An apparatus for making a yarn comprises two pairs of conveying rollers for defibrating at least one fibrous roving, two juxtaposed, closely spaced twisting drums, which succeed the conveying rollers and define a generally triangular twisting space, to which suction is applied and withdrawing rollers for withdrawing the yarn made from the fibers twisted in the triangular twisting space. To ensure desirable spinning conditions in such an apparatus, it is proposed that the two pairs of conveying rollers, which pairs immediately succeed each other, the conveying rollers of the receiving pair, which are remote from the triangular twisting space, define a clamping nip, form a delivering pair of rollers are nearer to the triangular twisting space and defining a guiding nip of rollers permits a slip relative to the fibers, and delivering pair are arranged to be driven at a higher peripheral velocity than the conveying rollers of the receiving pair but not in excess of the velocity of yarn formation.