Moving swiftly over the calendar days of Summer, one by one I have been pairing up combinations, and have settled on some favorites, but now I’m on to blends of three different fibers & colors. As for the blends with the flax short fibers, I will have to further experiment, because although they create a rustic feel, there is a scratchiness, almost like guard hairs, occasionally a stray stiff flax fiber will not spin into the single but stick out and assert itself. The question is; how will this be after washing, and maybe it is fine for some things, which of course, I will have to explore. The other question is; how is it with all of the different colors I’m using (which the camera is just not picking up) the allover effect that I keep creating is variations of terracotta color in the finish?
♣ Blending Notes ♣
- Wool: Merino Top from The Spinnery , color Olive, approx 33%
- Silk: Mulberry silk roving from The Woolery, color Orchid Pink, approx 33%
- Flax: Flax roving from Etsy, in color Rust, approx 33%
Really would like to see some alpaca blends. I’m allergic to sheep’s wool and it turns out alpaca is superior in thermal and wicking characteristics.
I agree, alpaca belongs in the mix, I’ll see if I can find some alpaca in my stash and play with my experiments, especially with cotton I think would be beautiful.
I’m surprised how dominant the terra cotta is with as much blue there is in the orchid color.
It is almost predictable that with the orchid and olive, that a brownish color will happen, but with flecks of pink and green, so lovely isn’t it?