The first fleece is washed and dried. The locks are brown at the tips and silver-grey lower down, crimpy and long - some of the fibres stretching out to six inches.
I decided to flick the locks first before putting them through the carder, to take out short bits and so that I could card it just once and not mix the colours up too much.
This is the first sample, heathered silver-brown.
4 comments:
Amazing colour graduation in those locks!
Lovely - just hope my BFL Fleece comes out as well.
Thanks spinstar - that graduation is a bit of a mystery, I've taken some to a friend more experienced than me, she was intrigued.
Good luck with your BFL, Sassy Spinner.
I believe that it's sunlight bleaches the tips. I love Jacob fleece! Which is probably why I managed to get 4 of them in my stash waiting to be spun :^O
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