Plying Yarn Andean Plying Center Pull Ball Hybrid for Two Ply Yarns 

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.

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 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'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.

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 😄

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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...😉🌞

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I love learning a new technique thanks for the lesson

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.🙏💕

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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..........

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.

Great video! 🙏 I have been using this technique a while now (also from a RU-vid 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

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

What a cool technique. Thanks for sharing it.

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

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!

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

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!!

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.🐑

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!

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!

You make it look so easy

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

I love learning this ply.

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

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.

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

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

This way looks easier than how I was doing it.

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!!

This is pretty rad! Thanks for sharing!

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

Just starting plying. Great video😃

Amazing! I was really curious how you do that.

Thanks for sharing! 💕

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

Oh my gosh, that’s brilliant!!!

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 !! :)

Thank you. Super easy

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

Thank you!!

Thank you so much for this video!

Omg! Brilliant! Thank you for this ..

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.

You are a wonderful friend ❤ 💕 ♥

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!

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.

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

Brilliant many thanks for sharing 😊💙💚

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

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

Thanks, I was doing it wrong. ❤️🌺

My favorite colors are blue and green.

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

My daughter calls this the hand turkey 🦃😂

Thank you sooo much.

I love this. ❤️

Love it 😍

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

So cool!!

Ever tried Nalbinding? Xxx

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.