Patons Classic Wool Roving Yarn, 3.5 oz, Natural, 1 Ball

I love love love this yarn! I nalbound some really soft mittens and socks! I can hardly wait for winter!

I have not used this product yet, but now can say - true black color and 100% wool feels great.

Soft to your skin works up fast and holds its memory

Only 4 stars (instead of 5): breaks easily. But perfect for *carefully* knitted slippers and hats for felting. Once felted the yarn makes a delightfully thick, warm, and water resistant fabric.

Fast delivery. Lovely roving yarn for a warm scarf.

i crochet and/or felt with this - it's wonderful to work with.4 stars for "value for money" because i could go broke ordering more colors ... and hope there will be more colors in this line in the future.thanks for the great yarn!

This yarn is great, and I would definitely recommend it! I’m seeing a lot of mixed reviews so it just must be a personal preference. This yarn is extremely soft for 100% wool because it is unspun. This makes it thinker and thinner in some places, I personally don’t mind this and think it adds a fun uniqueness to the work. The other con I was seeing in reviews is that the yarn will break because it’s unspun, This is something I did experience, however you have to give it a really good tug for it to pull apart and is not something I find to be a deal breaker. I think this yarn has wonderful color options and is really great for hats and scarves!

I bought two skeins of this Classic Roving yarn in Frosted Plum and began knitting a hat to go with my new coat. Everything was going just fine until I was nearly halfway along, then the yarn suddenly became much thinner. It was only about half the thickness it should have been and it got so thin in some areas that I thought it might break. I kept knitting for a few more rows hoping the yarn would return to its normal bulky #5 thickness, but it never did. I was knitting on No. 10 needles and the first 3 1/2 inches of this hat was made up of nice, full, plump stitches that I could not see through when examining the knitted product. After the yarn began thinning, the stitch were so thin that I could see right through them when I held up the knitting to the light. I checked the gauge of this thinner section and the stitches were 5/inch as opposed to the 4/inch with the normal thickness. As far as I could see by examining what remained of the ball of yarn that I was working from, it was all much thinner. I rolled the 2nd skein into a ball, careful to examine every bit of the yarn for thin areas, but it all seemed fine. I'm faced with an unpleasant dilemma. Do I rip out the rows that were made with the much thinner yarn and hope I can pick up all those stitches? Do I just join the new ball of yarn and continue with that, hoping that the thinner rows won't impact too badly on the finished hat? I will definitely finish the hat with that second ball of yarn, but I will definitely NOT buy this product again.

J'aime ce type de laine.

Too small for too much

Too little for too much!

Excellent weft material. It's definitely loosely spun roving, so will break if you apply too much tension, and some parts are a bit flimsier than others. I used this as weft with a thin cotton warp. It made an excellent fluffy, soft, WARM material. A bit scratchy as is common with wool, but softer than many yarns. Use proper wool care. Definitely will purchase again for a similar project.

I needed black roving wool and wanted value for my money for my needle felting, so I tried this. This came as advertised, but unless I need it more like yarn (as it is), I may think twice before buying for this purpose again. I've made it more like roving wool by pulling the strands apart and storing it for my projects in small bags like my other roving wool, but it does take a fair amount of time to do, but can be done( but to be fair, I sort of found that relaxing)There are so scent problems and though I'm no wool expert and just a beginner, the quality seems to be decent.