On 3/15/06, Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's the spinning of the thread that catches the > 'head' of the fiber section in the forming thread, and > leaves the 'tail' on the edge of the thread. You want > to use the thread 'head first' so all the friction of
This is true if all the plies of the thread are aligned in the direction of spin. Hands up who two-plies their handspun by taking either end of a packet of singles... When I instruct handspinners who might want to use their wool yarn for bobbin lace, I tell them to keep the plies in alignment - not a problem if plying from the new end of two spools (aka 'bobbins' that we hang on a holder device mostly called a 'lazy kate' though she should be called a 'clever kate') but there are those accustomed to two-plying woollen yarn from two ends of a square 'ball' - the faster to use it for knitting... For non-spinners, a 'single' is one-ply yarn. Two singles = 2-ply, not a 'double' <vbg> Presumably in industry our cotton and linen threads are all plied in the same direction of spin. However I haven't had any trouble with fuzzing thread except when using embroidery floss for BL, and if winding in pairs, eventually one half of the thread will be at odds with the other half, if slight - it is noticeable. > however. And, remember, when the threads are wound in > pairs, one of them will be headfirst, and one will be > tailfirst. Thus there is good reason to hang bobbins in a bundles, rather than in true pairs, such as if using linen singles. > unattached bobbin. This event leads to muttered > curses, retro lacing or the use of the hackle pliers Doesn't it though ;) 'raising our hackles indeed' (double pun intended, bad as it is) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
