I have been carding like crazy with my new carder. Carding and watching baseball appear to be a good combination!
the starting fibers
pulling the blend off the carder third pass
closer shot of blend
small sample of spun yarn
swatchI have several ounces of Albert's (the sheep in the header of this blog) fleece carded into batts also:
and my first blending project is coming along nicely (see pics at top). The big question will be whether I will have enough of the blend, which I have dubbed Autumn Blend (how original), to knit a fall vest. Of course by the time I have it finished, it will be spring!
The orange color comes from some dyed mohair, while the darker color comes from Amelia's very dark brown fleece. I am hoping for some shimmering orange highlights which can be seen in the swatch I did. The shades are a little off as night and day photos have different light. The first two photos more closely represent the real shades.
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