Saturday, September 5, 2009

Ply me to the moon... (sorry, sometimes I just can't help it.)

Okay, this video just changed my life...
Sarah Anderson's Navajo Plying. I don't even remember where I first got the link. I watched it, bookmarked it, and thought "Gotta give that a try next time I'm stuck with Navajo plying."
I've whinged many a time about chain-plying. I always feel like I'm about a hand-and-a-half short of being able to do it.
Tonight was the night. I had singles left over from the 3-ply alpaca I'm spinning. (As I always say, why, oh why, do the bobbins never come out even...) Loaded up the video, watched closely one more time, then gave it a shot.
I mirror-imaged her, since my right hand is my orifice hand. And holy crap! First time ever that I chain-plyed without extensive and vehement cursing! The twist was consistent. The little knobby loops disappeared.
One less thing to whinge about.
Life is good.

5 comments:

  1. yay! I'll check it out next time. I tend to do the chains in one pass and add twist in a second (and third?) pass.

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  2. Cool! You'll have to show me how some day. I tend to just save singles up and ply with other stuff eventually to make tidbits.

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  3. Love it! And love your title. :)

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  4. Thank for the link because that type of plying seemed like a magic trick to me.

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