Flax Linen Roving – 50 grams (1.75oz) – 31 colours available

Roving made from flax fibers.

This order is for 50grams (1.75oz)

Flax is a plant fiber that is also known as linen.

This roving is made of shorter (cut) lengths of flax – perfect for spinning, as an inclusion in wet felting and for needle felting.

When using flax for wet-felting, it has to be incorporated with wool, as it does not felt on its own. Use it as the top layer to ad textural interest – the roving feels rough, but once felted it becomes soft and the because the flax doesn’t shrink itself, it turns into lovely wavy lines. It has a beautiful mat gloss.

You can spin it on it’s own both dry or wet (traditional flax spinning requires a distaff, which these shorter fibers don’t need). Mix the flax with other fibers to create art batts for spinning. Just imagine the possibilities.

For needle felting, flax fibre produces a very hard needle felted object – it becomes very hard very fast! Be careful as it firms up, because it becomes so hard that it can easily snap your needle. This is a great option for using vegan fibers. Use the individual fibers to make a ‘hairy’ surface on your creations. Check out DHG’s youtube video on needle felting with Vegan fibers.

When dyeing use dyes made for cellulose fibers.

Produced and dyed by DHG in Italy.