garments. It has a micron count of 27-30, and the staple length is around 11cm / 4.25".

Our Corriedale is from New Zealand, is mulesing free, and dyed compliant with the Oeko-Tex Standard.

Ashford corriedale is grown on sheep farms in the South Island of New Zealand. It has a micron count of 27-30, and the staple length of 11cm/4.25".

DHG corriedale is about 27 micron, with a ribbon weight of about 23 grams per meter, or 4m per 100g. It comes from New Zealand as well, and is a truly all purpose wool suitable for many kinds of projects.

All our rovings are sold at a minimum of 40 grams per colour.

made in New Zealand

corriedale wool

The Corriedale was developed in New Zealand and Australia during the late 1800's from crossing Lincoln or Leicester rams with Merino females. The breed is now distributed worldwide, making up the greatest population of all sheep in South America and thrives throughout Asia, North America and South Africa. It is a warm, medium-fine wool, and is an excellent choice for knitting, crochet, spinning and felting.

mulesing free

Mulesing is a controversial farming practice used, predominantly in Australia, to prevent the parasidic infection flystrike. While mulesing prevents infection, it is a very painful procedure for the animal to endure, and more humane alternatives exist. This practice is banned in many areas of the world. If a yarn is marked as mulesing free, that means that no animals were treated this way during the production of the yarn.

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