Susan wrote: >I am trying to core spin mohair locks over a Wensleydale thread. The >Wensleydale is spun with S twist and seems very solid until I start to >spin the mohair with Z twist, then it starts to unravel!! What am I >doing wrong? Thanks for any suggestions.
Hi Susan, What you're doing right now is actually unspinning the Wensleydale, assuming that it is a singles. You'll need to add the mohair with an S twist (since that is the direction your core thread is spun) onto the Wensleydale than ply back over it with another thread (Wensleydale or other - even sewing thread works)or self ply with the core spun yarn to give you a balanced yarn. If adding the mohair in a S direction makes your thread more overspun than you'd like, you might need to take some of the original S-twist out of your Wensleydale by spinning it ever so slightly in the z direction before you add the mohair to it (again, in the s-direction). Hope this helps To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
