Thank you!!! I've been spinning for nearly two decades, this will be a game changer for me - subscribed! 😙

Thank you for this demo. It’s the clearest explanation of this technique that I have seen.

I learned this early in my spinning journey. You probably don't see it "in the wild" for the exact reason you go to the bathroom before attaching to the wheel! Great demo and instructions!

I can't wait to master this! What a cool technique. It looks ancient, like something primitive spinners would do. Thanks for making it look easy.

I was watching your tour de fleece 4th of July as you plied the silk and wondered what, (Or rather how) you were doing that. Thank you posting this technique so clearly.

I'm so glad I found you!!!! I wish I had learned this years ago, it would have saved me from many frustrating center ball catastrophies 😄

Very clear instructions thank you Trish - this method will be really useful for those left over amounts on one bobbin - terrific! 😃

That way looks much easier than how I've been doing it! Lol Thanks for sharing

First, I love that color. Second, what a fun method. I could even do that when plying off one of my spindles.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I have seen more spindlers use this method since I got the video made. I wonder if it's just because I never noticed before or what?

@jenmqkeeper

Жыл бұрын

I was actually just thinking can I use this with my spindles! P.S. my favorite colors are very similar to yours, but also include purple 💜💙💚

I've never seen this way of doing it before. I've done the more traditional way where it goes around the thumb, middle, and pinky fingers. This looks so much easier. I'll have to try this the next time I have a small amount of singles to ply.

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

It also doesn't but off my circulation while I'm winding as much, but that could be because of me, and not the technique 😂

Hi Trish, I finished off some spinning and did your technique. There was more than I wanted to do on my hand, soI put it on my wrist and kept the two end together. Then got out my ball winder and w ok und the rest of the bobbin into a ball. I spun from the bracelet first, then the center pull ball. Your technique won, hands down!!! I got the ball center all tangled and it was growly. I learn so much from you and am glad to have you as a source of uplift and encouragement. PS. You are a GREAT spinning friend!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great way to figure out what works for you (all that matters, right?)! I have had trouble with pulling a tangle out of a center pull ball, and I feel like I'm often too busy to mess around untangling stuff!

My favorite colors are purple, green and orange. 😀 So many wonderful tips.

I do like all the things you do with fiber. I just found you several months ago. I'm glad I did.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you are here too!

Oh my Goodness... I just did this!! Thank you so much!! So awesome and so much easier than the Center Pull Ball....no breaks on thin spots...😉🌞

Best explanation of this technique I have ever seen, thanks! At different times I love all colors, except pale pink.

Sooooo much easier than the traditional andean ply technique...never saw this before. TFS

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

It's great for leftover singles!

This was so cool! Your positive energy is infectious. I can’t wait for your next upload!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Hi Trish thanks for this video/tutorial on a Centre pull ball. Ive never seen thus technique in such grear detail. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Have fun doing all uour different things. Take care and stafe. Love Jen 💘 xx

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jenniferbrighty5120

3 жыл бұрын

@@FiberLoveDiary Hi Trish, it was a great help. Thanks for sharing it with us. Take care, stay safe & well. 💘 Jen xx

Just rewatched this and tried it. Plied all the rest of my two bobbins and still had probably half an oz left on one bobbin. Used this method to get it all plied!

Just a thought for being tied to the wheel, if you have something nearby, like a big knitting needle, a paper towel roll, a toilet paper roll (the cardboard center things), or anything, really, I've even used small books, if I wrapped loose enough. Just slide the bracelet off your hand onto whatever. Then you can pick it back up when you're ready and haven't lost the loop. I had to learn a trick cuz I had kids and dogs and life when I learned to spin, so I couldn't be actually tied to my work in case of emergency whatever's. Had to have some way to set it down.

Thanks for sharing. It took me 25 years to try chain plying, which is my favorite plying method now. I should give this a try sometime too. Tying myself to my wheel might be a problem but I guess I can try a small amount to start out.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

If the bracelet is loose enough, you can take it off and put it on something to hold it, but I always just finish. I'm nervous that if I twist the bracelet too much taking it off and putting it on, it won't come off as easily during plying. Have fun! What have you got to lose?

I was wondering what you were doing (with this hand technique) in previous videos. Now I know☺Thanks♥

I love learning a new technique thanks for the lesson

Thank you. That is easier than the Andean method I think - or maybe I do that wrong. I bought a Handy Andy to help me, and you can set him (it?) down if you need to do something while plying. I love those colors. Right now "She who must be obeyed" and I are dying with natural products. Last week we needed pink so we used the avocado skins and pits - we got a lovely pink. So that must be my favorite color right now - "she" said so.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I have one of those tools too, but I still think it's more difficult. Maybe it's just because I was already so used to this way though. I"m glad you have a helper/boss around. That must be fun. I liked it when the kids used to dye stuff with me.

Thank you for not giving up filming this for us and it is freaking brilliant! I get really miserable when the center gets all messed-up, I definitely would not do too much on my wrist at once. Ya know you could just carry your little spinner to the bathroom with you 😁 You and I love the same colours - my true love is natural dyes for their softness and depth of colour in one sample. I find acid dyes give flat colours in comparison but I enjoy them all. I am not big on the really intense jewel tones. Thank you Trish, this will serve me very well.🙏💕

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I don't really use center pull balls, because I get so mad when the single comes out tangled. I just want to throw it 😂😂

This was SUPER! The only problem I had with it was a Yellowjacket stung me in the toe while I was watching it. Now my toe is on 🔥🔥🔥 My favorite colors are gray, teal, brown, green & orange. Wait, did I just name almost all the colors? Must be the Benadryl kickin in.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Well, how did you manage that?? I hope you feel better soon. I understand about the colors. You might as well ask me to pick a favorite of our kids.

This is amazing ! Can't wait to try it ! Thanks a lot 🤩

Thanks for sharing your way to Andean ply. I learned it slightly differently....so this will be fun to try your way and compare!! Love the colors btw..........

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

All that really matters is that you have a method that works for you!

@plansandprocrastination

4 жыл бұрын

@@FiberLoveDiary true in theory lol.....but your way looks simpler .... and I'm all for easy, fast and efficient.... !!! ........ EDIT EDIT ..... Just tried it, works awesome!!!! Love it.

I have rewatched and recommend again! This works great plying with a spindle, as wel.

I love learning this ply.

What a cool technique. Thanks for sharing it.

That’s wonderful, been looking at learning this technique, you make it way easier, got it the first time ! Thanks for sharing!

@FiberLoveDiary

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Thank you so much for recording this! I love plying this way♡♡

I found this right when I needed it. I just learned to do long draw and used this to ply up a sample. So cool and better than the center pull ball. You're the best.

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

With this demonstration I was able to do this the first time I tried. Brilliant! Thank you, Trish! My favorite color has been purple for years but lately hot pink and aqua (often together) are what are calling my name. As a teenager my favorite color was green, but as a child I remember declaring my favorite color to be brown, lol. I felt like it was the underdog of colors or something. I don't know. It was the 70s.

Thanks so much for the explanation of how this is done. I've seen you do it at normal speed on some of your other videos and wondered how it was done. Now we know!

Nicely conveyed; you made it simple to follow. Thank you.

@FiberLoveDiary

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is such a fun way to ply yarn!! I learned this technique from you a couple weeks ago!!

I have watched this video a couple times, andI have plied this way a couple of times. Love it…but, must practice, practice, practice!

Thank you so much!! Center pull balls had been my absolute nemesis since I started spinning but this technique works like a charm ! You saved all my leftover singles !! :)

Thanks for sharing! 💕

This is pretty rad! Thanks for sharing!

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Omg! Brilliant! Thank you for this ..

I needed this reminder tonight! Thank you for putting it on video!! Also, a huge thank you for when you so sweetly taught me this!!

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

I do miss you!

So cool! I have been wanting to try this! Also I love the color!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

That was great i will have to give that a try! Thank you so much Trish!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it!

Love your videos ....you make it look like fun

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

It is fun once you have the hang of it!

Just starting plying. Great video😃

This is so cool, I definitely want to try it out! thank you so much for sharing!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I hope it helps!

I really struggle with plying, so I’m for sure going to have to try this out! Thanks so much Trish!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Just start out slow so you have lots of control. Have fun too!

just tried this for the first time today and omg what a great way to ply small amounts. i absolutely wrapped it too tight, but at least i've learnt for next time. much better than a loose centre pull ball or even two bobbins with no tension, thankyou for showing us this!!

Brilliant many thanks for sharing 😊💙💚

Trish shortly after watching your video I was plying a 2 ply yarn and I had some singles left on one bobbin. I plied the left over using your center pull off the hand ball and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much for showing this technique!

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it's helping you out! It's nice to have an easy way to use up those leftovers, isn't it?

Oh my gosh, that’s brilliant!!!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

It's a lot easier for me than the other Andean technique. That never seems to go quite perfect when I do it 😂

@brendabacon1613

4 жыл бұрын

Fiber Love Diary that’s ok, I haven’t tried to ply anything yet. So perfect isn’t something I shoot for. Not destroying my yarn is my only goal

That’s awesome 🤩 thank you very much I’m going to try that 😊

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Thanks for sharing....I'm not there yet...but glad I have this to refer too. Leandra💕

I love this. ❤️

Thank you so much for this video!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

You make it look so easy

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I practiced a LOT 😆

Thank you thank you thank you! Great tutorial, I have a few bobbins with just a little left on them that I didn't know what to do with, so now I will go practice!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Practice is all it takes!

So cool!!

Thats a really neat technique. I could see myself forgetting to go to the bathroom first too. I love purples, blues, and greens.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I gave that warning from experience! 😂

Thank you for this! I used it today because I’m super new and hadn’t planned ahead far enough so I ended up with a different amount of singles on my two bobbins. I hate to waste anything so this allowed me to ply every inch I had. You’re my idol!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I really like to use every inch too! I'm so glad it helped you out. I learned it over 10 years ago, and it's still my "go to". Thank you so much! That is too nice!

Love your tutorials! I just used your warping bar on my 4th project...I love it!It makes warping my loom smooch easier!!!! My favorite colors are the blues and greens...but seriously, I just love color!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I am so, so, so happy to hear that you are loving it! I am placing another big order for more, so feel free to share how you feel about it! Hahahaha. I'm going to warp tomorrow, so I'm very excited too ;)

Hi! I bookmarked this podcast so I will remember the next time I do this kind of plying again. Lol. I’m a fan of the blues and purple. I’m knitting up the Starflake shawl by Steven West in blue and purple.🐑

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

That shawl is so cool! I bet it's beautiful in blue and purple

@1235adriana

4 жыл бұрын

Fiber Love Diary I’m on the last section of the shawl. It’s in time out. Hope to start on it again after finishing the 3 pairs of socks I have on the hooks.

Thank you!!

This way looks easier than how I was doing it.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

What were you doing differently?? 💜

Thanks, what a great technique and you've explained it so clearly. I like purples and greys. Expanding my horizons by spinning some yellow cormo these days.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Love it 😍

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Thank you sooo much.

Thank you. Super easy

@FiberLoveDiary

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Great video! 🙏 I have been using this technique a while now (also from a KZread video) for my bobbin ends but the technique I learned is a much more convoluted one going around the middle finger and the back of the hand, crossing in the palm and is difficult to remember - I always have to look it up to get started! I’m definitely going to try your way. Thanks

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I have tried that way too, and I always end up going back to this one. Hope it helps!

@liza5532

2 жыл бұрын

Me too and you described it well. I also find that method makes a bit of a figure 8 where the top can get hung up with the unwinding. Also I learned that method with a spindle (before wheel) and can only remember winding onto the wrong hand -for wheel- plying -so then after carefully sliding everything down to my wrist I then need to carefully transfer it to my other hand! This might be a good way of fixing that old “muscle memory” rut!

If you have to stop, you could put the bracelet on a (closed) can of soda or something similarly sized, to hold it until you return. Your 2-ply reminds me of sunlight dappled on a mermaid cove. My favorite colors are aubergine and deep sapphire blue.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

You know, I have tried to take it off and put it back on, but I have always twisted the configuration a little and it doesn't work as easily after. Now I just suffer through 😂

@KristinMoran

4 жыл бұрын

@@FiberLoveDiaryAh, that's frustrating. I wonder if that's because you make yours a bit differently (not changing directions when you get to your finger)... But as you said, it's best for small amounts.

Hi, Trish! I learned a similar technique to Andean ply from a Felicia Lo “Craftsy/Bluprint/whatever the heck they end up calling it now” class, but your winding onto the wrist process seems a little simpler... I look forward to trying it next time I have the need. I do love the additional feeling of control that I have when plying off my wrist vs using two separate bobbins. Thanks for sharing!

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I know it's crazy, but I have only taken drawing and sewing classes from my Bluprint subscription. Maybe a painting one in acrylic? I can't remember now.

You are a wonderful friend ❤ 💕 ♥

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

You are!

Thank you for the video. I wind onto my Turkish spindle and ply from it. Your method looks faster. My favorite color is pink in all shades.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@eroff4721

4 жыл бұрын

Fiber Love Diary I just tried the technique and it worked for me. Thanks again.

I wrap on a book with a popsicle stick instead of on my hand - I read about it online.

I think this is something a lot of spindle spinners do. I do see it quite a bit in that community

My fav colour is purple but my colourway runs from pinks through to the purples through to the blues and teals so my pallet is quite big x

Amazing! I was really curious how you do that.

@FiberLoveDiary

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks, I was doing it wrong. ❤️🌺

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

I hope this helps! But I wills ay if you are getting yarn that makes you happy, it's not wrong.

@Jessesmom12

3 жыл бұрын

@@FiberLoveDiary that’s the thing. I still get lumps and overtwist. I guess it’s just practice. ❤️🌺

So glad I found this video!!! I did the traditional plying bracelet and I did it way tighter than I should have. This looks way better. I love all the colors but I tend to wear cooler tones.

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Cool technique! I like almost any color as long as it’s blue-based and not yellow-based, you know? Like summer and winter colors instead of spring and fall.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I totally know. I'm like that with greens and reds. I almost always prefer a blue undertone to a yellow.

Cool, this is a good idea to ply that last bit of singles that is ALWAYS left on one of the bobbins. But I wish I knew how to join the resulting smaller skein of two-ply to the main skein though.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

Oooo, I can show that in a future video. GREAT idea. Thank you!

@hildeaareskjold8070

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please do! 😀

My daughter calls this the hand turkey 🦃😂

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Please tell your daughter that I will never ever call it anything else now! I love hand turkey!

Ive always been into dark purples and teals. I think ive inadvertently tried this method, but it didnt work out well for me. Haha. I will tphave to try again

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

All that matters is you have a way that you're happy with!

My favorite colors are blue and green.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I have seen a lot of spindle spinners use this method. It makes sense, because You don't have to hold extra tools and stuff.

@fiberbynature

4 жыл бұрын

@@FiberLoveDiary Ya, I think the technique was created by an Andean spindle spinner.

I followed a tutorial on Andean plying before. It resulted in me throwing away 100 g of nicely spun yarn because it shrivelled up due to the slightly over ply you apply to a single and turned into a twisted mess that was un salvageable

@FiberLoveDiary

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure i totally understand, but i hope it wasn't this one!

I do an andean ply that wraps around the tall finger. I don't have a favorite color.

@FiberLoveDiary

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen that, but i was already used to this, so I always go back to it. Everybody needs a method that works for them!

The only part I don’t understand about doing this is normally you would ply spinning in the opposite direction. If I’m using an Andean plying tool (similar to what your doing) which way do I spin when plying the two ends? I always spin singles using z direction.

@FiberLoveDiary

Жыл бұрын

I used to have this block. If you doin your singles with a z twist, you ply with an S twist for a balanced yarn. Your z twist single, coming from the other end still has aZ twist. Just like if you turn a piece of paper with a Z on it around upside down, you still see a Z. I hope that helps. I put this question in with visual aids once in a Q & A video but I can't remember which one 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ever tried Nalbinding? Xxx

@FiberLoveDiary

2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried it.