Thanks to Holly and Jekka with their thoughts on my plying question.
Holly wrote: >> In your particular situation, the only real >>advantage to chain-plying is to get knitting >>before you're finished spinning and plying :) And >>practicing a new skill probably counts, too. Yeah, well, let's not talk about getting to any knitting. I'm going to be working on reknitting that cotton XL sweater for a while. sigh And I have done chain-plying before, so it's not that I'm totally learning the new skill.just thought it might be easier.but. Jekka wrote: >> The other question on chain-plying the llama is how it behaves at the >>bends. I have found that some fibers are more malleable and chain-ply with >>barely perceptable bumps (merino, for example), but that more wiry fibers >>can be very stubborn and not want to bend that radically. I'd be a little >>concerned that the llama might be one of the stubborn ones. This is exactly what I've been wondering about. Of course, I could try it . and at the same time, I've got a funny feeling it could be one of those things that might get worse over time. I think you're both reinforcing my suspicion that Navajo/chain plying would be a Mistake. Bah! :-) Grace [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
