Nests of Roving: Afro-Diz

Nests of Roving: Afro-Diz

by Pink Alpaca
£10.00
Sold by Pink Alpaca pinkalpaca.co.ukQuality 77
These 'Mini Fibre Nests' are actually cloud-like balls of hand pulled roving, blended from fine Merino, Silk and Trilobal Fibre in a Sparkle Blend. A special blend of super-soft and fine Merino Wool, luxurious hand-dyed Silks and sparkling Trilobal Nylon fibres. All skilfully blended on a hackle and carefully hand-pulled through a Diz, creating this lovely, light and open roving which is then rolled into small balls and is ready to be used in your next creative project. This series of colourways are all inspired by dance music and styles of dance from around the world. This one in the series is called 'Afro-Diz' - as a tribute to the infectious rhythms, amazing energy and celebratory colours of the costumes found in African Dance. The Afro-Diz was simply a pun that my husband could not resist adding when I told him the name of this colourway - and it stuck! These amazing little nests are perfect for a variety of textile art projects - Wet and Nuno-Felting, Spinning and Weaving, Embroidery, Needle Felting, Embellishing and many other mixed media arts. They are blended to order, and so the colours/fibre content may vary slightly but…the basic 'recipe of these fibres' will always be…