For me, it depends on what I'm going to be using it for. I think it's more of an issue for knitting, crocheting, that sort of thing. And sometimes the warp in weaving -- that's something I hope to play with, some day. I have some Icelandic I'm spinning that will someday get woven, and historically both the warp and weft for this type of weaving was one ply. Might have to do something annoying like starch the warp threads or something -- temporarily add strength to them until they're interwoven. But that's all getting spun with a drop spindle. My drop spinning, and this is true for at least some other spinners as well, is stronger than my spinning-wheel spinning.
But plying has other virtues too, like evening out the width-wobblies that sometimes happen with spinning. And then there's the fun of plying different colors together :)
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Date: 2009-01-10 04:25 am (UTC)For me, it depends on what I'm going to be using it for. I think it's more of an issue for knitting, crocheting, that sort of thing. And sometimes the warp in weaving -- that's something I hope to play with, some day. I have some Icelandic I'm spinning that will someday get woven, and historically both the warp and weft for this type of weaving was one ply. Might have to do something annoying like starch the warp threads or something -- temporarily add strength to them until they're interwoven. But that's all getting spun with a drop spindle. My drop spinning, and this is true for at least some other spinners as well, is stronger than my spinning-wheel spinning.
But plying has other virtues too, like evening out the width-wobblies that sometimes happen with spinning. And then there's the fun of plying different colors together :)