When the skein turns left you have too much ply. When the skein turns right you don't have enough. You can let a single ply back on itself and get a pretty good idea of the number of twists per inch your going to have to have in the ply to make a balanced yarn. When you are plying, pull off some from the bobbin and let it drap down in front of your wheel. If it hangs and doesn't twist you are getting a balanced yarn. Watch the way it twists and compensate in your ply to get a balanced yarn. Remember if the yarn sets on a bobbin for a long period of time, it sets the twist. I would recommend plying a small portion of these yarns, then wetting or steam them, hand, let dry and see what they do. Sometimes they will revert to where the yarn is "comfortable" and you won't have a balanced yarn. Knitting with these types of yarn will cause biased stitches, the stitches will be on an angle, instead of straight. Gail White
> > Hi all. I don't say much but here I am with some brain fade (maybe it > is the wind chill that blew through here the last few days!?!) > > If I hold up a skein of homespun and it twists a bit to the left am I > over plying or under plying? I think I am over plying a bit? > > Thanks! > > Nadine To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
