Question

A single spun 9.0 tex (90 dtex) acrylic yarn has the appropriate softness for hand knitting with a twist of 1,000 (1.00 x 10³) turns per meter (tpm).  

• By using the same acrylic sliver to spin a 12.0 tex (120 dtex) singles yarn with the same softness, what twist level should be inserted?
• Do you get the same answer when using dtex as units for linear density instead of tex?

Answer 1

GIVEN :

9.0 tex( 90 dtex) has a twist of 1000 (1 * 103) turns per meter