As a spinner I was like “woo! She’s gonna talk about the one thing I love more than yarn itself...yarn structure!!” I actually do talk about it all the time with friends. That and bunnies. You explained it really well! I’m looking forward to hearing more spinning topics, it seriously never gets old and I always learn something every time! And tbh having started as a spinner it gave me a really unique perspective on fibers long before I ever picked up a pair of needles or a hook.
I don't know how deeply I can get into spinning LOL. I have had friends try to convert me but it just doesn't speak to me. I can appreciate it and admire it - but I don't want to DO it LOL!
Wow! Fabulous and timely. I've been knitting many, many years -- but I just found out about "wool spun" a few weeks ago. I was discussing it with a knitwear designer this weekend, and he told me that meant it was "top yarn" and it was "very wooly." I was really confused when I was reading about it because it said "fibers shouldn't be more than 3 or 4" long." When I studied textiles, we were taught the filament fibers were the strongest and finest, and they should be 30" or longer. So I didn't know what to think, because it would seem that filament fibers would be the best for spinning. So I guess my friend was right, they are "top yarn" and "very wooly" but your explanation is very clear and thorough. Your explanation of plies and drape are likewise very clear and something I have been wondering about. I'm knitting now with a cotton and alpaca blend which is quite difficult, and I'm thinking it must be single ply. Plies, then, have nothing to do with weight. When I was learning to knit we always bought 4-ply yarn, and it was worsted weight. But 4-ply yarn could just as well be a sport or fingering weight, correct?
Sooo, that is one of those fun UK knitting terminology things. Just as worsted can be a weight or a yarn structure, old school UK knitting refers to yarn weights by ply. So yes, you can have a yarn that is 4 ply "weight" but is actually a single ply yarn and as you said, you can have fingering weight yarn that has 4 plies. I find it very, very confusing.
Wow! This was great! I have wondered and struggled with this concept for so long and information is scarce on technical stuff like this. I want to design my own patterns, and I knew just from some experience that different yarns produce different results, but to have such a concise and clear explanation, it's like a door opened in my mind. Thank you so much for all the research and experience you put into this video. You can make as a many videos on this topic as you can stand. I'll watch 'em all again and again!
LOL. So much of what I know is also from experience. Swatching really helps you learn the practicality of different yarns. But I'll think on how I can talk more about geeky stuff LOL!
This is one of the reasons I love watching your videos, I learn something from everyone of them. This was very interesting. I learn a little crochet when I was in my teens. When I lived in New Jersey a Cuban lady taught me how to knit before I even got pregnant from my 25 years old son and I knitted a pair of slippers and a bunch of swatch with different kinds of stitches. I crochet my first baby blanket on 2013. Now I want to knit a scarf, a beanie and a pair of gloves for my son who went to work for the summer season to Martha's Vineyard and just moved to work for a sky resort in Colorado. Is my first time knitting with 100% merino wool yarns. Let's see how things go. This topic about yarn structure I think it is a very important one. I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thanks for taking the time to talk about this topics. If I have questions about yarns and pattern recommendations, is it best if I ask via the Facebook group?? I am a member of your Facebook group but I barely look at Facebook. Just for specific things and if it is necessary. Greetings from Puerto Rico!!💜💙🌻🥰
The FaceBook group is going to get you the quickest results! I love Puerto Rico and want to visit there again. We were there for the first time when COVID hit and had to cut our trip short.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit thanks!! 💙💜 Then Facebook will be. 😁 Too bad you had to cut your vacation in Puerto Rico. Indeed it is a beautiful place and the beaches are awesome. 😎😍
Just found your videos! You are amazing! I love getting technical like this when it comes to knitting. I want to know it all! I will be binge watching many of your videos now. You explain things so well and in a fun way. Very informative. Thank you for putting these videos out! I would love to see more like this one where you get technical and down to the nitty gritty. Love it!
I'm so glad you like geeking out with me LOL. When I feel like I have a good grasp on things I try to make videos. There are things that I am still learning, but when I get them ... I'll share!
When younger I never swatched, I never tried to go up or down a needle size. Now I do this. I sometimes like a yarn that has yarn overs crossed stitches and is done on larger needles when I did not like that yarn on smaller needles without the yarn overs and crossed stitches. The fabric is crisp but nit cardboard stiff when I get it on the best size if needles for my weird knitting style. Your videos are very helpful.
Thank you so much for this. I have been knitting for 75 plus years and I never knew anything about yarn structure. I don't do a lot of colour work (I don't have the patience) but I do like experimenting and knit a lot of different patterns and use a lot of different yarns so I am sure this info will e very useful going forward. 😀
Wow, fascinating! Will definitely be keeping this in mind when selecting yarn for future projects. And I would be really interested in an interview with a spinner. Love learning new stuff from your channel!
I cannot say how happy it makes me to hear this. Because I am working in my little space and pretty much talking to a computer - it's easy to wonder if anyone is listening or if it makes any difference LOL!
This is very interesting! Yarn fascinates me & I love learning about it as much as I love knitting it & buying it. I'm so glad you showed us the shawls. That really helped understanding the effects the yarn has
I love your teaching videos. They're fascinating, especially how you explain them. I enjoy them, you help us see, understand and even make us think, well.... me anyways. Lol!
Loved it. i always find the yarn before I find the pattern. I also change the patterns anyway, so I need to know how the fibers operated. Would like more of these.
I love this video, I learned so much, it also explains why my first crescent shawl turned out disastrously and no matter what I did it couldn't be remedied. I look forward to any more videos like this!
Excellent intro to structure, I would love to hear anything a spinner can clarify about this topic. The more I knit, the more I wonder and consider these types of yarn properties. Thank you!
Who desides what goes into the yarn and what it is good for. Any industrial secrets!?🤐 How and with what are the colours made. Thank you, love you. Xxx
Thank you so much for this video! Well, thank you for every one of your vids because they're full of information as well as fun....but this one was really excellent because this sort of discussion is so fascinating! And it has me thinking (the world may not be ready, but I am actually thinking!). A deeper dive would be cool, as well!
This is a helpful video! While I am no longer a beginning knitter, I am still often unhappy with my yarn to pattern matches and I'm not always sure why. Think maybe I need to think more about the geeky yarn structure. Also, a friend is sending me 2 whole fleeces - one llama, one alpaca - because he doesn't have anyone else to send them to! I will need to learn how to clean, card, and spin! 😳😬🙌
@@WatchBarbaraKnit I'm both excited and a bit terrified at the same time. So much to learn...and whole fleeces are daunting amounts of fiber! I may need to do some felting, too, which I find so rewarding.
GREAT VIDEO BARBARA. I'm recommending Mika watch this. lol She loves to pick yarn by color.....than asks me to block it for her. ( I told her, the next time she uses 4 different sizes/types of yarns in one pattern, she had to block it) lmao.
I “ like “ it is a really nice 👍🏽 “ color “ yeah 😎 I really like the both of them too “ the sea 🌊 marine blue green now that one has like metallic shine to it “ thank you for sharing your videos
I love cables, all of my fingerless gloves will have some kind of able work on the top side so I use a lot of 3/4 ply yarns. I have done a small bit of color work in the form of my cables, using a different color for the cable itself but no serious color work. I might give it a go after watching this video. Mom was a by the seat of your pant knitter and could not teach me how to knit - right hand versus left hand - so I have ended up knitting in what I used to call sort of reverse left hand knitting or knitting backward but turns out I knit a modified eastern way and cables do not care about you style of knitting so they are easy.
Combining physics with yarn?! LOVE! Now, can you make a bridge out of yarn? ;) Seriously tho, interesting topic that I haven't heard discussed in detail before. Thanks for showing examples too (and confirming my love of alpaca)
There is a youtube video from Peru where they do just that. Every year, these villagers rebuild their bridge across a deep mountain gulch out of -- grass! Starting with thinner bundles of strands, building up to ropes, and then cables strong enough for people to cross. th-cam.com/video/JCxnStgZsTw/w-d-xo.html
Great discussion. I've been a spinner for 20+ years but in the past. I wanted to knit a cabled cardigan with acrylic yarn, and being I have more experience with wool, I chose Plymouth Encore Worsted wt. 75 acrylic/25 wool. The cables on my swatch stood out real "boingy" and no blocking or steaming would get them to lie flat like 100% wool would. If cables are out, what texture stitch would work with this type of yarn? I'm picturing any finished cardigan to be bouncy, boingy, and worst --probably the front band and lower corners curling. Any advice for me? Thank you. Just found your videos and LOVE them. Thanks! Bonita
I'm afraid that I don't have much experience with that yarn so I won't be much help. When I am trying to figure out what a yarn likes I just do a lot of swatching. I try some cables, lace, textures and such to see how it goes. The best thing to stop curling is a stitch with an equal distribution of knits and purls across rows - so things like garter, seed, and moss stitches. Ribbing helps too!
Thanks Barbara. I have a question. I knit a hat & inadvertently combined superwash yarn & a 2nd color that is nonsuperwash. I realized after the fact that my 2nd color (accent color) was non superwash. I haven’t blocked it yet & wonder if I just frog it & start over with nonsuperwash. I also just realized the recommended yarn is non superwash.
Soooo, hats are kinda funny. Depending on how it looks you can sometimes get away without blocking the hat - and if you never block/wash the hat then the differences between the wools won't ever really be an issue. If it needs to be blocked, well, go ahead and block it and see what happens. Everything might be just fine. If things go wonky then you can frog it after that!
Thank you! I have a fine lace 2 ply merino with 45 % silk in iris colorway. What size hook would you recommend for a lacy flowing shawl? After trying several sizes, I noticed size E crochet hook in tunisian knit stitch caused a bouncy type of coil in the chaining, but smaller and larger sizes did not. What is that propensity to coil at certain circular sizes called, and how do I take advantage of that? I am an avid crocheter but wish to try tunisian.
Great video. Would love to learn more from a spinner. I have one question. Is 1-ply yarn the same as roving yarn. I crochet too and a lot of crocheters use roving yarn. Thank you. Lurinda
So I don't know that there is a specific definition for "roving yarn". I think it is more of a marketing gimmick. Roving is a real thing and I think the defining factor of it is that it doesn't have any twist put into it at all. That is one of the things that spinners spin from. Knitting or crocheting with true roving will create a product that could be pulled apart very easily. Something that will disintegrate with use.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit That is good to know. Now I do not want to even buy any roving yarn. It can go from size 3 to size 5 weight in the same skein. I have another question. What is chain spun like? It gets great stitch definition in crochet. Is it good to knit with. I mostly use ply yarn that is 4-weight and baby yarn that is acrylic. Thanks.
@@LULUCLARKE06 I have crocheted with mixed roving with a thin plied yarn.....hated it because of the lack of structure and the roving parts pilled badly and had many pulled sections. One gentle wash made it look old and worn out.
What I came away with from this video - get all the information you need to make an informed decision, then do what you want and have fun with it. Good video :)
Wow I had never thought about yarn structure. But I generally use 4 ply acrylic for everything but kitchen or bath, then I use cotton. I would love to learn more.
Hi, thanks for your video. I noticed also that multi-ply yarn is usually more elastic than single ply, especially when the single ply is not much twisted
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As a spinner I was like “woo! She’s gonna talk about the one thing I love more than yarn itself...yarn structure!!”
I actually do talk about it all the time with friends. That and bunnies.
You explained it really well! I’m looking forward to hearing more spinning topics, it seriously never gets old and I always learn something every time! And tbh having started as a spinner it gave me a really unique perspective on fibers long before I ever picked up a pair of needles or a hook.
I don't know how deeply I can get into spinning LOL. I have had friends try to convert me but it just doesn't speak to me. I can appreciate it and admire it - but I don't want to DO it LOL!
Wow! Fabulous and timely. I've been knitting many, many years -- but I just found out about "wool spun" a few weeks ago. I was discussing it with a knitwear designer this weekend, and he told me that meant it was "top yarn" and it was "very wooly." I was really confused when I was reading about it because it said "fibers shouldn't be more than 3 or 4" long." When I studied textiles, we were taught the filament fibers were the strongest and finest, and they should be 30" or longer. So I didn't know what to think, because it would seem that filament fibers would be the best for spinning.
So I guess my friend was right, they are "top yarn" and "very wooly" but your explanation is very clear and thorough. Your explanation of plies and drape are likewise very clear and something I have been wondering about. I'm knitting now with a cotton and alpaca blend which is quite difficult, and I'm thinking it must be single ply.
Plies, then, have nothing to do with weight. When I was learning to knit we always bought 4-ply yarn, and it was worsted weight. But 4-ply yarn could just as well be a sport or fingering weight, correct?
Sooo, that is one of those fun UK knitting terminology things. Just as worsted can be a weight or a yarn structure, old school UK knitting refers to yarn weights by ply. So yes, you can have a yarn that is 4 ply "weight" but is actually a single ply yarn and as you said, you can have fingering weight yarn that has 4 plies. I find it very, very confusing.
Wow! This was great! I have wondered and struggled with this concept for so long and information is scarce on technical stuff like this. I want to design my own patterns, and I knew just from some experience that different yarns produce different results, but to have such a concise and clear explanation, it's like a door opened in my mind. Thank you so much for all the research and experience you put into this video. You can make as a many videos on this topic as you can stand. I'll watch 'em all again and again!
LOL. So much of what I know is also from experience. Swatching really helps you learn the practicality of different yarns. But I'll think on how I can talk more about geeky stuff LOL!
This is one of the reasons I love watching your videos, I learn something from everyone of them. This was very interesting. I learn a little crochet when I was in my teens. When I lived in New Jersey a Cuban lady taught me how to knit before I even got pregnant from my 25 years old son and I knitted a pair of slippers and a bunch of swatch with different kinds of stitches. I crochet my first baby blanket on 2013. Now I want to knit a scarf, a beanie and a pair of gloves for my son who went to work for the summer season to Martha's Vineyard and just moved to work for a sky resort in Colorado. Is my first time knitting with 100% merino wool yarns. Let's see how things go. This topic about yarn structure I think it is a very important one. I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thanks for taking the time to talk about this topics. If I have questions about yarns and pattern recommendations, is it best if I ask via the Facebook group?? I am a member of your Facebook group but I barely look at Facebook. Just for specific things and if it is necessary. Greetings from Puerto Rico!!💜💙🌻🥰
The FaceBook group is going to get you the quickest results! I love Puerto Rico and want to visit there again. We were there for the first time when COVID hit and had to cut our trip short.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit thanks!! 💙💜 Then Facebook will be. 😁 Too bad you had to cut your vacation in Puerto Rico. Indeed it is a beautiful place and the beaches are awesome. 😎😍
Just found your videos! You are amazing! I love getting technical like this when it comes to knitting. I want to know it all! I will be binge watching many of your videos now. You explain things so well and in a fun way. Very informative. Thank you for putting these videos out! I would love to see more like this one where you get technical and down to the nitty gritty. Love it!
I'm so glad you like geeking out with me LOL. When I feel like I have a good grasp on things I try to make videos. There are things that I am still learning, but when I get them ... I'll share!
Wow! Amazing to see how much difference there is between the two shawls. 👍🏻🧶
It's kinda crazy, eh?
And btw the two shawls are gorgeous and perfect examples.
Thank you!
When younger I never swatched, I never tried to go up or down a needle size. Now I do this. I sometimes like a yarn that has yarn overs crossed stitches and is done on larger needles when I did not like that yarn on smaller needles without the yarn overs and crossed stitches. The fabric is crisp but nit cardboard stiff when I get it on the best size if needles for my weird knitting style. Your videos are very helpful.
I'm glad you have taken to experimenting. You are the boss of your knitting!
Wonderful information!!! I loved learning this!! Now I have more ability to choose yarns based on the properties I am looking for! So helpful!!
Excellent! That was my goal.
This was so helpful Barbara,so well explained. It was always a bit of a mystery to me,and now I think I get it!!
Yay for solving a mystery!
I Love the way you explain things. Thank you.🙂
You are so welcome!
I love hearing the different information you present in your edits. Thank you.
That is great to hear!
I feel like I was part of the reason for this, with my orange chain spun yarn 🤣🤣🤣
* whistles innocently *
Thank you so much for this. I have been knitting for 75 plus years and I never knew anything about yarn structure. I don't do a lot of colour work (I don't have the patience) but I do like experimenting and knit a lot of different patterns and use a lot of different yarns so I am sure this info will e very useful going forward. 😀
I am a big believe in never stop learning!
@@WatchBarbaraKnit Me too! Keeps your mind young and flexible when everything else is getting old and stiff! LOL!
Thanks for a good start on yarn definition. Well wait and watch for more.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow, fascinating! Will definitely be keeping this in mind when selecting yarn for future projects. And I would be really interested in an interview with a spinner. Love learning new stuff from your channel!
I'm working on something for October!
Thank you. I have learnt so much about yarn and knitting from you. That what I knit now turns out soooo much better.
I cannot say how happy it makes me to hear this. Because I am working in my little space and pretty much talking to a computer - it's easy to wonder if anyone is listening or if it makes any difference LOL!
Thank you. Excellent explanation. Look forward to more.
I'm so glad you liked the video.
This is very interesting! Yarn fascinates me & I love learning about it as much as I love knitting it & buying it. I'm so glad you showed us the shawls. That really helped understanding the effects the yarn has
I'm glad the shawls helped!
Very interesting topic. Would love to know more. Can't wait for the spinner video.
Thank you Barbara for making me use my little grey cells. xxJane
I'm working on a couple of interviews!
I love your teaching videos. They're fascinating, especially how you explain them. I enjoy them, you help us see, understand and even make us think, well.... me anyways. Lol!
Thank you so much for this feedback! I am glad you enjoy coming along with me as I wander LOL!
Great mini block of information. Thank you.
Thank you!
As a spinner I love Rachel Smith and Grace Shalom Hopkinsthey are very good at teaching about spinning
Rachel is the best.
There are so many talented fiber artists out there it is amazing!
I am a nerd and would love more info. That is so helpful to a beginner.
If you like reading check out Clara Parkes book Knitters Book of Yarn!
Thanks Barbara, I am a yarn geek too and this was good food for thought.
Yarn geeks unite!
Loved this. Definitely up for diving in deeper. 🙏🏻❤️
I might need to read more books first LOL!
WatchBarbaraKnit 😂🤣😂
Loved it. i always find the yarn before I find the pattern. I also change the patterns anyway, so I need to know how the fibers operated. Would like more of these.
I'll have to rewatch it and see what I can come up with LOL! Thanks!
Fascinating. Please expand on this topic . Many thanks.🇿🇦😷👍🙏
I'll see what I can do!
Yes this was fascinating thank you for a wonderful podcast
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great information-lots to think about!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Barbara: very helpful content. Thank you. Would love more of similar in the future. Also learned about the yarn sub website, new to me !
Glad it was helpful!
I love this video, I learned so much, it also explains why my first crescent shawl turned out disastrously and no matter what I did it couldn't be remedied. I look forward to any more videos like this!
At least now you know how to prevent the same thing in the future!
Thank you for this explanation!
I'm glad it was helpful.
Excellent intro to structure, I would love to hear anything a spinner can clarify about this topic. The more I knit, the more I wonder and consider these types of yarn properties. Thank you!
I'm hoping to have an interview for October!
Love it, more technical stuff please.
I'll try to think of more things LOL. Any suggestions?
Who desides what goes into the yarn and what it is good for. Any industrial secrets!?🤐 How and with what are the colours made. Thank you, love you. Xxx
Good video, and am looking forward to hearing from the spinner, too.
Me too!
Thank you so much for this video! Well, thank you for every one of your vids because they're full of information as well as fun....but this one was really excellent because this sort of discussion is so fascinating! And it has me thinking (the world may not be ready, but I am actually thinking!). A deeper dive would be cool, as well!
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
This is a helpful video! While I am no longer a beginning knitter, I am still often unhappy with my yarn to pattern matches and I'm not always sure why. Think maybe I need to think more about the geeky yarn structure.
Also, a friend is sending me 2 whole fleeces - one llama, one alpaca - because he doesn't have anyone else to send them to! I will need to learn how to clean, card, and spin! 😳😬🙌
You've got a lot of work ahead of you!
@@WatchBarbaraKnit I'm both excited and a bit terrified at the same time. So much to learn...and whole fleeces are daunting amounts of fiber! I may need to do some felting, too, which I find so rewarding.
Yes yes yes. Love it!! Spinning what I hope to use for mosaic knitting now. Those shawl examples are great! Jill Moreno?? Anyway, yes! Loved this.
For mosaic, consistency is key. I can't wait to see your handspun!
thank you so much for the education! very helpful
I'm glad you liked the video!
Great video as always thank you ☺️
Thank you!
So useful! thanks for this!!
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant video, I learnt a lot. 👍🏼👍🏼 xx
Yay!
GREAT VIDEO BARBARA. I'm recommending Mika watch this. lol She loves to pick yarn by color.....than asks me to block it for her. ( I told her, the next time she uses 4 different sizes/types of yarns in one pattern, she had to block it) lmao.
I would do the same LOL! Mixing yarns can have really cool effects - but you have to be wanting it!
I “ like “ it is a really nice 👍🏽 “ color “ yeah 😎 I really like the both of them too “ the sea 🌊 marine blue green
now that one has like metallic shine to it “ thank you for sharing your videos
It's the silk that makes it shine!
I love cables, all of my fingerless gloves will have some kind of able work on the top side so I use a lot of 3/4 ply yarns. I have done a small bit of color work in the form of my cables, using a different color for the cable itself but no serious color work. I might give it a go after watching this video. Mom was a by the seat of your pant knitter and could not teach me how to knit - right hand versus left hand - so I have ended up knitting in what I used to call sort of reverse left hand knitting or knitting backward but turns out I knit a modified eastern way and cables do not care about you style of knitting so they are easy.
Hey, you've found what works for you and that is great!
This was great! Can't wait for more info on yarn
Yay Yarn!
Just found you, god you´re good! THANKS from Sweden.
Oh my! Thank you so much for your support!
Combining physics with yarn?! LOVE! Now, can you make a bridge out of yarn? ;) Seriously tho, interesting topic that I haven't heard discussed in detail before. Thanks for showing examples too (and confirming my love of alpaca)
I'm glad you liked it!
There is a youtube video from Peru where they do just that. Every year, these villagers rebuild their bridge across a deep mountain gulch out of -- grass! Starting with thinner bundles of strands, building up to ropes, and then cables strong enough for people to cross.
th-cam.com/video/JCxnStgZsTw/w-d-xo.html
I love this video
Thank You!
Great discussion. I've been a spinner for 20+ years but in the past. I wanted to knit a cabled cardigan with acrylic yarn, and being I have more experience with wool, I chose Plymouth Encore Worsted wt. 75 acrylic/25 wool. The cables on my swatch stood out real "boingy" and no blocking or steaming would get them to lie flat like 100% wool would. If cables are out, what texture stitch would work with this type of yarn? I'm picturing any finished cardigan to be bouncy, boingy, and worst --probably the front band and lower corners curling. Any advice for me? Thank you. Just found your videos and LOVE them. Thanks! Bonita
I'm afraid that I don't have much experience with that yarn so I won't be much help. When I am trying to figure out what a yarn likes I just do a lot of swatching. I try some cables, lace, textures and such to see how it goes. The best thing to stop curling is a stitch with an equal distribution of knits and purls across rows - so things like garter, seed, and moss stitches. Ribbing helps too!
Thank you so much! This has been fabulous, and I do hope you dive deeper ;o)
We might have to do that together!
Thanks Barbara. I have a question. I knit a hat & inadvertently combined superwash yarn & a 2nd color that is nonsuperwash. I realized after the fact that my 2nd color (accent color) was non superwash. I haven’t blocked it yet & wonder if I just frog it & start over with nonsuperwash. I also just realized the recommended yarn is non superwash.
Soooo, hats are kinda funny. Depending on how it looks you can sometimes get away without blocking the hat - and if you never block/wash the hat then the differences between the wools won't ever really be an issue. If it needs to be blocked, well, go ahead and block it and see what happens. Everything might be just fine. If things go wonky then you can frog it after that!
Thank you! I have a fine lace 2 ply merino with 45 % silk in iris colorway. What size hook would you recommend for a lacy flowing shawl? After trying several sizes, I noticed size E crochet hook in tunisian knit stitch caused a bouncy type of coil in the chaining, but smaller and larger sizes did not. What is that propensity to coil at certain circular sizes called, and how do I take advantage of that? I am an avid crocheter but wish to try tunisian.
I'm afraid I am not a crocheter and cannot answer your question. Crochet gauge is a mystery to me.
Great video. Would love to learn more from a spinner. I have one question. Is 1-ply yarn the same as roving yarn. I crochet too and a lot of crocheters use roving yarn. Thank you. Lurinda
So I don't know that there is a specific definition for "roving yarn". I think it is more of a marketing gimmick. Roving is a real thing and I think the defining factor of it is that it doesn't have any twist put into it at all. That is one of the things that spinners spin from. Knitting or crocheting with true roving will create a product that could be pulled apart very easily. Something that will disintegrate with use.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit That is good to know. Now I do not want to even buy any roving yarn. It can go from size 3 to size 5 weight in the same skein. I have another question. What is chain spun like? It gets great stitch definition in crochet. Is it good to knit with. I mostly use ply yarn that is 4-weight and baby yarn that is acrylic. Thanks.
@@LULUCLARKE06 I have crocheted with mixed roving with a thin plied yarn.....hated it because of the lack of structure and the roving parts pilled badly and had many pulled sections. One gentle wash made it look old and worn out.
What I came away with from this video - get all the information you need to make an informed decision, then do what you want and have fun with it. Good video :)
That's pretty much it! You can do what you want - but know what to expect.
Found it interesting.
Thank you!
Wow I had never thought about yarn structure. But I generally use 4 ply acrylic for everything but kitchen or bath, then I use cotton. I would love to learn more.
Learn something new every day!
Hi, thanks for your video. I noticed also that multi-ply yarn is usually more elastic than single ply, especially when the single ply is not much twisted
Yes! That is commonly the case! I'm glad you liked the video!
I always google to see what yarn is compatible to yarn patterns calls for before I subtitute a yarn.
That is super smart!
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I would have preferred to literally see samples to better explain what you are describing.
Some people learn better by seeing and others from verbal descriptions. The great thing about TH-cam is there are a wide variety of presenters out there! I hope you find one that works for your specific needs.