Editing Plying (section)

===Regular plying===
[[Image:Plyingwithalazykate.JPG|150px|thumb|Making a three-ply yarn using [[bobbin]]s on a [[lazy kate]].]]
Regular plying consists of taking 2 or more singles and twisting them together. This can be done on either a spinning wheel or a spindle.
[[Image:Handwhenplying.JPG|200px|thumb|How the singles are held to keep them separate]]
When plying, the singles are kept separate, either with the fingers or with a tool. This tool can be anything from the top of a salt dispenser, and the singles threaded through the holes, or a specially carved piece of wood with holes in it. The singles are kept separate to ensure that they do not get tangled and so the tension can be controlled.

Most spinners who use [[spinning wheel]]s ply from [[bobbin]]s or spools. This is easier than plying from balls because there is less chance for the yarn to become tangled and knotted. So that the bobbins can unwind freely, they are put in a device called a [[Lazy Kate]], or sometimes simply ''kate''. The simplest lazy kate consists of wooden bars with a metal rod running between them. Most hold three or four bobbins. The bobbin sits on the metal rod. Other lazy kates are built with devices that create an adjustable amount of tension, which adds control to how much string is unwound using a given amount of force. Some spinning wheels come with a built-in lazy kate. 

On a drop spindle, two-ply is created by placing the spools on a lazy kate, tying the ends together onto the drop spindle, holding equal lengths of singles together and dropping the spindle. The weight of the drop spindle, combined with the twist in the singles, causes the drop spindle to turn in the opposite direction that the singles were twisted in until the two singles are plied together.