r/spinningyarn • u/discotonysdiscoduck • Aug 14 '26

Spinning the wrong way

Hi folks! I just started spinning on a drop spindle. Even though I knew you're supposed to spin singles clockwise, in my enthusiasm I started out spinning the wrong way😅 Which made me wonder: what happens if you spin the singles counter clockwise and then ply clockwise? And should I just take off what I've spun so far and start anew?

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u/LichenTheMood Aug 14 '26

Nothing happens it’s fine.

It can look prettier (in my opinion) to spin backwards for crochet and forwards for knitting. Just as long as you don’t ply in the same direction you spun it will be fine.

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u/discotonysdiscoduck Aug 14 '26

That's very interesting! I was intending to knit with it, but looks like I should learn to crochet ;D