In yarny news, I made some yarn! This is my third batch of plied yarn, and I must say that every skein that I make is getting better. When I first showed it to Sharon she told me that it was a little over plied and over spun, I was convinced at the time... however I have since started knitting with it and she was definitly right. It feels a little "hard", so I am going to work very hard on my next batch at putting less spin into it.
Now here's a question for the spinners, if you over twist your singles should you also over ply? Just so that things even out?
3 comments:
If you overtwist your singles, you want to ply enough to bring the twist back down to normal.
When I spin for a 2 ply yarn, I do overtwist somewhat, when plying this, it gives me a nice bouncy plyed yarn. When doing 3 ply or navajo ply, I am somewhat more limited to how much twist I can take out in the plying arena, so I am careful not to overtwist the singles.
Have fun in TO! Your handspun looks lovely. : )
- Julie
Hi Maggie, I'm so impressed with your knitting skills! I came across your blog the other day and really love it.
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I just wanted to say also, that I'm so sorry to hear about Sage. She looked like a beautiful cat.
cheers,
grace
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