Fun Dyeing

More Blending

first I dyed the white Alpaca fleece

then blended it with a natural grey, spun it

Then knitted a scarf

Blending board fun

Laying on the colours

then brush them in to combine

then hey presto - gorgeous rolags

roughly spun single and plied with a solid colour

the finished hank

What a change a colour can make

These two hanks were both spun using the same multi coloured silk/alpaca/merino blend for the thick and thin singles.
One was plyed  using a commercial dyed plum and the other a soft sage green

My first attempts with a Blending Board

I bought a Blending Board from Janet Knoop 'My Spin on Things' at the Bendigo Muster

my first little 'rolags'

Then spun as a single and some of the dyed greens (Landscape colours - Moss, Flax and Mustard) spun into thick and thins for coils

the result

Finish of my 'All from one fleece' challenge

Continuing on after the Tour de Fleece - I carded and spun the left over multi-coloured and dyed some more a complimentary purple....   

this was the result

this was the left overs of the multi pinks plyed with some olive green - into a bulky art yarn

this is some singles I dyed - I just love the colours

Here is the whole lot - many hours of fun later.

End of the Tour de Fleece

A hank of 2 to 4 ply

some more dyed

This was my total spinning during the Tour de Fleece  plus another natural hank still drying
- didn't get the whole fleece spun but only 1/2 kilo left , shall keep going on it - great fun