Taking all the fibers out of the jar left me with a rather intimidating pile of different materials and colors to decide how to combine.
It was tough so I just dug in, picking about 3 different strips that I though would go together nicely. I used the hand carders to comb them together adding pieces in different spots and combing more. Then I would roll the fiber off the carder. That may have been one of the more tricky things to figure out. I knew how to make rolags off the carders but I really just wanted the strip or piece of fibers not necessarily all rolled up.
I was going for a thick'n'thin that wasn't to dramatic or perfectly consistent in the thick spot placement.
So far I was using many of the same colors, not too much sparkle or contrast, thinking this would be the first half of a 2-ply created with the inside/outside of a cake.
These starting turning into mini batts! I think carded fiber in this format would be easier to transport than al my previous forms! These also had some pops of blue and pink, along with playing the white and black as a contrast and including more of the sparkle that my jar came with.
It would've made a nice singles also but since I'd put all of some fiber types on one end, that wouldn't have looked as nice in my mind.
Holding the ends from the outside and insidetogether, I kept my thumb in the middle so it wouldn't collapse on me.
And a close up...
Really fun! I have some big glass jars full of fiber samples. I think I'll get them out and play with them like this today. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was! It's a little overwhelming with all the possibilities but just dive in and it will work out :-)
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