Understand chainette and blown yarns

Chainette construction forms a small knitted chain or tube; blown yarn places fibers inside a supporting structure. Inspect the actual yarn rather than treating both as solid plies.

Before you start

Keep the exact labels and make two comparable samples. Change one material property at a time and use the intended finishing method on both.

Try this example

At the same 50 g mass, compare length and sample bulk with a conventional plied yarn. Do not replace by equal ball count if label lengths differ.

Check your result

• Compare the dry samples for recovery, surface, drape and the property needed for the project. Record observations separately from label claims.
• A fiber name or category cannot predict every finished fabric. Construction, treatment, gauge and use all affect the result.

Sources

• www.craftyarncouncil.com: yarn label information
• cottonworks.com: yarn spinning

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