I finally found time to ply my angora, corridale, wool/angora singles into yarn yesterday. I had quite a lot of the blue/purple singles left over so I had a chance to try plying off a nostepinne as I’d seen a spinner do last fall at the Fiber Festival of New England. She said to wind your singles into a center pull ball on your ball winder and then slip that onto your nostepinne. You take both ends and slip a bit through your leader and off you go. It takes a bit of practice and I think my yarn is a bit underplied but I found it much quicker than using a plying ball.
First plied yarn of the new year.
January 2, 2013















January 2, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Oh, interesting: holding the nosti supplies the tension? Hmmmm…. I think the yarn looks lovely.
January 3, 2013 at 11:53 am
Looks great!