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New Guild Spin-In Today! Join us!
Hooray! Hooray! Today’s the day! Today is our first ever third Thursday PLY Spinners Guild (PSG) spin-in! We encourage you to check out our new spin-in at 5 pm pacific today, March 20th. These third Thursday spin-ins are dedicated to helping you develop the foundational spinning skills and fiber confidence you want. So, if you’re […]
Dyed and Went to Pennsylvania
Words and photos by Jenn Lander For those of us who are spinners, fiber is joy. And when we create something beyond our expectations, it’s even better. During the summer of 2023 I did just that with the help of others who knew exactly how to make my work come to life. As a visual […]
Designer Interview: Shana Cohen
PLY is proud to work with some incredible artists, tool makers, and designers. Today we’d like to feature Shana Cohen, a designer whose Palimpsest cardigan pattern appeared in the recent Winter 2024 Care issue of PLY. Tell us a little bit about yourself? (the hardest-to-answer question first!) I’m a knitting pattern designer, architect, design educator, […]
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 […]
Spin Together 2025! A Resounding Success!
To all our friends who partook in Spin Together… to all our friends who cheered us on from the bleachers… PLY had an incredible first year participating in this virtual spinning competition.
