This Spinner Talks Knitting on Mason-Dixon Knitting

 

Singles, 2-ply, and 3-ply commercial yarns.

 

I have a new post up at Mason-Dixon Knitting about  how ply in commercial yarn affects knitting.

I’ve been having a great time over the past few posts talking to knitters about how yarns are constructed and what it means to our knitting. Everyone seems happy to learn new things and to find out that some knitting snafus are caused by yarn fiber, draft and ply, not by our ability to knit.

 

I demonstrated fun with ply in some great yarns :

 

Single-ply (singles): Mrs. Crosby, Satchel (100% Superwash Merino), Color: Spun Gold.

Lace swatches!

2-ply: Sincere Sheep, Cormo Fingering (100% Cormo), Color: Vit C.

3-ply: Sincere Sheep, Cormo Sport (100% Cormo), Color: Vit C

I did my most favorite thing, I knit them into swatches to show what happens when a ply is added or subtracted in various stitch patterns.

 

 

Singles, 2-ply, 3-ply and cable ply all in BFL

As spinners we figure this out pretty early on in our knitting our handspun careers. It’s easy for us to change our ply when we sample to get the right ply for any particular project.

Waaay back in 2013 (!) I wrote my Knittyspin column about ply and knitting. I had a great time experimenting and sampling with ply.

Singles, 2-ply, 3-ply, and cable ply in cabled knitting. The cable ply weighs a ton!

I carry my ply samples with me every time I teach. They’ve caused quite a few ah-ha moments when spinners handle them in class.

Have you done any experimenting or sampling with ply?

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Jillian is the​ author of the best-selling spinning book Yarnitecture. She is the editor​ of Knittyspin and Developmental Editor for PLY and PLY Books. She kinda loves this spinning thing and wants everyone who spins to love it too, so she teaches and writes a lot. She knits, weaves, and stitches and tries to do as much of it as she can with handspun yarn. She's always cooking up all kinds of exciting and creative things combining fiber arts. She likes her mysteries British, her walks woodsy, and to spend as much time as she can laughing. Spy on her on her website jillianmoreno.com

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