tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post3527852038616108898..comments2023-11-02T08:11:49.059-07:00Comments on Adventures with Machine Knitting: 3 ply - What's the point???Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860517086343995506noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post-26058218972078072502011-02-16T15:07:05.907-08:002011-02-16T15:07:05.907-08:00Hey Phil, this isn't the post I originally rea...Hey Phil, this isn't the post I originally read, but explains it all the same :)<br />Hope it helps.. And I agree, "most" commercial yarns are a uniform size by ply :) most :P<br /><br />http://www.knittersaddiction.com/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=2692&PostID=36207Re-Illy Uniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304797523894899637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post-55110934285492521832011-02-16T14:46:03.034-08:002011-02-16T14:46:03.034-08:00I think different countries refer to yarns differe...I think different countries refer to yarns differently though, as i know a 4 ply in America is more like the British Aran weightPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860517086343995506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post-33675836428701423712011-02-16T14:44:30.788-08:002011-02-16T14:44:30.788-08:00Thanks for your comments. Generally from the yarn ...Thanks for your comments. Generally from the yarn i use and the information ive read in machine knitting books, the fewer plys means the thinner the yarn. ie 1 ply being thinner than 3 ply and thus 3 ply being thinner than 4 ply. This is true with the yarns i have in my stash and in can make a double knit (8 ply) by using two 4 plys together. I think what it is having thought about it is the material its made of. I expect acrylic 3 ply to be more on the thinner side to a 3 ply wool for example.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860517086343995506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post-39737053456880269812011-02-16T14:21:17.321-08:002011-02-16T14:21:17.321-08:00Hah! I am no yarn expert, infact a lot of it boggl...Hah! I am no yarn expert, infact a lot of it boggles me, but the ply has nothing to do with the size of the yarn (apparently).<br />I read, that the ply is how many strands are woven together, it just depends on the size of the strands as to how big/small it is knitted.<br />Rather than check the ply if knitting with a different wool than specifies in the pattern you shloud shop to the swatch tension, they all should have it on them (commercial yarns).<br />Hope that helps, but there is information out there on it...I just can't remember where I read it :)Re-Illy Uniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304797523894899637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229421856487418711.post-63747172702552558632011-02-16T13:18:56.494-08:002011-02-16T13:18:56.494-08:00Sleep on it and I hope things work out for you.Sleep on it and I hope things work out for you.Alettesiriane https://www.blogger.com/profile/11281469317636896685noreply@blogger.com