Budget Friendly Blending Board (aka my fibre craft Holy Grail!)
If you love crafting and have dabbled in fibre-based projects, you’ve probably heard of blending boards and how useful of a tool they can be.
I got into hand spinning yarn completely by accident but it has quickly become one of my new favourite handicrafts. When I started trying to learn more about the different fibres used in hand spinning, I had all kinds of videos pop up showing people making custom blends of fibre in wonderful colours and interesting textures by using blending boards and drum carders.
Being the jump-in with both feet crafter that I am, I of course then went to research how much tools like this would cost me.
Needless to say, I was more than a little disappointed when I found that even the most basic drum carder was way more expensive than I expected and the blending boards available from reputable UK suppliers were also out of my budget at over £120 as a minimum.
Imagine my surprise when I was having a search on Etsy recently (doing some research for an upcoming blog post) and I saw a UK Etsy shop with a fabulous range of supplies for all kinds of fibre crafting who had also just released a blending board set for under £70!
This was a much more comfortable price range for me, so I treated myself to purchasing one and have been busy testing it out so that I can share my full review of it.
Best Value Blending Board for UK Crafters
Perfect for beginners and experienced fibre crafters alike, this excellent value blending board is a must-have tool.
It comes with everything you need to create your own unique fibre blends and stores away neatly when not in use.
This excellent value blending board from Heidifeathers comes with everything you need to create your own unique wool and fibre blends.
- 10″ x 10″ carding area
- Adjustable height keel with 3 positions
- Blending/packing brush
- 2 Wooden dowels and a metal diz to remove fibre from the board
- 1 bag of mixed fibre scraps (including 1 bag of Angelina fibres)
My blending board was delivered nice and quickly and came well packaged. The instructions and information supplied with it are very clear and thoroughly take you through each step of the blending process from adding fibres to the board, blending them and then removing them using both dowel rods and a diz.
The bag of mixed fibre ‘posh’ scraps that came with it were also great, I had a lovely mix of colours and types of fibre that I’ve really enjoyed working into blends.
I can say that I was thoroughly impressed with the quality of this mixing board and all the supplies included with it, it’s the perfect set-up for fibre craft beginners and is definitely the best value blending board for UK crafters.