Blending with Carders
I taught myself a new skill today so I thought I'd share it with you all. Of course I'm probably doing it all wrong but it worked for me. I've tried blending on our wild carder but could never get a nice smooth batt to spin with. I've realised that blending fibre using a carder works much better and takes very little work. The photos are in order below. It was fun trying to take them one handed. Big thanks to the Boy for helping. 1. Pick your fibre. I used commercially dyed and carded merino tops 2. Pull off small amounts. I used 2 colours as a base and 4 more as accents. The ratio was about 2 - 1 base colour to accent. I wasn't too precise about this however. I was more interested in getting a nice random mix. 3. Lay the carder on your knee. 4. Taking the end of the first base colour in one hand comb it through the carder starting at the edge. I held the fibre at the end so that the teeth on t...