Pastel neon rainbow wool for spinning or felting | Tweed Wool Top | 100g

Description This is a delightful pastel neon rainbow wool top – dyed in a less saturated UV-reactive shades of fuchsia pink, yellow, purple, orange and blue, this fibre will still not go unnoticed. Comprised of South American wool blended with viscose nepps in a 70/30 ratio, you’ll get little bits of white everywhere that will create a tweed effect in your spinning or felting.This fibre is non-superwash, meaning it will felt under the right conditions (friction and heat, or felting needles). It will also remain soft and lovely if handled properly and will spin up into a lovely yarn. Whatever your crafting plans, this pastel neon rainbow wool is here for the adventure.There are two braids available, and their dye placement isn’t exactly the same. This is a different take on my popular Rainbow Connection series, where the colours are less in-your-face but still bold.There are 100g for you to enjoy and have fun with, so go ahead and make something lovely!Would you like this colourway in another wool top? Message me to discuss options.  About the viscose tweed bits on this blend Viscose is a plant-based fibre derived from cellulose, usually wood or bamboo pulp. The production of this particular fibre comes from controlled and certified wood sources, in a closed-loop manufacturing system in Italy. I have done research on this and am happy the fibre is as an eco-friendly a one as a regenerated/semi-synthetic fibre can be. Wool top or roving? If you didn’t know already there is a difference between combed wool top and roving. Both expressions are often used to represent the same item, but they pertain to two different types of fibre preparation. In fact, I am inserting this explanation here so I can use the expression “wool roving” correctly and still please the search algorithm gods. Sneaky.Combed wool top such as this are processed in the mill to remove the short fibre staples, and all the longer remaining fibres have been combed to face the same direction.Wool roving, on the other hand, still retains some shorter fibres and not all face the same direction, so it will have a fuzzier appearance.Want more details? Read this blog post on how wool roving and wool top differ. Colour Disclaimer Colour are showing true on my end but please take different monitor settings into consideration when ordering. Thank you. Related