quick discussion of spinning progress so far
I'm not going to go into excruciating detail here, since this will all get compiled into a more official summary for experimental procedure. In any case, I've finished spinning single-, 2-, and traditional 3-ply samples (5 of each). More photos are on Instagram if that is something you are interested in.
I accidentally S-plied the single-ply, since I forgot that in the absence of multiple plies, the ply direction would never get reversed. You can see in the photo above that the direction of twist in the singles is opposite that of the plied yarns. I don't think that's the end of the world, but if I have time, I will definitely spin a replacement sample.
I was a little bit shocked by uneven the yarns actually turned out -- and I'm grateful that I did end up spinning reasonably long lengths that I can do multiple experiments on (as well as dyeing the yarn, so that I can see how the sections line up -- although this isn't a perfect measurement, since the dye job isn't perfectly straight in the first place). At least this way, I can compare the pink yarns within themselves, and see if a pattern emerges that way. While I did everything I could to make things consistent, they still (somewhat inevitably) had a mind of their own and decided against cooperating. Something like drop spindling is very hard to get 'scientific' samples with, so I suppose that this was to be expected.
That's all for now! Unfortunately, I haven't gotten much by way of additional secondary research done. I think the essential sample spinning is almost done, so I should have time for that in the coming days.
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