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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Navajo Ply on the fly

 Navajo plying the single 
  Just got my copy of Spin-off magazine and there is an article on Navajo plying on the fly - which is spinning  a length of single fiber and then immediately plying the just spun single into a three-ply yarn.  Of course I had to give it a try.
  It was a little awkward at first but I got a rhythm going eventually.  I think I'm going to really like using this technique.   Next, it was time to test knit the bit of yarn that I just spun.  I knit it in the round on size 2 needles.  There seems to be a little bit of a bias but not too bad, although I'm sure it would be more noticeable on a flat piece of knitting.

the plied yarn still on the spindle
the knitted sample

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