Article Info

Article Title
Plying My Longest Thread
Author
Kaye Cooper
Issue date
Winter 2016
Issue number
15
Issue topic
Plying
Description
The author describes the journey to spin the longest plied thread possible from 10 grams of fleece to enter a competition for the Bothwell Highland Spin In. The author describes the fiber selection (ultimately choosing a 16-micron Merino fleece) and how she spun the yarn using her e-spinner. Because the singles were so thin and fragile, special care had to be taken in the plying to make sure the tension was not too high, including modifying the bobbin and setting up a kate specific to this project.
Article topic list
plying, community, fine, e-spinner, tension