A little magic happened here for me yesterday. After spinning up several 50M skeins, I tried my hand at plying. Mmmmmmm. Yummy.
I've read a lot about plying and there are many good technical articles out there about HOW to ply, but nothing about WHY one should ply.
What I discovered is that - at least with this yarn - the singles knit up a bit scratchy. Plying the singles into a balanced 2ply yarn made it squishy and soft. That was the magic...the transformation from scratchy to soft.
I downloaded an app about spinning for my iPod...it's pretty cool, really. It's full of information and different calculators, twist, grist, etc.
I thought that my roughly 13 wpi (wraps per inch) singles would ply into a 6 wpi yarn that would be a worsted weight...as it turns out, it came out more of a chunky weight. I was so entranced with the squishy softness of this yarn, that I started knitting a toque last night with it...and finished it this morning. It's sitting blocking now, waiting to go to it's new home.
My neighbour spent some time with me yesterday, carding up rolags. Much of the wool he carded is spun up into this toque...
Yummy.
:)
Lisa
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