{"id":17908,"date":"2013-10-10T03:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T10:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17908"},"modified":"2013-10-11T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T01:19:53","slug":"skinner-blend-teardrop-blend-too-wide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/skinner-blend-teardrop-blend-too-wide\/17908\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Skinner Blend or Teardrop Blend Too Wide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17908#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Skinner Blend Too Wide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-10\/10-90435-skinner-blend-too-wide.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #435:<\/span>\u00a0How to fix wide color blends&#8230; and then keep them at a manageable width!<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Have you ever made a Skinner Blend or Teardrop Blend that ended up getting so wide that it would no longer fit through the opening in your pasta machine?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have a trick for making it skinnier again.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">First thin it out a bit so you have a longer length of clay to work with, by rolling it through a thinner setting on your pasta machine.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Then roll your sheet up, making sure that you don&#8217;t change the orientation of the sheet while rolling. Your resulting log should still look like a blend, with one color on one end, blending to another color at the other end. If you roll the wrong way, the outside layer of the log will only be one color.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Start shortening the log by pushing on the ends and bunching the cane a little at a time, until the log is much shorter in width.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Flatten out the shortened log and roll through the pasta machine at the thickest setting, so that it is now back into a sheet format.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can then continue passing your blend through the pasta machine, but rather than just letting it get wide again, this time hold your fingers on either side of the blend as you pass it through the machine. This will control the sheet and prevent it from squeezing out sideways as it is pushed through the rollers.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsSu-pSGW8U?rel=0\" height=\"431\" width=\"575\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Question of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do your Skinner Blends get way too wide? And do you think this tip will help you? Please post your feedback in the comment section below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">By the way, if you have a polymer clay question or challenge you&#8217;d like me to address in an upcoming video vlog, do post it in the comments below. I&#8217;d love to help you find quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vsSu-pSGW8U\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">What To Do When Skinner Blends Get Too Wide<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">. 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