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SBQ: Blends

I seem to have taken to posting the SBQ every other week lately but I am going to get back on track… starting next week!

This week’s SBQ was suggested by Christine and is:

How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up the blends beforehand, how do you store them? Do you have another option for blends to share?

I blend (or tweed) on the fly. However, I have tried a couple of different methods for storing blends if I have a left-over length after I finish a section.

I tried punching holes in a length of cardboard and then writing the color numbers (e.g., 415/503) over the holes once, but for some reason this method didn’t really do anything for me.

Instead I just take the left-over length and wrap it around one of the bobbins that composes the blend. (e.g., In the 415/503 combo I would wrap the left-overs around the 415 or 503 bobbin) Since I usually work on the same project for a few days at a time this works pretty well as long as I don’t have two or more blends using the same colors. When I move on to a different project I either toss the blend or, if the length is still usable, separate the threads and return them to their respective bobbins.