Plying my trade

When we left off I had two dubious looking balls of singles - and they looked kind of naughty.. but there they are in 2 glass bowls to keep them from rolling around in the plying process.  Now a normal spinner would know where her Lazy Kate is...and her niddy noddy.  Two wonderful tools that make this process easier.  But this spinner has sons living in her studio and I cannot find a darned thing...

So you take your wild balls of lovely spun wool and tie them to the header string that will feed into and onto the bobbin.. looks like a scary mess at this point with everything curling around itself - but that is good.

 

So then you spin and ply the two singles together in an even way until when you stop spinning and relax.. the yarn does not curl up - but lays balanced like this.. then it is evenly spun and will work for knitting.... YAY!






I Filled 3 bobbins and then wound the contents over my hand and around my elbow to get small skeins that are fluffy and yummy - and deceivingly light .
Something to dye for...