Rainbow Blending Version 2

We took the exact same colors of roving, the same amounts but carded them differently.  You will see the results of our color experiment on this page and HERE.

For this blended roving, we filled the drum with one color, then moved on to the next color.

This was our final layer of 6 and the drum was quite full.

When you doff, you can see the color layers.

Remove the batt from the drum and you can see each layer a little better.

(this was folded over so you could see the bottom of the batt was all red (our starting color) and the top was all purple (our ending color.  Each other color is sandwiched in between)

Divide your bat lengthwise several times and start feeding back through the carder.

Continue in this manner until the colors are blended how you want them.

The drum was full and we were happy with our colors.

Pull through your diz as shown here.

The completed roving all blended.         

On the wheel.

Spun.  We found that colors to be less distinct and more muted.  We were quite surprised at the finished yarns based on these two blending techniques.

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