Look what’s all spun up:
Now the burning question: Do I two-ply it, or chain/Navajo-ply it? (The sensible answer is to try both. And because even though I weighed it before spinning it up [I swear, I did] there’s more on the second bobbin than there is on the first, so I can try chain-plying from that one.)
(Hmph. Not sure why the picture isn’t displaying vertically like it’s supposed to. Tilt your head to the left.)
ETA @ 16:50: Oh my gods. Navajo plying with a thread-thin single of my own spinning. I may weep with joy. It’s so smooth.
ETA @ 17:25: Wow. So very different.
This is the Navajo/cable-plied yarn:
This is the two-ply yarn:
Here they are side by side:
To touch, the cable-plied feels more solid. I want to say harsh, except it’s still soft, just less lofty than the two-ply. Oddly, I think the colours are a bit muddier in the cable-ply than the two-ply. I expected the opposite, since cable-ply is touted as a great way to preserve colour changes. Maybe on a coloured single that changes less frequently than this stuff.
Now I get to wash both, dry them, and knit a sample in the stitch and pattern I’m going to be using it for to see how each sample handles, and how the colours are best shown. I’m kind of excited about swatching with them.
I suspect that I’m going to need Ceri’s in-person input on the samples this Saurday when I swing by her place to pick up my new ball winder and needles.
PRETTY!
I am way too excited about seeing how this plies up. If this were twitter, I would tag it #spinningnerd.
I may try plying it this afternoon once I get tonight’s chili on. The upstairs neighbour is engaging in bricolage, and it makes reviewing a bit difficult. :)
It’s soooo beautiful!!
xox
Hmm. I’m liking the look of the two-ply better myself, but I’ll wait to pass final judgement until I see it in person (YAAAAAY)
The navajo ply is for keeping long colour changes together, so if the colour changes are shorter, it makes sense that plying them together would muddy the colour (er… I think?)
I like the two-ply’s look as well, especially after the wash. But the true test will be knitting with it. Behaviour on the needles and how it lies in the pattern will be a truer test, I think.
I’m tremendously pleased with the physical plies in both, though. Best stuff I’ve done so far.
I can’t tell on the 3-ply, but that 2-ply looks really nice and even! Very nice stuff, indeed!
The cable-ply is really tight. Not in a bad way, just not as loose as the two-ply. Sturdy is the word, I think. And it’s so even! Wait till you see it.
*bounce bounce bounce*