A single is a different thing, even in North America. It's twisted the opposite way of a plied yarn because you twist in the opposite direction of spinning when you ply yarns together.
I knit quite a few things out of singles in a row this past autumn, and I noticed the difference.
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Date: 2012-01-08 02:55 am (UTC)I knit quite a few things out of singles in a row this past autumn, and I noticed the difference.