Oh WOW!!... Thank you Joyce... I was recommended to just use an old coffee grinder to make and mix dubbing but I truly like the recipe you use... It doesn't tear or grind the yarn while you're trying to get the color hue like what a coffee grinder will... I like using a dubbing that is a little bit "longer" than what I get using a grinder... Excellent advice and thank you... I plan on using this method next time I make dubbing..
Rodney... aka smokeater734 Fire Captain/Paramedic Los Chavez Fire Department, NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce's crafts and flies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:32 AM Subject: Re: [VFB]Blue Ice Dub (home made) > You don't need a blender to do dubbing. Go to the nearest Wal-mart and get > two of the wire brushes that are for brushing cats or dogs. Also pick up > some of the blue acrylic yarn in the yarn department while you are there. (I > like Lion brand) Get the main color of blue that you want the dubbing to be. > Go over to the craft department and also pick up a small skein of nylon > tapestry yarn..it will be in a different spot (usually across the isle from > the yarn in Wal-mart) and you will see that it is very shiny in appearance. > While in town, go to your nearest craft shop and pick up a skein of Aunt > Lydia' blue craft yarn (Joanne's if you have one). Then go to the knitting > store and go to the DMC and Persian yarns and, taking a piece of the blue > acrylic, pick up a skein each (they are small but a bit pricey) the wool > yarn of the color that you want your blue dub to be and one skein each of > yarn that is on each side of it..that is, one darker and one lighter. (All > natrual objects are not a single color, they contain lighter and darker > hues). Go home. You will have enough blue yarn for a lifetime. Get a ruler, > scissors and the kitty brushes. Lay the yarn out along side the rule so you > can measure, without stretching, the amount of yarn. Start with about 6 > inches of the main color, about 2 inches each of the lighter and darker > hues, about 1 inch each of Aunt Lydias and the nylon tapestry yarn ( if the > colors are close to what you want). These last two add sparkle. Cut them > into 1/4, 1/8 and 1/2 inch pieces and lay them on one kitty brush. Use the > other kitty brush against them and, as if you were carding wool, push one > brush's teeth against the others with the yarn in between and keep doing > this until the yarns turn into dubbing and blend. As you lay out the colors, > write down on a 3 x 5 card the name of the dubbing, date and how much of > each yarn you need to get the color you want. Add the lights and darks until > the dubbing is the correct color. As a final finish, if you have a package > of dubbing enhancer in clear or the UV dub that is the white with blue > highlights ( I believe it is called pearl) cut that in fine 1/8 in pieces > and add it to the dubbing and pull the kitty brushes against each other > until the dubbing is a wonderful blue of your chosen color and also sparkles > like WOW. Usually, it will take about 3-4 cuts across the end of the pearl > UV dubbing just as it comes from the package to add those highlights. There > you have it..blue dubbing. (or whatever color you want). If you want to, you > can just use the wool yarns without doing the big skein of acrylic. I look > for blue Mohair ( this will give you the long shank look of goat dubbing) > when I am in the knitting store and any other soft, fluffy yarns in the > colors you will likely need in the future. In my tying shop are three big > storage crates with the yarns I use as basics. I use mainly the Lion brand > yarns for the bases. Check out their own home page, also > http://www.herschners.com for some wonderful yarns if you don't have them in > a store near you. Let me know if you can't find the things you need and I > will find them for you. Do you need the Kingfisher blue or the blue jay blue > for your fly? Questions, give me a holler. Joyce > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.711 / Virus Database: 467 - Release Date: 6/27/2004
