I'm taking a "SpinU" class (12-weeks!) at my LYS (Purlescence Yarns). It's been pretty awesome so far, and we're learning a lot of technical details to help make our spinning consistent. Things like
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In terms of "use" -- outerwear garments, like coats or sweaters, or it's great for making cables POP! My instructor akinned the texture to Cascade Greenland, which I *love*.
Also, this helps increase structure for certain yarn fibers, like cashmere (at least I think that's what she said, I'll have to doublecheck). Plus the more you ply, the more "round" the yarn will get (great for cabling).
That's expensive in terms of total money, but not bad in terms of per-hour learning. I just signed up for a 5-hour course (over two nights) at the Weaver's Guild of Minnesota that cost $41 for members.
I think of fulling (as opposed to just setting the twist) as a weaving thing rather than a spinning thing. Who claims that it's ever necessary for spinning? Or did I miss a step?
So does a 3-2 cable mean that you did three two-ply bobbins and then spun them as a triple, or that you did two three-ply bobbins and then spun them as a double?
Yes, I basically calculated out, so in terms of per-hour of learning, it's a really good price.
I don't recall her saying anything about fulling in regards to weaving, but more in regards to true woolen spinning. It was one of those things that I had read in my journey on spinning, and it had just "stuck" in my mind as something that needed to be done. It certainly didn't hurt any of the yarns that I created and knitted, but there's definitely a time in place.
3-2 cable -- I spun 6 bobbins of singles. I 2-plyed into 3 bobbins. Then 3-plied those bobbins.
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In terms of "use" -- outerwear garments, like coats or sweaters, or it's great for making cables POP! My instructor akinned the texture to Cascade Greenland, which I *love*.
Also, this helps increase structure for certain yarn fibers, like cashmere (at least I think that's what she said, I'll have to doublecheck). Plus the more you ply, the more "round" the yarn will get (great for cabling).
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In this case, a 2-ply yarn that has been 3plied
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I think of fulling (as opposed to just setting the twist) as a weaving thing rather than a spinning thing. Who claims that it's ever necessary for spinning? Or did I miss a step?
So does a 3-2 cable mean that you did three two-ply bobbins and then spun them as a triple, or that you did two three-ply bobbins and then spun them as a double?
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I don't recall her saying anything about fulling in regards to weaving, but more in regards to true woolen spinning.
It was one of those things that I had read in my journey on spinning, and it had just "stuck" in my mind as something that needed to be done. It certainly didn't hurt any of the yarns that I created and knitted, but there's definitely a time in place.
3-2 cable -- I spun 6 bobbins of singles. I 2-plyed into 3 bobbins. Then 3-plied those bobbins.
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