Article Info

Article Title
Fiber Cheerleader: How to encourage drape in your fine handspun yarns
Author
Alanna Wilcox
Issue date
Autumn 2023
Issue number
42
Issue topic
Drape
Description
This article looks at some of the choices you can make to encourage drape in your yarns: preparing the fiber, spinning and plying and yarn, and finishing. For example yarns/swatches, fibers used are Cormo, alpaca, and a blend of the two fibers.
Article topic list
alpaca, Cormo, drafting, drape, finishing