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Third Thursdays Guild Tip

Time to ramp up for tonight’s PLY Spinners Guild Third Thursday foundational spin-in! We’d like to take a moment to feature some tips from one of our wonderful PLY Guild spin-in leaders, Donita Westman.   The old saying is that “practice makes perfect”; over twenty years ago, my music education mentor challenged me to consider if […]

Spinning in the Dark

by Tracy Murphy In the dark, we find ourselves anew. Have you ever woken in the middle of the night reaching out, maybe for a light on your nightstand, your phone, a pet, your partner? As we reach we rely on our touch, the familiarity of the object in question. I have reached out for […]

Clemes & Clemes on the Impact on Our Tool Manufacturers

We reached out to Clemes & Clemes to see how the tariffs are impacting business for a tool manufacturer.  For over half a century, we have worked hard to source locally and domestically when possible. Forging long-lasting relationships with local suppliers tends to keep costs down and quality up – being able to walk right into […]

Third Thursdays Guild Tips

As we ramp up for tonight’s PLY Spinners Guild Third Thursday foundational spin-in, we’d like to take a moment to feature some tips from one of our wonderful PLY Guild spin-in leaders, Terri Guerette.  What should I bring to a workshop?  Although not something to bring to a workshop, one of the reminders I often […]

Book Review: In Search of Wild Silk by Karen Selk

In Search of Wild Silk: Exploring a Village Industry in the Jungles of India by Karen SelkSchiffer Craft$39.99, hardcover 8.5 x 11 with 270 pages, and 360 photographs. Published: March 28, 2023 Buy now at Bookshop.orgReview by Jacqueline Harp (Instagram: @foreverfiberarts) Just as the title implies, Karen Selk’s book focuses on the struggles of small wild silk […]

The Woolly Animal of Dawn 

No matter when I go to bed, I wake between 4:30–5:00 a.m. And what do I do in these hours where nobody makes any demands? I create. Sometimes I knit. Sometimes I write. But mostly, I spin.