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Last Call for Electric Submissions

Summer 2021 is going to have a jolt of electricity! Yes, that’s right, it’s all about tools that go vroom vroom, buzz buzz, or even purr quietly. Let’s start with the one so many of us have and enjoy: the electric spinning wheel. What do you know about electric spinning wheels? What do you want […]

Spinning Daisy

words and photos by Vicki Robinson In 2016, my husband and I adopted a bonded pair of senior dogs from the SPCA: a short-haired dachshund and a 3-pound long-haired chihuahua. I’d spun dog hair (chiengora) before, so with the tiniest of slicker brushes, I groomed my sweet Daisy daily. She loved it and would jump […]

Reader Feature: Johanna Carter

We asked long-time PLY reader Johanna Carter a few questions about her spinning and crafting life. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started spinning. I knit quite fast and wanted to slow my knitting down, as it is not so cheap to buy yarn, so I asked a friend to […]

We Need Photos of Your Spinning Hands!

We are gathering photos of the different ways that spinners spin (how you hold your hands, how you hold your fiber, the position of drafting) for the Autumn issue of PLY. If you have a close-up photo of just your hands spinning (the bigger the file, the better) and you don’t mind us using it […]