Entries by Emily Davis-Hale

Mood Board: Winter 2026 – Short Draw

Mood Board: Winter 2026 – Short Draw Proposals due by: December 1, 2025 Final work due by: May 15, 2026 What do you know about spinning worsted yarns using short draw techniques? We want to hear all about it. Can you explain how each short draw draft works? Can you help spinners work with the […]

Call for Blog Submissions: Long Draw

While the Long Draw issue of PLY is already in the works (and it looks like another great one!) we are looking for quality related posts for the blog! Did you have an idea for this topic that you didn’t submit? Or did you miss the submission window? The blog process is much simpler than […]

SCENE: Upcoming Events

You are SCENE!  Feast your eyeballs on these upcoming fiber events submitted by our readers!  July 11 – 13: Wyoming Sheep & Wool Festival, Buffalo, Wyoming  July 19 – 20: Fiber U, Lebanon, Missouri  July 25 – 26: Fiber Christmas in July, Kellyville, Oklahoma  July 26 – 27: Prairie City Fiber Fest, Prairie City, Oregon  […]

What’s in this issue? Summer 2025 – Tension!

Tension is one of those elements we use all the time while we spin. We’ve got a whole issue packed full of great information on how tension figures into and impacts your spinning!  Wheel tension and wheel systems: How do they work and which works best for what type of yarn? James Perry and Heavenly […]

Mood Board: Autumn 2026 – Sericulture

Mood board: Autumn 2026 – Sericulture Proposals due by: September 1, 2025 Final work due by: March 1, 2026 Got something to say about silk? We sure hope so because we’re planning a big silk – sericulture – issue for Autumn 2026, and we want you to share your tips, experiences, techniques, and anything else […]

PLY Guild: Second Season Drop – Episode 2

Ding! Ding! Ding!  The second episode of the second (worsted) season of the PLY Guild has dropped and is ready for your viewing pleasure!  It’s a great episode filled with lots of information about choosing fibers for worsted yarns.  We’ll see you again with a new episode in six weeks (but in the meantime, come […]

Ask Jillian: Parallel Drafting Tips

Dear Jillian,  I am having the worst time parallel drafting! My fibers don’t draft well, there’s clumping, and one color frequently falls away. Can you give me some tips to make it easier?  ~Tess (and others) in Jillian’s class at Maryland Sheep and Wool Hi Tess,  Parallel drafting may be my favorite color spinning technique, […]

Ask Jacey: How Do I Improve My Joins?

I’ve heard lots of people talk about how there are different joins for different kinds of spinning. I’m not even super good at the one join I do (I kind of tease out the fiber at the end of my new yarn and then lay new fiber over it and hope it all gets twisted […]

Mood Board: Summer 2026 – Purpose

Mood Board: Summer 2026 – Purpose Proposals due by: June 1, 2025 Final work due by: December 1, 2025 Although spinning up a gorgeous skein of yarn seems like a project in and of itself, ultimately most handspun yarn is used to create something else. So how do you spin with a purpose in mind? […]