This is alpaca roving...I have always had problems spinning from roving. Roving is a long bundle of fibers that are combed and generally the same length, and laying parallel, with a very slight twist for cohesiveness, so as to be fed into a spinning machine. Roving is about 2 inches wide. I recently found out how to spin with it: break off a 10 inch section, then divide it lengthwise into approx. 1/2 inch slivers. Spin from these. It makes a wonderful yarn.
I used to try to spin it without slivering and it always got tangled in my draw as the twist ran too far into the main rove. Works much better with the slivers!
