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
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