Before we get into a few other ways to spin hand-dyed braids, let’s pause and look at three basic types of ‘dye jobs’, in no particular order. One favorite is the randomly-spotted braid. These are as fun to dye as they are to browse through! The colors, wherever they come from on the color wheel, have been applied in generally… Continue Reading Dyeing Styles and Spinning Techniques
Continue reading →In the last post, I talked about spinning hand-dyed braids in fractals, using a short section of roving I dyed in (basically) three colors. The resulting knitted swatches demonstrated the tweedy color-shifting variations, and we looked at trying to predict how the yarns would turn out before starting to spin. Be aware that spinning fractals is somewhat predictable only for… Continue Reading More Flippin’ Fractals
Continue reading →One popular method for spinning hand-dyed braids is the fractal technique. A simple definition of ‘fractal’ is when “similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales”. In fractal art, “the same pattern repeats over and over”. Translated into spin-speak, this means splitting a hand-dyed braid into multiple sections and spinning them end-to-end, then plying the results. Start by stripping the braid… Continue Reading Flippin’ Fractals
Continue reading →Did you know that the color wheel you learned about in school is not the only one? Most of us were taught that the primary colors are red, yellow and blue (RYB). We mixed those to make the secondary colors of green, orange and purple, and went on from there. But that’s just a starting place! There are other color… Continue Reading Color wheels to spinning wheels
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