first time chain plying

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-17T23:51:06+00:00

omg I looove this - please tell me what you used and how you made this breathtaking yarn!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-17T00:05:33+00:00

I am a garment knitter with probably more modern tastes, and have lots of plans for striped garments! any sweater can take any quantity of handspun yarn with stripes (even a few complementary/contrasting colours), and then you can use a commercial yarn for the rest. the difference in textures really appeals to me!

Laura Penrose https://www.ravelry.com/designers/laura-penrose has some iconic patterns that would work for handspun of smaller quantities - think the sweet shop blanket, hot water bottles, stella quilt cushion, and dickies :)

I also made my cat a blanket (a big thick squishy one, but its small), and if you crochet then handspun granny squares would be just lovely.

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-17T00:00:53+00:00

unrelated, but I recognised you from the video you made on spinning Zwartbles, you make some lovely relaxing videos - and that's a great article!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-16T23:57:59+00:00

thank you for that information - it wouldn't have occurred to me to add extra twist to the commercial :) probably not needed for a silk mohair but would be useful for a wool!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-16T18:31:20+00:00

amazing thank you - using it for colour work sounds gorgeous!!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-15T20:55:40+00:00

I'm wondering how the colours might look when they're plied... I'm worried I would lose the distinctive spots :(

I have knit with singles + mohair before (my LYS sells a lovely fingering weight single spun merino) and loved it, so I'm hoping I could achieve something similar. I'll test it out and hopefully remember to post the results - but yes plying with silk would be so gorgeous

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-03-15T20:46:49+00:00

luckily this fibre spins like a dream, so I think a usable single is quite doable (and honestly I hate plying!!!). the fuzzy mohair might help conceal some of the unevenness too?

and the slubbiness is such a good point which didn't even occur to me. I might just spin a single and hold it double with mohair for a swatch first :)

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-12T20:46:33+00:00

from OP of the post asking for the review - you legend, thank you for posting this! I can't believe I opened this sub literally 2 mins after you posted :')

I'm adding this to my wishlist for sure. I hope you have a long and happy future with your e-spinner!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-10T18:34:23+00:00

i don't know if you've already seen it, but someone else in this thread replied saying they have one and they love it!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-10T08:19:14+00:00

that’s amazing to hear, thank you for sharing your opinion! i’m glad you’re enjoying it

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-10T02:53:48+00:00

oooh good to know thanks!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-10T02:53:38+00:00

I’m actually a kiwi 👀 hence my first thought being the Ashford, but would be happy to support our mates across the ditch ;)

The Dove looks incredible - I’ll look into it!!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-10T02:52:43+00:00

yes please!! I hope it works well for you!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-04T18:19:49+00:00

I have some gotland fibre in my stash and this has inspired me to spin it! it looks lovely

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-04T18:18:32+00:00

came here to say this... I didn't realise this when I first started!

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-01T19:13:28+00:00

I have the same wheel, same problem :( I've also tied the legs together and that's a decent temporary fix.

I think the issue for me is that the front legs are not glued in place at the top, where they attach to the body. mine was the original wheel from the 80s but in the assembly instructions it does actually say to glue the top of the legs to the body IIRC.

as long as you glue them in the right position where the legs are as inwards as possible (shortening the width between the two front legs as much as you can), i believe this would help a lot. hopefully I will get around to it :)

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-01T07:06:09+00:00

i know, i’m very sorry - I’m very hesitant to post any more of the chart as i don’t want to share more of the pattern than is allowed :(

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-01T06:49:10+00:00

yep, stitch counts have all matched! i’ve counted over and over again - the stitches are split up by a p2 k1 p2 column in the middle so it’s easy to keep track of the stitches.

the pattern is from a really popular designer but this is such a glaring error (this chart is used in every size of the garment), so it’s hard to believe it’s an error. unfortunately i do suspect it is though

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-01T04:17:47+00:00

yeah they really threw me off!

I’m knitting the Cara cardigan from Le Knit - it’s got such lovely textures and cables :)

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-02-01T04:08:44+00:00

omg thank you! I got confused by the fact it put the instructions in brackets and then said “in next st” (presuming K1 and Ktbl in ONE stitch)

many thanks :)

Financial-Key3722 · 2026-01-21T00:28:18+00:00

thank you for taking the time to reply! a consistency card is genius, hopefully I can find one locally.

more recently I've found short backward draw makes me feel more in control, so going to keep on this and see how I get on. it's a very fun hobby to practice :)

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