Spinning idiot
Yes, that would be me.
After months of neglect and sporadic spinning, I eventually got to the point of having two full bobbins, ready to ply. And so I did, and made a good size skein out of them. See?
Then I got hit by a tsunami of big and heavy exams, and never got to finish plying the singles left on the two bobbins. When I finally got round to it, exhausted after a 6 hours exam, I plonked myself down, stared into space for a while, then slowly focused on the wheel and decided to finish that plying.
After a while spent wondering why the yarn looked so weird, even for my standards, it hit me: S singles are plyed Z, and viceversa. Remember? Except I do not even know what way the singles are spun anymore.
Yes, I know, I am a spinning idiot.
Now, for all of you experienced and wise spinners out there a question: is there any way to rescue those singles from their tangliness, and ply them the right way round, whatever that might be?
PS: welcome home Melanie! so glad to have you back!
PPS: thank you Kay and Ann, for your wonderful book! I am enjoying every page of it, and am very proud to be mentioned in it! So cool!
After months of neglect and sporadic spinning, I eventually got to the point of having two full bobbins, ready to ply. And so I did, and made a good size skein out of them. See?
Then I got hit by a tsunami of big and heavy exams, and never got to finish plying the singles left on the two bobbins. When I finally got round to it, exhausted after a 6 hours exam, I plonked myself down, stared into space for a while, then slowly focused on the wheel and decided to finish that plying.
After a while spent wondering why the yarn looked so weird, even for my standards, it hit me: S singles are plyed Z, and viceversa. Remember? Except I do not even know what way the singles are spun anymore.
Yes, I know, I am a spinning idiot.
Now, for all of you experienced and wise spinners out there a question: is there any way to rescue those singles from their tangliness, and ply them the right way round, whatever that might be?
PS: welcome home Melanie! so glad to have you back!
PPS: thank you Kay and Ann, for your wonderful book! I am enjoying every page of it, and am very proud to be mentioned in it! So cool!
posted by benedetta at 4:54 PM
5 Comments:
I cannot help you, as I am a spinning idiot too. But to my eyes the skein looks great.
What page are you on? I thought I read every line, but aparently not!
Sorry, cannot help with the spinning.
The sk looks great! Love the color! hmm sorry can't help you with the 'c' or 'z'
I've never been clear on s vs z - but spin to the right (angle of twist /), ply to the left (angle of twist \) is what I do.
Alson Amos's book has some information of deconstructing yarn to learn ply and change commercial yarns.
I expect you could attach one ply to the ball winder, one to the wheel and wind them on as you separate them.
Good Luck.
Unplying and winding them separately again, to try again would be the best way. I don't know if machines will help. Maybe have two people, each one with a ply in hand, loosen drive and tensioning bands (depends on your wheel) so there is some small tensioning, and roll each onto a separate bobbin, and go at it again. Or call it a loss, and start anew.
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