Spinning up two braids of "Singer"

I am continuing to spin up some of the oldest fibres in my stash and this next one is from the monthly fibre club that I used to subscribe to.  It is from July 2019 and is called "Singer" and was based on the colours of the Singer sewing machines.  I had two braids of this, one that arrived at the time from the club and then I managed to get another at a later date via a fellow spinner who was downsizing and selling off some of their fibres.

I did consider ways in which to handle the colours which would include separating the colours out for a more interesting yarn but the problem with that is that the yellowy-gold colour is the Eri Silk and so by separating the colours this would isolate the Eri Silk away from the wool content and I didn't really want to do that.  What I decided to do was to split it in half along the length, pre-draft the fibre and just spin it as it comes and I done this for both braids.

Given that this fibre was from a monthly subscription and we were told that there was only ever one batch made at the wool mill that she used it surprised the hell out of me to discover that the two skeins made are different colours.

The braid that I had as part of the monthly subscription has spun up much darker and leaning more toward the green and black content than the braid that I got from a fellow spinner who was selling off stuff to downsize which leans more towards the red and gold content.

With this colour difference between the two skeins there is no way that I could work them together on the same project in a bid to blend them and neutralise any colour variation as it would just cause stripes and on the kind of things that I make stripes rarely work.  They will have to be worked on separate projects.

So, both come under the umbrella of "sport weight" and the darker/duller one (on the right) is 100g/331m and the other one is 106g/381m and the fibre content is 50% Shetland, 25% Corriedale, 25% Eri Silk.