Back Home Again Roving
Roving made from the fleece of Cormo sheep raised in Westfield Indiana by the Westfield Woolies. The sheep were sheared in the spring of 2025 and the fiber was then milled into roving by a small mill in Ohio in July.
Cormo is a fine, soft wool, with beautiful crimp. This makes the resulting yarn soft and springy with good memory. After cleaning, some vegetable material (e.g., bits of hay) may remain — both because the wool is so thick and because the mill uses just soap and water for cleaning. This is in contrast to commercial wool processing that uses sulfuric acid and heat (carbonization) to burn off vegetable material.
Back Home Again wool roving is as close to the natural fiber as you can get without shearing the sheep and processing the wool yourself! And you are supporting several small businesses at the same time — Westfield Woolies, the shearer, the mill, and us.
Each mini “bump” of roving is about 4 oz and is made from the fleece of an individual sheep who vary by heritage. All are next-to-skin soft.
Wendy is a full cormo sheep. Her wool is so soft, fine, white, and has high crimp.
Emily is a cormo-leicester cross. She has soft, white wool with a more open and longer staple length due to the leicester in her.
“Jamie,” aka 68007, is a corriedale-cormo cross. This wool is a lovely charcoal color - soft and buttery to spin.
Roving made from the fleece of Cormo sheep raised in Westfield Indiana by the Westfield Woolies. The sheep were sheared in the spring of 2025 and the fiber was then milled into roving by a small mill in Ohio in July.
Cormo is a fine, soft wool, with beautiful crimp. This makes the resulting yarn soft and springy with good memory. After cleaning, some vegetable material (e.g., bits of hay) may remain — both because the wool is so thick and because the mill uses just soap and water for cleaning. This is in contrast to commercial wool processing that uses sulfuric acid and heat (carbonization) to burn off vegetable material.
Back Home Again wool roving is as close to the natural fiber as you can get without shearing the sheep and processing the wool yourself! And you are supporting several small businesses at the same time — Westfield Woolies, the shearer, the mill, and us.
Each mini “bump” of roving is about 4 oz and is made from the fleece of an individual sheep who vary by heritage. All are next-to-skin soft.
Wendy is a full cormo sheep. Her wool is so soft, fine, white, and has high crimp.
Emily is a cormo-leicester cross. She has soft, white wool with a more open and longer staple length due to the leicester in her.
“Jamie,” aka 68007, is a corriedale-cormo cross. This wool is a lovely charcoal color - soft and buttery to spin.
Roving made from the fleece of Cormo sheep raised in Westfield Indiana by the Westfield Woolies. The sheep were sheared in the spring of 2025 and the fiber was then milled into roving by a small mill in Ohio in July.
Cormo is a fine, soft wool, with beautiful crimp. This makes the resulting yarn soft and springy with good memory. After cleaning, some vegetable material (e.g., bits of hay) may remain — both because the wool is so thick and because the mill uses just soap and water for cleaning. This is in contrast to commercial wool processing that uses sulfuric acid and heat (carbonization) to burn off vegetable material.
Back Home Again wool roving is as close to the natural fiber as you can get without shearing the sheep and processing the wool yourself! And you are supporting several small businesses at the same time — Westfield Woolies, the shearer, the mill, and us.
Each mini “bump” of roving is about 4 oz and is made from the fleece of an individual sheep who vary by heritage. All are next-to-skin soft.
Wendy is a full cormo sheep. Her wool is so soft, fine, white, and has high crimp.
Emily is a cormo-leicester cross. She has soft, white wool with a more open and longer staple length due to the leicester in her.
“Jamie,” aka 68007, is a corriedale-cormo cross. This wool is a lovely charcoal color - soft and buttery to spin.