Dec 14, 2025
blended some some batts today with a bunch of scraps i got secondhand. these are going to be delightful to spin
also enjoy the gratuitous angelina sparkle gif. i hope someone puts it in a stimboard
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blended some some batts today with a bunch of scraps i got secondhand. these are going to be delightful to spin
also enjoy the gratuitous angelina sparkle gif. i hope someone puts it in a stimboard
New coloways!
Will be getting them listed on my etsy shop very soon!
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Some optical mixing experiments this evening with the Cracker Sheep wool using the colors I dyed the other day.
The top row is original colors and the subsequent rows are the blends.
The pink and blue at the ends were fushia and turquoise blended with a bit of black. I was going to do all of them with black and white but but my arm got tired so that’s another day.
The purples look much more blended on camera, it’s actually really difficult to blend the pink and blue because they have so much contrast so in person you can definitely see the individual colors. I took a close up picture of one of them for reference. The other two were just seeing if different amounts of blue or pink made a difference. The grey looking one that looks kinda ugly from far away is actually very Monet up close. It was just an experiment. And the last one isn’t a blend it’s just little bits of each blend that were stuck to the cards but I thought it was fun so it goes into the future art yarn pile.
Got myself a (cheap) blending board for a birthday present and my brother got me a mix bag of different colored wool so I’ve been having a lot of fun
I did a couple other colors too but these are the ones that I liked a lot and also probably have the best/most accurate photographs of
Recent adventure in fiber blending and spinning. I did about six passes on my blending board with a pet brush to blend a mix of corriedale, merino, faux cashmere, mystery wool from a grab bag, sparkle, and recycled sari silk. It worked out to ~24g total, which I split between three rolags. Spinning it up longdraw on my teacup supported spindle. I basically wanted to see how well I could blend different types of fibers without a drum carder, and the answer is pretty well if I'm willing to dedicate the time to it. The main drawbacks are that it's time & labor intensive, limited to the amount of fiber I can fit on my blending board (~25g), and I felt like it introduced more nepps than a drum carder would have. Granted, that last point is debatable since I don't have a drum carder or extensive experience with one to compare to. Fine fibers like merino and faux cashmere can be more prone to nepps in woolen preps, my blending board does not have a high-TPI carding cloth more suitable for fine fibers, and I didn't use an anti-static or detangling spray while blending, so I could possibly reduce nepps in the future with a couple of changes. I didn't get a terrible amount of nepps anyway and they haven't impacted my enjoyment of the spin. My verdict is that I'm still going to save up for wool combs and a drum carder, but in the meantime it's a viable option for me to use my blending board this way.
I've been working on a little fiber blending project lately! I am not a fan of these braids on their own so I thought I'd experiment with blending color.
They are complementary colors - green and red. So I'm looking at some form of brown, no problem. The fiber composition is interesting - one is MCN (60/30/10) and the other is merino silk (70/30). So the fibers are definitely luxurious but act very differently as yarn.
I started sampling and swatching, and believe me when I say I CAN'T STOP. Two became three became four.
The most red is a 1:1 green to red. The most green is a 2:1 green to red. For the two in the middle I introduced a third, orangey braid of merino tencel (50/50). One at a 4:2:1 ratio green to red to orange, and the other at a 2:1:1 of the same. They were all prepped on my hand cards, rolled into punis, and spun and plied 2-ply on my Jenkins Delight. I accounted for weight (wpi) differences when swatching so I'd get a more or less consistent fabric across the board.
The 1:1 has a great drape to it at the cost of cushiness - the silk definitely leads this swatch. The coloring is quite red in comparison to the others, though toned down when held against the original fiber. There's a bit of a sheen to it though, which I quite like.
The 2:1 is the most structured of the swatches with less drape and more matte fuzziness. It's also VERY green, even blended, though again, quite relaxed in comparison to the source fiber. I count this one out on account of the color, but it has a very nice structure.
The two tencel swatches are similar in color - more yellow than anything, which is interesting, and may be on account of the dual-tone green having less blue-green in this mix (though I aimed for equality).
The 4:2:1 has my favorite structure of the bunch. Good stitch definition and decent drape, while still making a nice smooth fabric. The sheen isn't overpowering, but really pops in the sunlight.
The 2:1:1, by contrast, practically glows in the dark. It has gorgeous reflection and shine, and drapes even better than the 1:1 thanks to the tencel. That drape gives it a bit of a lifeless quality though, which doesn't sing to me.
Which is your favorite?