Fade repair

[D Rice]

I'll try this again. I posted last night and obviously didn't do something right. I pieced in a couple of 1" Dia. repairs on a light grayish/tan carpet yesterday. I had to get a donor from a piece of carpet that had been outside for the dogs to lay on. The pieces I put in are I believe sun bleached a bit and don't match. My question is how do I color blend this with crayon or chalk? I took a SA repair course a couple of months but we didn't have time to get into this. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you, Doug Rice

 

[Charlie Lyman]

Some pics might stimulate a response.

 

[harryhides]

Doug if you can get some more of the doggy carpet, ( if not any remnant will do ) take it home and practice on it with light strokes using a grey or tan ( or both) crayon. Warm them up a bit with a hair dryer first.
When you go too dark which is likely, put a little Iso Propyl alcohol on a clean towel and wipe off some of the added color. For removing smaller amounts, do not use any alcohol.

You just need to practice a bit and play around with the concept.
Once you are happy with the result, just heat set it with a steam iron ( on Wool setting) over a paper towel or cotton towel for a couple of minutes.

 

[D Rice]

Thanks for the help. I will grab some scrap and get in some practice.
Doug