Fair Fiber Wage, a look from the other side
/in Frontpage Article, News, PLY Away/by Jacey FaulknerYou can’t pay people what they’ll take, you have to pay them what they’re worth. This simple premise becomes difficult for a myriad of reasons. The first and most confusing for some is that often people don’t know what they’re worth. That not knowing comes from a culture of silence, a lack of transparency, and […]
Would you like to teach at PLY Away 2017?
/in Frontpage Article, News, PLY Away/by Guest BloggerPLY Away 2016 was a resounding success and we’re already hard at work planning 2017 and 2018!
PLY Away: The Student Perspective
/in Frontpage Article, PLY Away/by Guest BloggerToday we are so lucky to be visited by Devin Helmen, who won the scholarship to attend PLY Away 2016! If you weren’t able to attend but you wondered what all the fuss was about, keep reading as Devin shares his experiences from PLY Away! I literally could not believe it for a few […]
Plyaway Recovery
/in Frontpage Article, PLY Away/by Guest BloggerIt’s 10 days since Plyaway ended. Let me begin this post by saying that Plyaway was awesome. It may be one of the best big spinning gatherings I’ve ever taught at. (I can’t figure out how to make that sentence not end in a prepositions without sounding like a jerk, so there you are.) Everyone I […]
A Spinning Wheel in Good Working Order
/in Frontpage Article, PLY Away, Spinning/by Guest BloggerI’m leaving today to teach some classes in Iowa this weekend for a guild. I’ve never been to Iowa. But it’s not that far away so I’ll pack the car and drive there. By driving I can stop for as many Starbucks hot chocolates as I want. But that’s not what I wanted to talk […]
PLY Away Sponsor: The Spinning Loft
/in Frontpage Article, PLY Away/by Guest BloggerOne of our sponsors for PLY Away is The Spinning Loft – and today, Alison from The Spinning Loft is here to introduce us to her business and give us some sneak peeks of what she’ll be bringing with her to PLY Away! Here’s Alison … ——————————————————————————————————– Have you heard? The Spinning Loft is both a […]
PLY Registration Rocked!
/in Frontpage Article, PLY Away, Spinning/by Jacey FaulknerAs the clocks clicked over to 10:00, everything went live. I was nervous that I was throwing a party that nobody would come to (highschool was a tough time for everyone, right?) but at 10:01 we had 2 orders! The guides worked! Those first 2 spinners went through there like the wind! Or like somebody posted […]
