Fire in the Dark Finale
I finished my novelty yarn, a type of boucle yarn that I can use maybe in a border on a black hat. Here is what I did:
1) I spun a single Z-twist yarn that was 18 wpi (spun in opposite direction of my binder thread [see step 2], the wheel is spun to the right; shown on the bobbin below left). I then set the twist (right photo is before setting twist). I was a little concerned about the yellow color. It was a bit discordant with the other colors, but I thought I would wait and see what the final product looked like before I decided I didn't like it.
2) After the single yarn was dry, I used 40 wt rayon thread in black (plied in the S-direction) and attached it to my leader on my bobbin. Then I attached my single yarn to the leader as well and began loosely wrapping this yarn around my thread at about a 45 degree angle in the same direction the thread was plied (S-direction or spinning my wheel to the left). Hold the single yarn in whatever hand you do not use to draft (I draft with my left, so I held the yarn in my right and the thread was held taut in my left hand). I used my right hand to every once in a while push the singles up in a bunch around the thread. This is a spiral yarn you are creating. The looser you wrap the single yarn, the loopier the yarn will be when you ply it later. I realize this picture is a bit blurry, but you can kind of see how loose I wrapped my single around the rayon yarn and the bunched sections where I pushed the yarn up around the thread. For this yarn, more twist is better than less twist. Try folding a small section to see how much twist you need to add or want. I could have used more twist than I added.
3) After I wrapped the single yarn around my thread, I then plied this yarn back onto itself in the Z-direction, spinning the wheel to the right. It was odd to ply in this direction as I normally ply in the opposite direction. The loops along the yarn like to move a lot, so be careful how tightly you hold the yarn and move your hands down the yarn as you ply.
That's it! I think my little experimental novelty yarn came out great. I learned this type of novelty yarn from Judith MacKenzie McCuin at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2004.
1) I spun a single Z-twist yarn that was 18 wpi (spun in opposite direction of my binder thread [see step 2], the wheel is spun to the right; shown on the bobbin below left). I then set the twist (right photo is before setting twist). I was a little concerned about the yellow color. It was a bit discordant with the other colors, but I thought I would wait and see what the final product looked like before I decided I didn't like it.
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2) After the single yarn was dry, I used 40 wt rayon thread in black (plied in the S-direction) and attached it to my leader on my bobbin. Then I attached my single yarn to the leader as well and began loosely wrapping this yarn around my thread at about a 45 degree angle in the same direction the thread was plied (S-direction or spinning my wheel to the left). Hold the single yarn in whatever hand you do not use to draft (I draft with my left, so I held the yarn in my right and the thread was held taut in my left hand). I used my right hand to every once in a while push the singles up in a bunch around the thread. This is a spiral yarn you are creating. The looser you wrap the single yarn, the loopier the yarn will be when you ply it later. I realize this picture is a bit blurry, but you can kind of see how loose I wrapped my single around the rayon yarn and the bunched sections where I pushed the yarn up around the thread. For this yarn, more twist is better than less twist. Try folding a small section to see how much twist you need to add or want. I could have used more twist than I added.
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3) After I wrapped the single yarn around my thread, I then plied this yarn back onto itself in the Z-direction, spinning the wheel to the right. It was odd to ply in this direction as I normally ply in the opposite direction. The loops along the yarn like to move a lot, so be careful how tightly you hold the yarn and move your hands down the yarn as you ply.
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That's it! I think my little experimental novelty yarn came out great. I learned this type of novelty yarn from Judith MacKenzie McCuin at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2004.
-- posted by Annette @ 5:14 PM
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