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Plying Structures - ALL THE WASHED SAMPLES, Weeks 1-4, and the one spindle that I used for all the spinning and all the plying (spindle by Gnomespun Yarns, https://gnomespun.com/ ) #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: 21 different colors of yarns, arranged from left to right - pinks, reds, oranges, yellow, greens, blues, purples, and browns; each varying in types and sizes of ply. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4nUXZM18X/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #4: Plying Structures - Crepe Yarns. Sample 3: Chain-ply (ply-on-the-fly) spun Z and plied S + S-spun single, Crepe plied Z. BONUS Sample 4: S-spun singles -- paired singles chain plied into a 6-ply yarn. #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card (dark brown, medium brown, beige). right-bottom: thicker three ply yarn wrapped with thing single yarn. core made of three plies, single wrapped around it. bonus yarn (middle photo) is made of many small plies, slanted from top-right to bottom-left. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4mNDxsl4t/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #4: Plying Structures - Crepe Yarns. Sample 2: Fluffy Z singles, 2-plied-S. Small S single, Z crepe-plied. #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card. All the yarn elements are two colors - mint green and burgundy - making the yarn stripes mottled and unpredictable and the ply slant obscured from view. The larger yarn has plies that slant top-left/bottom-right. The smaller yarn when plied around the larger yarn, slants top-right to bottom-left. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4kXGKsTQ7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #4: Plying Structures - Crepe Yarns. Sample 1: My small default yarn as Crepe. Spun Z singles (blue: dark w/light stripes; light w/dark stripes), 2-plied-S. Spun S single (burgundy), plied-Z with s-2-ply blue. #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card. two shades of blue with one stripe of burgundy. visually striking Z-slant with the burgundy wrapped around the blue yarn. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY9cSsF5T6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #3: Plying Structures - Cabled Yarns. Sample 4: Chain x chain - Z-singles chain plied-S, then chain-plied cabled-Z. On Left: Washed, On Right: Unwashed #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card. two shades of burgundy. strong sense of a rope structure, almost like kernals of corn in diagonal spirals. the finished cable is easily larger than a cm wide and looks very squishy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY9IwAlt2S/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #3: Plying Structures - Cabled Yarns. Sample 3: Thick-and-thin (chain x 2) - Z-singles chain plied-S, then 2-ply cabled-Z. On Left: Washed, On Right: Unwashed #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card. pale green and periwinkle blue in bumpy, inconsistent textures are spiral wrapped around each other. the finished cable has cloud-like bumps and diagonlal color changes stacked on top of each other. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY8socl8r7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #3: Plying Structures - Cabled Yarns Sample 2: Cable of 3x3 (singles spun Z, 3-ply yarn plied S, 3 strands of 3-ply cabled together Z) On Left: Washed, On Right: Unwashed #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures alt-txt: collage of yarns on an index card. three values of purple are heathered throughout the cabled yarn. the finished cable has the appearance of a thick, complex rope structure, over a cm thick. the washed skein hangs neatly in a loop, the unwashed skein spirals and coils around itself https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY8WQlFLaH/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wk #3: Plying Structures In preparation to work on a 3x3 cable, I needed to split these singles into three even portions. I wound off the singles to a magazine, counted the loops, and unwrapped them around wool dryer balls. Half done - each set needs 56 of the wraps from the magazine. To keep track, every ten magazine wraps are in one plane wrapped around the dryer ball. Three dryer balls each have a third of the singles I spun on a spindle. The leftovers went onto the card for singles, plyback sample, 3-ply plyback sample, and 3x3 plyback sample. alt-txt: collage of yarns wrapped around a magazine, half unwound off the magazine to two wool balls, and finally completely unwound from the magazine and on to three wool balls, with samples at different plying thickness saved to an index card. #FranquemontUniversity #SpinningWithAbby #PlyingStructures https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY7cp1lW6f/?utm_medium=tumblr