Hi, This is Gail White from Ozark Carding Mill. We spin fibers into plied yarns.
If I had spun your singles, with different fibers, I take all five singles, from your bobbins or balls of yarn and ply all five together and make a sample yarn. You don't need too much, 1/2 an ounce of yarn or less. Skein the plied yarn off your bobbin and wet it with warm water. Hang it up to dry overnight. Take a look at the wetted, dried yarn. Is it balanced? Hangs straight and doesn't twist. Look at the singles, are they smooth and straight or do they have little bumps and loops in them. Some of the causes of the loops are the differences in the fibers themselves, ie wool, mohair, bunny, etc. They will relax at different rates. Little bumps can be caused by shorter fiber not spun as tightly as the longer fibers. Based on what you see in the wetted, dried yarn should determine how you ply the 5 bobbins. If there's not too much difference in the yarns, ply all 5 together. If some of the yarns have definite differences, you may want to find a yarn that looks similar to them to ply with your yarns. If the differences don't bother you, some people like bumps, loops, etc and consider them "designer" yarns, go ahead and ply them all together. I would not ball wind all five together before plying as the tension during plying might vary from one yarn to another in the group and you won't get an evenly plied yarn. Holding them in your hand separately you can tension them individually during plying. Another thought, are they all spun in the same direction? Yarns spun in different directions will not ply evenly together. Have fun. Gail -----Original Message----- >From: d2...@roadrunner.com >Sent: Mar 24, 2010 8:07 PM >To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [fibernet] Re: & I need plying info > >>>Would it help manage the yarns if you use a ball winder and wind them >all together first into a ball , then you can ply them all at once from >the ball?<< > >Ohhh! I like this idea! I'd need to put them through the ball winder >anyway, just to be able to ply them together. >-- >wrnk >d2 >
