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The Basics Issue is coming: sneak peek

August 20, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

The new issue of PLY is almost ready! Make sure you get your subscription in/renewed by August 25th to get this fantastic issue. The Basics issue is anything but basic! Since all of us learn about spinning in vastly different ways, in various places, and at different times, we’ve all got knowledge gaps. This issue […]

Putting Your Best Skein Forward: Tips for Preparing Skeins for Fair Competition

August 13, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

words and photos by Sue Meissner You may be considering entering a skein in the handspun competition of a fair, but you may not know how to enter. Or you may have entered but did not have a pleasing outcome. Let’s talk about how to put your best skein forward – not in terms of […]

Reader Feature: Ilona Vitti

August 6, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

Although disappointed at having PLYAway canceled this year, Ilona didn’t let that stop her from expanding her spinning knowledge and experience. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started spinning. My alter ego is a cat, so curiosity must be satisfied. Every year at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, I stop […]

Don’t miss the best new book around!

July 30, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

A Spinner’s Dozen: 14 darn useful toolswritten and illustrated by Stephenie GaustadAvailable in print and digital versions What the heck is a heck? In A Spinner’s Dozen: 14 Darn Useful Tools, Stephenie Gaustad shines a light on tools for fiber and yarn management that will make your yarn more consistent and spinning more productive. Drawing […]

A woman’s work was never done: spinning in medieval art

July 23, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

by Judy Kavanagh If you were a woman in medieval Europe (between the 5th and 15th centuries CE), you would have had many chores to perform every day such as cooking, cleaning, looking after children – and spinning. You would have needed to produce large quantities of thread from both wool and flax to weave […]

Travelling with spindles

July 16, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

Words by Sissel Ellevseth “The travelling itself is part of the journey,” my dad always said when my siblings and I started complaining about being bored in the back seat. The 1000-km drive to visit my grandparents in Vesterålen almost took the joy out of the summer vacation for us. Today, I don’t think much […]

Call for Tips

July 9, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

We’d love to get your tips for our Winter issue on Warmth. If you want to spin the warmest yarn, what fiber/fiber blend would you use? (If you’d like to include what draft and plying you would combine in that fiber, please do!) Head over to the Tip Jar submission page and send us your […]

Reader Feature: Chantily Lovelace

July 2, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

Chantily posted on the PLYAway board on Ravelry about the “classes” she was taking at home since PLYAway was canceled, so she’s here to share a little bit about that with you as well as a little more about herself. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started spinning. I’ve been […]

PLY Autumn 2021 Consistency Mood Board

June 25, 2020/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Blogger

Consistency is something most spinners strive for in their yarn, but how do you find that spinning sweet spot over short and long spins? Share your secrets to spinning a consistent yarn. Is it in the fiber, in the preparation, in the draft or ply? Can you be consistent in a woolen prep and draft? […]