BLEND Book Trailer: How to Blend Landscape Rolags

[@nicolepelchat3283]

I just have to say, I am a pre-beginner (my wheel is ordered but hasn't arrived yet!) and I CANT WAIT to get to the point where I can actually start to use some of these amazing techniques, I've just watched about an hours worth of your KZbin videos and am feeling so inspired. Watching this landscape batt tutorial I literally went slack jawed at how beautiful that blend looked, thank you so much for sharing that with the world and opening my eyes to all the possibilities!!

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Oh thank you for your kind words! That totally made my day! :) You should tag me on Instagram if you have it when you get your wheel and start spinning! I can't wait to see :)

[@akabga]

WOW WOW WOW!!!!! I want to spin and work with fiber so bad! I've wanted to for just years and years! Watching videos like this is so beautiful and inspiring, I could almost cry! My husband says I already spend enough time and money knitting, crocheting, sewing, and the hundred other crafty functinal art that I do. Buying at the thrift store is definitely cheaper (in more ways than one!), so I, of course, see his logic in wanting to save time and money. We save money everywhere we can, so when I am finally able start all this fiber blending and spinning (hopefully one day) I'm making all my tools from scratch: spinning wheel, drum carder, blending board, lazy-Lucy - everything! I have all my plans and ideas. And, in my mind, I'm constantly adjusting and tweaking everything so it will be custom to exactly my preferences! Since I can only watch videos online instead of get my hands on things myself, would you please direct me to your videos that show a finished piece you made from projects like this one? I would just love to see what it turns into in the end! Also, I do have a French angora rabbit. I've been saving her fur for about a year, now. If nothing else, I could at least make a drop spindle and spin her fiber. Please, how do you dye your fiber such beautiful vivid colors? What products and techniques do you use?

[@chileanchinch]

This is inspirational! Do you happen to have photos or videos on how this spun up? My partner recently made me a DIY blending board using carding cloth and a wood cutting board from Kmart. I'm so keen to try different techniques. Thanks for your video ❤

[@michelleminnich3155]

you have amazing talent. you painted the same picture on the blending board as the picture from your phone. I was very impressed withe the colors you picked out, and how it was made to look as the same as the picture. Great work, thank you for sharing.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Thank you so much for your kind words! The fiber I had matched perfectly, it was such a happy discovery when I opened my fiber drawers :)

[@sarahwalker4434]

I really enjoyed this video. The colors were spot on..Great job!!!

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Thank you! I was so excited to find these shades in my stash. I'm certain if I had tried to match it, it wouldn't be nearly as good. :p

[@AZLiphams1995]

Being a felter and not a spinner, I see the potential of pulling the beautifully laid fiber off in one batt as opposed to rolags, and then needle or wet felting it into a flat piece. Why, I may just have to try that!! Keep up the great work, my friend! ☺️

[@niftythriftybits3727]

Nature provided you with some beautiful inspiration!

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Yes she did!

[@zotzulu]

Great video, Grace! Could you show us how this looks after being spun? Just wondering . . .

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

I'm going to spin these in an upcoming SPIN Weekly episode :)

[@YuliaLinderoth]

The outcome is so pretty!!! I love your videos, you're the only one I'm subscribed to in this "genre", so every video is enjoying for me to watch. My favorite type of videos from you are the ones where you spin the yarn, so more videos like that in the future is something I would enjoy. But of course don't make videos you don't want to make yourself. (:

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I definitely will keep doing spinning videos, they're also my favourites ;)

[@TheMellis01]

That’s really beautiful. ❤️

[@deejcarter2003]

These are gorgeous 😱

[@guadalupepachecodel.5091]

Buen día! Felicidades 👏 👏 👏, donde compra las lanas de distintos colores? Que precio tienen ? donde puedo comprar la tabla donde coloca las lanas sabe el precio? Yo vivo en Venezuela, agradezco su respuesta! Bendiciones ♥️

[@pondscum337]

beautiful, vibrant colors!! such a cool idea to bring a picture to life! how are you going to spin them together? are you going to move from the pink to the blue, or switch between them as you spin? do you know what you want to make with that yarn?

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Thank you! I'm going to spin them in order just to see how smoothly I got the Gradient :) I'm pestering my husband to build me a loom because I'd love to see all my landscape gradients woven up!!

[@pondscum337]

that'll look awesome! do you think you will have a video following your progress in spinning them? I hope he gets you a loom!! :)

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

+Sara the video is coming soon :) I have a whole monolog in there about the many ways you could arrange a landscape yarn in a finished project. Giggle. He says I should finish a knitting project then he'll make me one. Awh man. :p

[@pondscum337]

+Grace Shalom Hopkins oh cool!! I am looking forward to that! :D oh no!!! hahaa my husband tells me similar things when I want to go get more yarn....and I am sure it will only get "worse" when I start spinning :D but you can't help what you love to do!!

[@robynwalker8890]

I love this idea so much! it's so artistic and creative. Could you let me know where you bought your blending board that you used in this video? I like it better than any of the others I've seen and I love the gold/brass coloured rods.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

It's a Brother Drum Carder Blending board! :D

[@jedidiah72]

Such a nice job. Will we get to see the final spin?

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

I will be spinning them in an upcoming SPIN Weekly episode :) I'm excited to see what they turn out like!!

[@mayhmmaydn]

You may not be answering any more but..... so do you spin them in a particular order to preserve the color rotation...or is it pretty much lost after spinning?

[@AC-cg3bv]

Thanks for a great tutorial. 😉

[@oldwoman123]

What is the tpi of that blending board? I am trying to decide which I should get? I like the rolags that you got from yours.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

mine is 72 tpi, I like how versatile it is. Smooth or textured, it all plays well with a 72 tpi board.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

mine is 72 tpi, I like how versatile it is. Smooth or textured, it all plays well with a 72 tpi board.

[@beadyeyedbrat]

I would love to see/hear about a project from buying material to spinning to a finished piece.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Oh great idea!

[@beadyeyedbrat]

So at some time, post-birth, you're going to do this? Mention why you picked the fiber, etc.

[@outsidethebox3]

One of your intro pictures seems to show a large blending board, did you make that yourself? Does it stay steady while you"re pulling because it's up against your body?

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

It's a brother drum carder blending board. I have a walk through of it filmed and in line to go live. :) The stabilization is from the adjusted keel on the bottom.

[@saratkumari8138]

Excellent

[@frogsong63]

Your website is not functional. I get a 404 error when I click on the provided link.

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

+Debra Jennings it's fixed now :)

[@gettwistedfiberarts7009]

What blending board do you use?

[@GraceShalomHopkinsFiberArt]

Brother Drum Carder :)

[@kChallo]

so,那梳板是她的調色盤嘍

[@kChallo]

cute🐩