Wool in School: Creativity, Heritage, and Hands-on Learning 

The Wool in School project, based in Ireland and founded by fiber artist and educator Lorna McCormack, is a fantastic program that brings the story of wool into classrooms. It is all about connecting students to nature, tradition, and wool as a renewable material.  One of the main offerings of the program is the Wool2Ewe […]

It’s a Wrap! Tour de Fleece 2025

As the 2025 Tour de Fleece (otherwise known as TdF) draws to a close in a few days, spinners from around the world will reflect on the past three weeks of creativity, camaraderie, and craftsmanship. I hope they all have a chance to take a breath! The event, which runs parallel to the Tour de […]

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  […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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, […]

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.

New Monthly Spin-In for the Guild!

New Monthly Spin-in focused on building foundational spinning skills!