Article Info
Article Info
- Article Title
- Twist Direction: Effects in the finished fabric
- Author
- Rachel Smith
- Issue date
- Summer 2025
- Issue number
- 1
- Issue topic
- Plain Weave
- Description
- Hand spinners can change the direction of their spinning wheels or spindles, placing twist into the fibres in either the clockwise (Z-twist) or counterclockwise (S-twist) direction. To create a yarn that is balanced, a single must be spun in one direction, then plied with one or more other single(s) in the opposite direction. This article explores whether the twist direction of yarns noticeably affects the fabric, whether it causes any tracking, and how well the yarns nestle into one another, closing gaps and holes in the plain weave (PW) fabric. The results are stunning!
- Article topic list
- twist direction, tracking, experiments