That's how I always did it, ordinary poly knitting yarn. My family has lots of tied quilts from years ago, they last. I measured the distance between the ties with my hand as I was tieing. First I pinned the backing to the carpet on the floor (tape it for wood floors) , then layered the batting and top. I pinned the top through all layers before I started to tie. If you make the minkie larger tan the top you should have no trouble bringing it to the top for binding after it's tied. Have fun!
