2 Ply Wool or Yarn

2 ply wool or yarn is most often used for very baby knitting or evening wear.

Here in Australia, 2 ply is fairly difficult to find, in fact the all of the 2 ply I have in my wool collection was purchased the last time I went home to New Zealand!

If you are lucky enough to find some, don't expect to find it in a wide range of colors. It is more than likely your choices will be limited to white, cream and maybe one or two pastel colors.

Very few knitters that I know care to use wool this fine because it is just too fiddly for them.

With 2 ply you knit and knit and knit, and don't seem to get very far very fast!

But it does make beautifully fine (delicate) garments or shawls.

To illustrate I wound some of my 2 ply around my needle sizing template and there were 6 threads to each 5mm.

When I wrapped 8 ply wool around the same template there were only 5 threads for each 10mm.

The normal tension for this ply is 36 sts over 10cm on 2.75mm needles.

Some of the items you might like to make with this ply include garments for babies, like singlets, matinee jackets, bootees, and mittens.

This wool also makes very delicate shawls either for babies or for wearing wear. You can also be used to make very fine gloves or scarves.

While you can make virtually anything with 2 ply, the difficulty will be finding a suitable pattern!

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