Abstract: The present invention concerns the production of fancy yarns, in which during open-end spinning a roving is supplied program-controlled to the spinning unit for the yarn to be produced. According to the invention at least one roving bobbin is supported by a support member, which is detachably arranged on a can used as a receptable for the fibre material to be processed. The bobbin creel used up to the present for the bobbins impairs the accessability of the winding locations for the fancy yarn produced. This creel, according to the invention, no longer is required. Thus, the cumbersome mounting and dismantling of the creel in changing over from normal yarn to fancy yarn and vice-versa is dispensed with. According to the invention the alterations required for such changes of the yarn production mode are extremely simple.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the production of fancy yarn includes the supply of elongate fancy material pieces (17) by gas under pressure to suction-loaded spinning cylinders (10) which spin the fancy material pieces together with separately supplied basic yarn pieces to form fancy yarn. The fancy material pieces are flung by means of the gas under pressure, which is preferably generated in a jet injector (14), against a screen (7) which is located in the region of the nip between the spinning cylinders. Elongate fancy material pieces which have become rolled together during transport to the screen (7) are straightened out after impingement against the screen (7) by the suction prevailing in the nip of the spinning cylinders (10) whereby the fancy material pieces are given the desired elongate form in the fancy yarn.