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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, […]

Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild: Preserving the Ancient Art of Handspinning 

In 1985 a small group of like-minded individuals formed the Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild. They had the tenacity and skill to develop their craft.

By the Books: Using Older Texts to Inform Our Modern Understanding of Fiber 

There seems to be a lot of crossover between book people and fiber people. It is part of why I spend so much time researching fiber arts.

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 […]

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 […]