‘Spinning into Focus’ Technique 1 with

This video accompanies my blog post on a technique that I’m calling “Spinning into Focus”. It’s a method for spinning a commercially available multicoloured blend, breaking it down into 7 - 9 yarns, each yarn becoming less blended and more colourful than the previous yarn.
The idea is that this method can be used to spin yarn for a sweater, scarf, or any large item using several techniques, and you will have a garment where the colours start off muddy, and appear to come into focus as they work their way up, down or across the garment.
Full disclosure - I told John Arbon Textiles about my Spinning into Focus Technique and they very kindly sent me a sweater quantity of fibre to demonstrate my method with. I haven't been compensated financially to use their fibre.
I’m going to use ‘Slack Ma Girdle’ from ‪@JohnArbonTextile‬’s Appledore range for all of the yarns in this series. The blended Appledore tops can be found here - www.jarbon.com/product/appled...
The first of the techniques is drum carding which gives the most homogeneous blend, but you could use hand carders or lash the fibre onto a hackle to get a similar effect.
All of the yarns in this series are chain-plied at the wheel with relatively short chains to try to maintain the original colours as much as possible.
You can read more about my technique here - www.craftmehappy.com/2023/02/...
I'm spinning on my Electric Eel Wheel Nano 2 You can purchase the current version of this e-spinner here* - www.dreamingrobots.com/produc...
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Timestamps
0:00 Introductions
0:33 Drum carding John Arbon Slack Ma Girdle Tops
1:10 Finished batt after it's been through the drum carder 4 times
1:17 Drafting out the roving by hand
2:06 Close up of spinning roving using short sideways draw
2:40 Filling an Electric Eel Wheel Nano bobbin
3:05 Finished chain plied yarn
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[@sueking6543]

I loved how the carding tamed the colours into a tweedie look! ❤ thank you.

[@KathrynCraftmehappy]

Yes, it’s a very subtle, heathered yarn. You’re very welcome! ♥️

[@LDSVenus]

Wow, I didn’t realize carding could give all those colors such a beautiful yarn. I won’t let all those colorful braids put me off thinking I’m shackled with what I can do with it.

[@KathrynCraftmehappy]

Thank you! It did feel quite criminal, blending all of those beautiful colours together, but this blended top was designed by a mill that always intended for the colours to be heavily blended together. It still surprised me that it turned out as beautifully as it did!

[@claudiaoszlak125]

Maravilloso❤

[@KathrynCraftmehappy]

Thank you ❤️