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The bobbin to the right shows some beads as they have been spun using a fine ply of kid mohair and a silk thread.

The yarns to the right are all spun from the same turqoise dyed kid mohair roving shown as #4.  #1 is a fine spiral yarn from the kid mohair and a fine ply of a dyed silk hankie using mixed energy twists.  #2 is a looped boucle, and #3 is a bead yarn (the crystal clear beads do not show well in the photo). #4 is a spiral  yarn spun with a silver mylar and has been cabled.

 

 

The yarns on the left have all been spun with the same
autumn dyed kid mohair locks. 

#1 is an encased yarn, spun with 2 threads. 

#2 is a different type of encased yarn spun onto a fine
handspun wools single. 

#3 is a fuzzy spun soft single mohair. 

#4 is a wonderfully soft core-spun boucle that has had
some gold Angelina flash carded into the mix.

#5 is some soft low twist singles.

 

The yarn at the top on the left is a wrapped yarn.  The rest of the yarns are knot yarns.  There are three kinds of knots - cocoon knots, the Turkish knot and the gimp yarn.  All are distinctly different.

There are many types of soft singles yarns to make.  The yarn on the right is a soft slub single that has been plied with a finer spun neutral ground making a lovely spiral yarn with lots of texture.  It is really interesting when cabled as well.