The correct solution to this problem, as we have explained to the manchild with his new headset because seriously, I cannot work in my office if I have to listen to whatever soundtrack it is that has been put to Bionicle videos on youtube, and there are times when I absolutely must be working in my office and simply do not have the strength of character to engage in the lengthy argument about turning that crap down, particularly given the karmic sledgehammer that is yet to come my way in this respect due to the fact that I spent my teenage years playing the guitar for 8 hours a day , is to remove the twist.
This can easily be accomplished by unplugging the headset and allowing the twist to run out, or, if the twist has started to settle, holding one end of the cord and spinning the headset in the opposite direction to remove the twist. He has also been warned: his mother is very, very good at gauging twist, and will not have a problem detecting failure on his part to properly manage twist in his new headset. In other news, today is registration day for the Spin-Off Autumn Retreat.
Lovely illustration. Ha, I have that same headset and my cord gets all twisted up like whoa, too. I can assure you that the constant playback stage have GOT to end eventually.
I think eventually humans find other hobbies, and learn to interact a bit more with the outside world, which replaces the constant playback stage. So… how do you control the twist? As a beginner who is learning on my own I am having trouble over twisting. Is it just a time and practice thing… or is there something I am missing? Male tweens do not listen to any parent. My nephew listens to me but only because I am not a parent. I love the examples of the twist. Good luck with that malechild thing….
Abby, do you have a teaching schedule posted anywhere? Curious about any gigs you might have on the East Coast coming up. Hooray for first come, first serve and fond farewell to the SOAR lottery. At least not until after I would think of all people your manchild would know better than to yank something to try to get rid of twist. So does this make you twisted?
No, wait, your whole family is twisted? The joins are too weak, and pull apart The new lock of fiber must overlap by at least 2 inches; up to 5 inches when using the long draw technique. What do I do if? The yarn is overtwisting Tighten the tension on the drive band or the Scotch tensioner. Use a longer draft of the fiber. Use a larger whorl size. The yarn is snapping apart corkscrewing Tighten the tension on the drive band or the Scotch tensioner, for a quicker draw on.
Slow down your treadling. Stop treadling and draft out more fiber to use up the excess twist. There are soft spots in the yarn Loosen the tension on the drive band or the Scotch tensioner, in order to put more twist into the yarn.
When a yarn with extra Z-twist is knitted in stockinette stitch, the knitted fabric will bias upward and to the right. If knitted in reverse stockinette stitch, the knitted fabric will bias upward and to the left. When a yarn with extra S-twist is knitted in stockinette stitch, the knitted fabric will bias upward and to the left. If knitted in reverse stockinette stitch, the knitted fabric will bias upward and to the right. The more unbalanced twisted the yarn, the greater the bias angle in the knitted fabric.
Needle size affects the amount of biasing. The larger the knitting needle, the more the bias. One corollary of this phenomenon is that if you have an unbalanced yarn and you knit at a very tight gauge, you can minimize or completely cancel the biasing effect. Think of garter stitch as one row of stockinette, which will bias one way, and a second row of reverse stockinette, which will bias the other way. The alternating directions of bias so close together essentially cancel each other out.
Likewise, in seed stitch, you have adjacent knit and purl stitches whose bias directions cancel each other out. If you have an unbalanced yarn, you will not get bias in the fabric if you work in garter or seed stitch.
Knitting at a very tight gauge can minimize the biasing effect of unbalanced yarns. From left, an overplied yarn knitted on US size 6, 9, and 11 needles.
Sometimes, no matter how careful you are, you create an unbalanced plied yarn that you would rather were balanced. Take a look at a hanging skein after it has been washed and then dried without tension. Does the skein twist? If yes, you can run the skein through your wheel again, adding or subtracting some twist. You will want to compare the ply twist to your reference sample, and you will want to wash the skein again.
Some spinners will under- or overtwist when plying to get a specific effect for a specific project. Because I mostly knit with my handspun yarns, I most often want to work with balanced yarns. However, when I want a textured or biasing effect, I will purposely create an unbalanced yarn.
Whether or not you strive for balance really depends on the project you have in mind.
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