The third braid from The Shepherd’s Hut is this lovely Corriedale in ‘Purple Gem’
These fibres have a slight crimp to them and it was incredibly easy to spin! I felt like I was spinning at super speed as it was drafting really consistently so I very rarely had to slow down or stop to fix a thick or thin section. Lovely! :o)
On to the blending board with the second half and I used a similar method to last time, with all the deep purple on the left and lighter purple to the right.
There wasn’t quite so much colour differentiation here, but the rolags do clearly have a dark end and light end :o)
I used my alternating ends of the rolags trick again to make the sections of colour larger to give me more opportunity for them to line up. I also tried using an actual woolen spin with something resembling a long draw. It was a little tricky to start with so it’s not exactly a consistent spin in places, but it has certainly made fluffier yarn!
Fluffy yarn! I have yet to decide if this is a good thing or not ;o) I suspect an actual knitting sample will be required too see if that fluffiness is soft or itchy. Liking the sections of colour though and this really was fast and easy to spin :o)