Wool roving braided rug

I bought some wool roving which didn't wet felt or needle felt good. It was probably good for spinning which I don't do. Not yet anyway! So, I was bummed but shortly after I went to the wool festival in Taos, New Mexico and a woman had braided rugs made with wool roving. Wow, I had made a couple of rugs by collecting scrap wool fabric, they took forever! Well, it took 2 years to finish a small round rug. Unfortunately, we had a leek in the pipes and it got wet, so we put it out on our fence to dry. Our fence faces a Catholic church parking lot and after church it was gone. I still get broken hearted when I think about it. Not sewing the strands together and just overlapping and braiding the roving as I went, this rug in about 4 hours. I have these awesome needles that I inherited from my Great Grandmother May. I think they may be for shoes or leather. I used this one for sewing the rug together it worked great. I may make it bigger and add on more roving when I can afford it. I was surprised at how sturdy it turned out.
I am thinking that it might be cool to make a big chunky rug by using a huge crochet hook with roving. Oh, and I could also felt it too. How soft that would be!