I finished and fulled the 2ply blend that I handyed at Pat Leclair's workshop at last years fibre convention in Barrie. It looks pretty neat and turned out much more evenly balanced than I anticipated whilst spinning. The one thing I would like to improve on, and this is just personal taste, is to have tighter plys. However, to do this, I need to make an effort to overtwist my singles more than I do. Fairly easy, but takes a consorted effort to overcome muscle memory. It ended up being 83 yards, which is really long considering it was only a sample bag from Pat for the workshop. It's definitely laceweight, so will knit up nicely.
I've wanted to start making thead plied yarn for the longest time now... and I just spun up over 500 yards of plain ol' singles on my wheel that I debating what to do with. So.... I bought some neato variegated polyester thread, and just... went to it. I ended up pushing up the previously spun single at various intervals while plying to form some *really* loose coils that ended up having a nice effect when done. Overall, I'd say it was a nice success, however, again, I need to put WAY more twist into my singles if I want a tighter thread plied yarn that it still fairly balanced. Also, I'll have to switch to my plying jumbo flyer unit for my wheel, which is all nicely stained now thanks to my dad, when I do the next batch, because even though the final product is really not much more than your single... it is way fluffier and fills up the bobbin in no time. Next up after I spin all of these singles I have lying around, are definitely cocoons and crescents, and of course a go at corespinning. I'm so excited to be spinning lately. :)
loose coil:
thread plied single with loose waves and coils:
Skein of thread plied yarn drying after fulling:
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