sitemap The Joy of Handspinning - Navajo-Plying Help
WHO WE ARE
About Us
How I Started Handspinning

DROP SPINDLES
*Types of Drop Spindles
How To Make A Drop Spindle
Making Yarn With A Drop Spindle 

SPINNING WHEELS
Styles of Spinning Wheels
Parts Of The Spinning Wheel
*How The Spinning Wheel Works
* Adjusting The Wheel's Tension
*Drive Ratios & Twist

HANDSPINNING TECHNIQUES
Preparing To Spin 
Basic Handspinning Techniques 
Adding On More Fiber 
Spinning Woollen and Worsted Yarn
*Making A Skein With A Niddy Noddy
* "Setting In The Twist" Of Handspun Yarn
*Navajo Plying 

FIBER INFORMATION
Alpaca 
Angora 
Llama 
Mohair 
Silk
Wool 

WOOL PREPARATION
How to Wash Your Fleece
How to Use Hand Carders 
How to Use a Drum Carder
How to Use Dutch Combs
How to Use Mini-Combs
Using a Diz

DYEING INFORMATION
Natural Dyes
Natural Plant Dyeing
Mordants
Natural Dyeing: Helpful Tips
Dyeing with Gaywool Dyes

BUY EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
ONLINE PRODUCT CATALOG
Return Policy
Payment Options
Mail-in Order Form

*THE BOOK STORE

WOOLY WABBIT(TM) FARM
Meet the "Wooly Wabbits" 
Angora Rabbit Breeds
How to Care For Your Angora Rabbit

FEEDBACK
REQUEST INFORMATION

RELATED LINKS

* WORLDWIDE LIST OF
SPINNING GUILDS



Navajo Plying

(Reload the web page to restore the image after the video plays)
Download the Quicktime Player

(QuickTime Video - size: 3.8M)

The Navajo Plying technique allows you to turn a single thread of yarn into a 3 ply yarn. It is also used to create various color effects with multi-colored fiber. When spinning the singles, keep in mind to spin 3 times the length of the yarn you want when it is finished.

Put the bobbin of single yarn into the lazy kate of the wheel and an empty bobbin into the flyer. Thread the single through the loop of the leader on the empty bobbin. Tie the end of the single to form a loop large enough to slip your hand through. Treadle the wheel in the counter-clockwise direction (or the opposite direction from the way the single was spun), while reaching through the loop and pulling the single through to form a new loop. Proceed to chain with the back hand, while pinching and releasing the yarn with the front hand. This technique is similar to chaining stitches in crochet.

Copyright © 1999-2004, The Joy of Handspinning® All rights reserved.

Help  |  Info  |  Email  |  Home