Thank you so very much for this video! I am new to spinning and in awe of all the beauty in the color combinations but don't have enough experience to understand out the end result might not look the same as the fiber when the yarn is spun up. So very helpful that you show what can be created from these fibers. some of the fiber colors you started with were very loud and would be ones i would steer clear from but when spun into yarn they toned down and were quite pleasing to me. Fascinating to see things spin up into different things than what i thought they would be. Learning so very much from your videos thank you for taking the time to make them.
Oh bless your heart. Thank you so much for your lovely kind words. I totally agree, I’ve been spinning for over 30 years and it still fascinates me how the colours can optically blend into a colour I really wasn’t expecting. I was actually expecting to get a lot more brown yarns so I was pleasantly surprised. 😀❤️🥰
These treasures are beautiful to look at! I also like to mix (self-dyed) wool, silk (also self-dyed) and sari silk together on the carding machine and then spin it and am always thrilled. They are often too good for me to knit and are then stored in the display case for me to look at. Simply wonderful! I also like to add Angelina (that's the German word for Stellina).
Thank you so much, ah yes, I can appreciate the feeling of just enjoying looking at the yarn you’ve spun. Sometimes it will take me years so to get around to knitting it, but I love looking at it and squishing it while I ponder what to do with it.
This is very helpful. I'm in the States and so will not be buying from World of Wool, though I'd like to. But I buy on etsy and it is so hard to tell from online pictures, what color blends really are. I bought 16 oz of a blend like this because I wanted to stop having only one skein yarns and to get something out of my normal color picks. In the one I chose, there was lavender and pink but also a yellow color prominent. When I got it I saw that the yellow was really a sickly yellow-green and I'm sure you can already predict my sad tale. Blended in a combed top this way, the yarn turned out a dirty gray color. After just a bit of spinning, I went back and tried to separate that ugly yellow and was partially successful. I spun up the lavender pinks and came up with about 6 ounces of a dusky lavender. I used a blending board to add blue to the yellow and got something that is mostly blue and tolerable but not lovable. The morale of this story is not to buy large quantities of questionable yarns until the question of how the blend will look when spun up is answered. I'm only starting my spinning journey so I have a lot to learn. Thank you for making such interesting and educational videos! PS They are so relaxing to watch!
Oh thank you so much. Lots of people in America tell me how expensive it is to buy from World of Wool now. It’s so sad. Ah yes, I’ve been there too - bought way too much of a pretty blend and then watch it turn to mud. It’s why I became fascinated by optical blending 😀 Thank you again for your lovely kind words and happy spinning 🥰
Amazing how different they look spun up. All those bright beautiful colors sure disappear and many looked muddy or gray. Those blends do work great for wet felting tho. Thanks for all the great videos on this topic you put out for us all. ❤
It frustrates me that World Of Wool don't provide a photo of a spun sample too. They've just released a new range and the designer has spun samples for her blends ... I hope World Of Wool follow her example. Thanks for this video ... I enjoyed seeing the results 😊
You are obviously a master spinner and those results are gorgeous. Very inspiring!
Oh thank you so much!
I always love watching those brash clashing colors turn into something subtle and heathered. Lovely.
Me too! It’s always a surprise 😀
Thank you so very much for this video! I am new to spinning and in awe of all the beauty in the color combinations but don't have enough experience to understand out the end result might not look the same as the fiber when the yarn is spun up. So very helpful that you show what can be created from these fibers. some of the fiber colors you started with were very loud and would be ones i would steer clear from but when spun into yarn they toned down and were quite pleasing to me. Fascinating to see things spin up into different things than what i thought they would be. Learning so very much from your videos thank you for taking the time to make them.
Oh bless your heart. Thank you so much for your lovely kind words. I totally agree, I’ve been spinning for over 30 years and it still fascinates me how the colours can optically blend into a colour I really wasn’t expecting. I was actually expecting to get a lot more brown yarns so I was pleasantly surprised. 😀❤️🥰
These treasures are beautiful to look at!
I also like to mix (self-dyed) wool, silk (also self-dyed) and sari silk together on the carding machine and then spin it and am always thrilled. They are often too good for me to knit and are then stored in the display case for me to look at.
Simply wonderful!
I also like to add Angelina (that's the German word for Stellina).
Thank you so much, ah yes, I can appreciate the feeling of just enjoying looking at the yarn you’ve spun. Sometimes it will take me years so to get around to knitting it, but I love looking at it and squishing it while I ponder what to do with it.
This is very helpful. I'm in the States and so will not be buying from World of Wool, though I'd like to. But I buy on etsy and it is so hard to tell from online pictures, what color blends really are. I bought 16 oz of a blend like this because I wanted to stop having only one skein yarns and to get something out of my normal color picks. In the one I chose, there was lavender and pink but also a yellow color prominent. When I got it I saw that the yellow was really a sickly yellow-green and I'm sure you can already predict my sad tale. Blended in a combed top this way, the yarn turned out a dirty gray color. After just a bit of spinning, I went back and tried to separate that ugly yellow and was partially successful. I spun up the lavender pinks and came up with about 6 ounces of a dusky lavender. I used a blending board to add blue to the yellow and got something that is mostly blue and tolerable but not lovable. The morale of this story is not to buy large quantities of questionable yarns until the question of how the blend will look when spun up is answered. I'm only starting my spinning journey so I have a lot to learn. Thank you for making such interesting and educational videos! PS They are so relaxing to watch!
Oh thank you so much. Lots of people in America tell me how expensive it is to buy from World of Wool now. It’s so sad.
Ah yes, I’ve been there too - bought way too much of a pretty blend and then watch it turn to mud. It’s why I became fascinated by optical blending 😀
Thank you again for your lovely kind words and happy spinning 🥰
Amazing how different they look spun up. All those bright beautiful colors sure disappear and many looked muddy or gray. Those blends do work great for wet felting tho. Thanks for all the great videos on this topic you put out for us all. ❤
Oh gosh, I should think a lot of them would be beautiful for wet felting! You’re very welcome, thank you so much for your lovely kind words 🥰
It frustrates me that World Of Wool don't provide a photo of a spun sample too. They've just released a new range and the designer has spun samples for her blends ... I hope World Of Wool follow her example. Thanks for this video ... I enjoyed seeing the results 😊
I noticed that too… How refreshing!
I’m so glad you liked seeing the results. They surprise me every time 😀
Looking forward to your sampling. Thank you.
Thank you! I’m going to try to reveal one every 27 days so that I can do a final summary/reveal in December. That’s the plan anyway!
I love seeing how the yarn turns out after the Fiber is spun. It’s always hard to tell from these wild coloured braids. Yours are a nice gradient.
It is really hard to guess how the fibre will spin up when you don’t attempt any colour management.
Thank you so much! 🥰
Oh, and thank you!
You’re welcome!
Most of those I guessed wrong.
Me too! 😀