Turn a Roving Braid into blended spin-able Fiber with no tools! Blogger Brianna Mercer shows you how with our Monthly Spinning Fiber Braids.
Brianna Mercer is a friend of CHY and a talented fiber artist, blogger and Home School Mama extraordinaire. she also loves sharing her work, knowledge, and projects with other spinners. Here is a tutorial on how she prepped the October Goosebumps braid into an art batt....without any fancy tools.
Meet Brianna Mercer
Here is a break down of her tips on this processes.
"Pro-tip: even if your aren’t going to add in anything or blend multiple colors, pulling your fibers wider before drafting the length of it will add air to your roving and make it easier to draft as you spin.
I have 3 colors in my braid, and I want them blended through out my finished yarn. But this could also be done one color at a time.
1) pull off equal sections of each color.
2) fluff out color 1 so add to not making it longer, but make it wider and flat. Then, add your first blend in on top. I added the mulberry silk. The more you put, the more there will be in the finished yarn.
3) I added my glow in the dark fiber, making sure to fluff it out and distribute it in small sections all around since it is a short staple.
4,5,6,7) fluff out your next wool layer and lay it on top. Make sure the length and width are roughly equal to the first wool layer. Repeat until you have everything you wanting in your “batt sandwich” stack.
turn your batt sandwich sidewise to the main fiber is running left to right. Now, start rolling it up into a hot dog.
9) now you have a fiber tube, ready to draft out the end.
10) I prefer to pre draft my tube into a full roving, allowing the colors to pool randomly."
I just love how she took a simple color blocked braid and turned it into an amazing craft project. I’ve enjoyed adding in texture and marbling color as I spin but I’ve never done it this way and now I know I’m dyeing to try it out myself. Please follow Brianna on Instagram she has so many great projects she shares.
She also has a blog on her website.
I can’t wait to share more of her spinning adventures with our spinning fiber subscriptions with you here in our blog. I hope you find them as inspiring as I do. My favorite part of the subscriptions is seeing what everyone comes up with. Thanks Brianna!
click the image to see the video on me adding in texture while spinning.
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