So I knew my first attempt at spinning enough yarn for my gloves was likely to be out by a bit. The initial 70g or 141m was enough for a glove and two thirds, with the first glove weighing 40g give or take a gram. So you would think that spinning an extra 12g should have given me more than enough to finish... no, sadly not. Irritatingly I've had to spin a finger's worth to finish them off! Agh didn't even come close.
On the flip side, the thought of spinning three sets of singles, then winding a plying ball etc was not one I wanted to contemplate for such a short amount of yarn, so I finally figured out how to n-ply on a turkish spindle. Now I'm not sure I'd recommend testing such bright ideas on a tiny turkish but somehow I managed it, and the resulting mini-skein matches the rest of the true 3ply more than well enough for a finger's worth of knitting.
On the flip side, the thought of spinning three sets of singles, then winding a plying ball etc was not one I wanted to contemplate for such a short amount of yarn, so I finally figured out how to n-ply on a turkish spindle. Now I'm not sure I'd recommend testing such bright ideas on a tiny turkish but somehow I managed it, and the resulting mini-skein matches the rest of the true 3ply more than well enough for a finger's worth of knitting.
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