So, you buy a braid. They are like candy for kiddies, they call to you...B u y M e.... who can resist??
You already have a ton of them, and what would you do with another one??? Well, you can do anything with a braid of dyed top, you can spin it as is, color sequence fall as it may. You could split it up and chain ply to preserve a color sequence that you want to stay the same. You could go a few steps further though, and this is what I am blogging about.
Take the top and card it, spin it woolen instead of worsted. You could split up longer color repeats and do a striped yarn by joining the color splits as YOU choose and then chain plying. You could split up each color and spin them all separately for a fair isle project. You could split up certain colors you want to go with colors from the pile of braids you already have! The choices are really quite endless, so if you fall pray to one (or more) of those gorgeous braids you just can't say no to, never fear as there is NOTHING you can't do with dyed braids. Mix it up and have fun.
You already have a ton of them, and what would you do with another one??? Well, you can do anything with a braid of dyed top, you can spin it as is, color sequence fall as it may. You could split it up and chain ply to preserve a color sequence that you want to stay the same. You could go a few steps further though, and this is what I am blogging about.
Take the top and card it, spin it woolen instead of worsted. You could split up longer color repeats and do a striped yarn by joining the color splits as YOU choose and then chain plying. You could split up each color and spin them all separately for a fair isle project. You could split up certain colors you want to go with colors from the pile of braids you already have! The choices are really quite endless, so if you fall pray to one (or more) of those gorgeous braids you just can't say no to, never fear as there is NOTHING you can't do with dyed braids. Mix it up and have fun.
Looks good.
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