Blending Color: Carding vs Combing with Jillian Moreno
About Blending Color: Carding vs Combing with Jillian Moreno
I like to spin color, but I’m not a dyer. When I need a specific color, I card or comb commercially dyed and natural colors together until I get exactly what I want. In this class we’ll compare the effect and speed of blending color by carding and combing. Which is faster? Which blends most thoroughly? Which method is better for making tweed, semi-solid, or heathered yarn? I’ll be presenting with hand cards, combs, and a drum carder. I will also show how to use easy to find and inexpensive tools, like dog and cat brushes and combs to blend. You do not need to have all the tools to participate in this class; use what tools you have and learn about the tools you might want to buy later.
Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class
• A wheel in good working order or a spindle
• Regular spinning supplies, you will be spinning small samples
• Fiber: Two solid or semi solid colors of fiber that have contrast
• Tools: Hand cards and combs
Materials Kit
No materials kit for this class.
Pre-class Homework
No homework prior to class.
Skill Level
Curious advanced beginner. Student should be able to spin a singles and ply a yarn.
Contact the Teacher
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When
2-hour live online session.
Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recording of the class.
How It Works
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Jillian Moreno
Jillian Moreno, author of Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want, can’t stop writing and teaching about spinning and using handspun to knit, weave and stitch. She explores, questions and plays and wants to take as many people as possible along for the ride.
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