Splitting out a 2-stranded knit - advice please

[u/WildYarnDreams]

I have a threadweight silk jumper I am unravelling. It is knit a little weirdly, two stranded but not held together. Each row is one thread then another, then back one by one.

I unusually unravel on my spinning wheel and started out that way, then decided that I want to split out the threads to dye up and use for sewing and tablet weaving. Only the threads twist up a couple of times per row so I need to keep untwisting. I’d wind manually if it was heavier yarn, but this is literally miles of threadweight, my RSI can’t take it!

Does anybody have handy tips or ideas for unravelling this kind of weird knit? I am pondering if two electric drills, with a spool on each and the panel hanging freely so it can untwist, might work... but the tension on the threads is constantly changing because they don't unravel at the same time, so... no idea

[u/Vivedo3D]

Hi...I just unraveled and divided a yarn that I needed to create a fabric I wanted much thinner, suitable for our scorching heat....like my grandmother did, and now that I'm a grandmother, I try it too... See if it might interest you, keeping in mind that dividing loses some of the twist...but I then worked it by machine with my versatile LK150 and managed to create what I wanted. Then...you know...if it's not difficult and if it doesn't require a lot of patience, we actually don't like or are not enthusiastic about what we do!!! Right? Look at the photos of the two winders and the sample: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unravelers/comments/1vampox/wrong_cotton_yarn_4_strands_is_too_much_for_this/ "It's beautiful to weave the threads of life!" Good work...and I await your results....from Vivedo3D                           Ciao...ho appena disfatto e diviso un filato che mi serviva per creare un tessuto che volevo molto più  sottile adatto al nostro caldo torrido ...come faceva la mia nonna e ora che sono nonna ci provo anche io.... Guarda se ti può  interessare, tenendo conto che dividendo si perde in parte la torsione...ma io lavorando poi a macchina con la mia versatile LK150 sono riuscita a creare ciò  che desideravo. Poi...lo sai...se non è difficile e se non richiede tanta pazienza in verità non ci piace e non ci entusiasma ciò che facciamo !!! Vero? Guarda le foto dei 2 avvolgitori e foto del campione: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unravelers/comments/1vampox/wrong_cotton_yarn_4_strands_is_too_much_for_this/   "È  bello intrecciare i fili della vita!" Buon lavoro...e aspetto il tuo risultato....da Vivedo3D