Plying

I sucessfully spun a fair amount of yarn out of the angora roving. The next step was to ply. Plying involves spinning at least 2 strands of yarn together to make the yarn thicker and balance it out. This is a picture of two single strands about to be plyed together.

When you ply you take the two strands, attach them to the spindle and twist in the direction opposite that the yarn was spun in. If you plyed them the same direction they were spun in the entire thing would come unraveled, and it would be a very sad day, because spinning takes a long time. This next picture shows my lovely mentor and myself plying the yarn. It is easy to get the two strands tangled when plying so it helps to have someone hold them.

Here is a blurry picture of my beautiful plyed yarn!