Article Info

Article Title
Prep It! Blending Electric Colors & Fibers
Author
Emily Wohlscheid
Issue date
Summer 2021
Issue number
33
Issue topic
Electric
Description
There are lots of new and exciting fibers to blend and spin.Glow-in-the-dark fiber is a short-stapled synthetic fiber that glows in the dark after being exposed to light or under UV light, and conductive stainless steel fiber is magnetic and conductive so fiber blends including this make it so you can text in your mittens or gloves! These new manufactured fibers can be expensive, so sampling small is an ideal way to determine how much is required to be effective. This article samples all of these fibers on drum carders, blending boards, and hand cards.
Article topic list
novelty fibers, sparkle, blending, blending board, drum carding, hand carding, fiber prep, hand cards, drum carder, prep it, experimenting, manufactured fibers