Swirl in the Mold Part 1

This is the most basic of all the swirls on soap.  It is likely the first attempt a new soaper would try to do, I tried this method first, too.  It is quite easy to achieve a good outcome as you can see what the result will look like.  As with other swirl in the mold methods, this is done at light trace.

All you have to do is to divide the base soap into 3 parts; 2 parts will be used as base, and another part to be  mixed with the colors for the swirl.  In this batch, I misjudged the soap and ended with 2 parts only, so the swirl pattern was quite heavy.  The main batch was left white, while the rest was divided into three parts to be mixed to make - blue, black, and purple soap.

1. Pour all the base into the mold. 
2. Then pour a line of colored soap onto this.  I did a diagonal pattern all across the soap, one color at a time and tried not to overlap them.  And since I had too much colored soap, I repeated the process in the opposite direction.  
3. Then drag a chopstick through the soap, once horizontally, once vertically and and once more diagonally.  

This is how it ends up.

Enjoy soaping!

(Some drawings in Part 2)