Color Blending on English combs.
Since I don't have a hackle and I needed to blend some of these intense colors that Spincerely dyed for me to my specifications - I had alwasy intended to blend them but on a drum carder with naturally colored fibers. I was playing with my diz and thinking that I would much rather have a blend that would produce a more worsted vs. woolen yarn so I went up to my studio and got out my deadly English Combs.
I lashed on several of the warm colors, brought the ends down to a point. Jenny Bakriges always refered to this as a goats beard. Pocked it through one of the larger slots in my diz. and . . .
Since I don't have a hackle and I needed to blend some of these intense colors that Spincerely dyed for me to my specifications - I had alwasy intended to blend them but on a drum carder with naturally colored fibers. I was playing with my diz and thinking that I would much rather have a blend that would produce a more worsted vs. woolen yarn so I went up to my studio and got out my deadly English Combs.
I lashed on several of the warm colors, brought the ends down to a point. Jenny Bakriges always refered to this as a goats beard. Pocked it through one of the larger slots in my diz. and . . .
gradually pulled the fibers through alternating my hand position when pulling from top to bottom to side to side.
I then made a basketful of pretty little bird nests.
Can't wait to start spinning this! I believe Monday is a day of rest for the race so I'll start in on this basket on Tuesday. If I can hold off on testing one . . .
Oooohhhh! Very purty!!! I had somehow missed this post. Look at you, you are like a real blogger now!
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