Blend Option is grayed out when selecting two objects

[MounirDev]

I have two objects selected that are colored with the Free Transform gradient, i'm not able to make a blend.

( but when I try to expand the shapes, make the blend, a line appears, so i exapand everything again and give them the smae gradient color, this way it works but it's a lot of work and i won't be able to replace a spine with the blend)

when I try the forementioned methode, I won't be able to replace a spine ( the blend and spine are slected):

any ideas please?

[MounirDev]

I'm using Adobe Illustrator 24.0.2

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Blends don't work with freeform gradients .

[MounirDev]

Unfortunate 😩

[Monika Gause]

What kind of look are you after?

[MounirDev]

I just want to replace a spine with a blend i made with freetransform, something like this:

[Kurt Gold]

You can create a symbol out of the freeform gradient object and blend between two or more instances of that symbol.

[MounirDev]

how? isn't that what I did?

[Kurt Gold]

You select a freeform gradient object, go to the Symbols palette and create a new symbol.

Now you place two ore more instances of that symbol on the scratch area, select them all and make a blend.