Why yes…

 Clutter in the background is my middle name…

This evening: Edgewood Garden Studio roving in Norwegian Luster Wool, Four Horses colorway.

Daedalus Martin at the upper notch of the 3 setting and 4 count, usual grist, Z spun singles hopefully destined for tapestry weft.

SparrowSpin Exmoor Horn

 And work on a potential cartoon for the larger Hockett loom…

This is the third bobbin full, actually, and I have a bit more of the pound’s worth yet to spin.

Exmoor Horn combed top from Laughing Lamb Fibers, Z twist singles in my usual grist, 4-5 count at 50% on the Daedalus Sparrow, destined for tapestry weft as I have this persistent desire to spin my own tapestry yarns.

So, question of the day, does anyone know the difference between weaving with Z twist singles and S twist singles? Overall and in a vacuum, I’d assume they would end up mostly the same in a tapestry, especially since weaving goes to and fro and the unbalanced singles would thus technically balance themselves out. But then a little voice whispers to myself, “Yes, but the warp does not change direction like that…” So my warp is cotton, most often seine twine, and I assume (I should check to make sure) it is spun Z and plied S? And some warp yarns are cabled, so would that be Z singles, S cable units, Z ply? Need to check. Unless you might know? And unless you might know how the twist on the warp might interact with the weft? I know that for some techniques it matters. (Robbie LaFleur mentions that it matters in Frida Hansen’s transparency weaving technique, though that uses a wool warp and I don’t know much more about it than that… yet, maybe?) I’m sure that there are more reasons for playing with twist and directional-ness, something that is easier to experiment with if I’m spinning my own yarns along the way.