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How Yarn Is Made
.jpg "how yarn is made") Yarn is made from twisting several strands of wool, plants or man-made fibres together to form a strand suitable in the use of knitting, embroidery, tapestry, crochet and lacemaking. This can be done by spinning - by hand or machinery.
Some synthetic yarns such as nylon and polyester, are made solely by machines. The material is heated and pushed through tiny holes. Metallic yarns can be made from sheets of aluminium or other metals and this is combined with a polyester film and turned into tiny filaments.
Wool and cotton is spun into yarn, but before spinning, the fibre has to be cleaned, entangled and carded. Carded means that yarn is brushed straight and smooth. -some yarn can also be combed, which further straightens out the fibres and sorts them into lengths.
The tiny fibres are then drawn into slivers. If they are slightly twisted, then this is called 'roving'.
The fibres are pulled from the 'roving' and twisted into what are called 'plies'. These 'plies' are then twisted together and it is this process that produces different weights and types of yarn to be used, ready for your knitting or crocheting needs.
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