Setting twist
Jul 27th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I was absolutely incorrigible last night and sat in the bookstore and actually read Start Spinning by Maggie Casey cover to cover. I did not set off the alarm when I left the store, but I should have. It actually is a big book, and I urge it to anyone learning to spin as it had all sorts of things I didn’t know yet (that isn’t really that hard at this stage).
For instance I figured out why the tension didn’t work initially on spinning wheel: from the instructions it wasn’t clear which way the tension should be set up, and I was using both Scotch tension and double drive tension at once. Now I am only using the Scotch tension and it works fine. I plan to try the double drive tension with my next skein.
Maggie explained about setting the stress and why it matters and what it way to be capable to twist a balanced yarn, so got up this morning and tested to do what she said for setting twist. I didn’t do the whole process for the plied yarn as it didn’t look like it needed it (I said I take it, I didn’t say I would obey it), so I loaded it in hot water with Eucalan. I did the whole mess for the single ply as it was weirdly overspun and a little willful — I decided that a good dunk in scalding water with dish soap was exactly the matter it needed:
(Please don’t have those as the whole instructions — read the book instead)
I then squeezed out the water with a towel and hung it on my airer:
The one at stake is actually balanced, and I made it before I knew what that meant. The one at front is weighted and still twisty, but I remember I desire to do some sculptural crochet with it, so at least it won’t be a twisty sweater.
Tags: Fibre, flax, knitting, knitting machine, spinning, yarn
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