Easy! More twist! With enough twist, you are less likely to need sizing.
So, I spin worsted 10s, @ 9 tpi, and it gets plied up into various knitting yarns, and that works very well.
However, that yarn tends to be a bit fragile to use as warp without sizing. (Perhaps someday, I will be a good enough weaver to adjust my loom so that I can weave with such a soft warp yarn, but not today.)
What works is worsted spun 10s (5,600 ypp) spun "hard" at ~ 14 tpi. Shit!! I was only putting 17 tpi into 40s (22,000 ypp) and calling them "hoisery singles". The hard 10s come off the spinning bobbin like barbed wire, and must be promptly steam blocked. Then, when plied as knitting yarns they are more tractable, but you may want to consider blocking them again before knitting. As warp, they are stronger, are stiffer, and easier to sley.
This is another case where the ANSWER was in The Big Blue Book (pg 383), but between the lines. I swear the really good stuff in AA is between the lines. He was a little like Dumbledore - he points one in the correct direction, and lets one discover the details on their own.
With my twist requirements going up about 50%, I need all the flyer/bobbin speed that I can get. Thus, I am back on the Alden Amos #0 competition flyer running at about 4,000 rpm, and am still producing less than 400 yards per hour. It seems a little mean to stuff 45 grams onto it, but with a 3-gang flyer-whorl, it works. On the other hand, the drafting seems relaxed compared to the hustle of the 600 yards per hour of the 9 tpt medium 10s that I have been spinning for years.
So, I spin worsted 10s, @ 9 tpi, and it gets plied up into various knitting yarns, and that works very well.
However, that yarn tends to be a bit fragile to use as warp without sizing. (Perhaps someday, I will be a good enough weaver to adjust my loom so that I can weave with such a soft warp yarn, but not today.)
What works is worsted spun 10s (5,600 ypp) spun "hard" at ~ 14 tpi. Shit!! I was only putting 17 tpi into 40s (22,000 ypp) and calling them "hoisery singles". The hard 10s come off the spinning bobbin like barbed wire, and must be promptly steam blocked. Then, when plied as knitting yarns they are more tractable, but you may want to consider blocking them again before knitting. As warp, they are stronger, are stiffer, and easier to sley.
This is another case where the ANSWER was in The Big Blue Book (pg 383), but between the lines. I swear the really good stuff in AA is between the lines. He was a little like Dumbledore - he points one in the correct direction, and lets one discover the details on their own.
With my twist requirements going up about 50%, I need all the flyer/bobbin speed that I can get. Thus, I am back on the Alden Amos #0 competition flyer running at about 4,000 rpm, and am still producing less than 400 yards per hour. It seems a little mean to stuff 45 grams onto it, but with a 3-gang flyer-whorl, it works. On the other hand, the drafting seems relaxed compared to the hustle of the 600 yards per hour of the 9 tpt medium 10s that I have been spinning for years.
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