@Helical_Code would you use the same spindle weight to 2 ply as you used to spin your singles?
@Foxthorn
Wow! Very even. So you are doing a two ply with these? As a way of controlling the tension for spindle plying, I tend to favor making a plying ball.
@Helical_Code this will be my second 2ply with these colors. The first was very chonky. I'm curious to see how this one turns out.
@Foxthorn
Looking good! It looks like you have more twists per inch in the second hank, so the thick parts puff out more. Nice effect!
@Helical_Code LOL completely unintentional as my spinning is evolving. I did try (unintentionally) to ply a z twist with an s twist yarn...THAT was fun.
@Foxthorn
I think everyone does that once!
In biology, you get what we call supercoiling.
@Helical_Code I created a huge mess and I was determined not to lose yarn so I sat on the floor and untangled it. Doggo #1 tried to help... #nothelpful
@Helical_Code and then I labeled the s and z directions on my whorls.
@Foxthorn
Oh dear! Doggos are so enthusiastic, even when inconvenient.
@Helical_Code I'm pretty sure Doggo #1 has pica as I've witnessed her eat rocks and bars of soap and dirt and all sorts of weird stuff. This is why I don't roll yarn into balls that she might find. She WILL eat it. Obstruction surgery #2 is not high on my list of things to experience.
@Foxthorn One obstruction surgery is more than enough! My SIL's great dane decided to chomp a small ball at the dog park - not good in the same direction.
@Helical_Code Doggo #1's obstruction was also due to a ball. She popped it open to get to the squeaker and the little rubber plug got stuck just above her colon. It made a very effective stopper
@Helical_Code I have tried to build something akin to a tensioned lazy kate for plying. We will see how it does.
@Foxthorn
Oh my gosh! That's really something. So I've got to ask - do you have a spindle that somehow has a series of removable shafts? I'm trying to figure out how you are getting your singles onto the rods in the pic.
@Helical_Code I do have a modular spindle system that allows me to trade out whorls and shafts. However, the big storage rods spin, so I've literally just been taking the end of my yarn, connecting it to the rod, and spinning it off the spindle and onto the rod.
@Foxthorn
Yes, I think so. If you were doing something like a seven ply, maybe not. I do remember that at some point in time I had just one spindle, and I used it to make a three ply.
@Helical_Code like a true addict, I have acquired a second, lighter, spindle. So now must question everything that I'm doing.
@Helical_Code