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Plying on a spindle doesn’t need to be hard, make a ball and ply away! Jill Duarte demonstrates how to make and use a plying ball.

Jacey makes a yarn using two stale bobbins of Wensleydale and a Daedalus e-spinner. She talks about how to tell how much ply-twist you should add in when your singles no longer have active twist, how to take a good plyback, and how to reactivate the twist in a stale single.

Jillian Moreno and Jacey sit down with some tea and talk about life, community, fiber, spinning, and how much they adore one another.

Jacey introduces the episode, charkhas, antique wheels, vintage wheels, and Heavenly Bresser.

Heavenly Bresser talks about antique and vintage wheels and the wheels she currently has (almost 50). She walks you through what to look for and avoid if you’re in the market for your own older wheel. Heavenly discusses what repairs she’s made, what repairs are easy, difficult, and what repairs are simply not worth the time and trouble.

Heavenly Bresser welcomes you to the world of charkha spinning. She walks you through the parts of the charkha and how it works. Heavenly also talks about best fiber types and preps for charkha spinning, what kind of drafting is suitable for charkhas, and then teaches you how to get started, join, spin, and wind your newly spun yarn onto this wonderful tool!

Heavenly Bresser dishes about drive bands in this segment. What types of materials are used, what you can use, and benefits and drawbacks of each. She also talks about and demonstrates the drive band knot and sewing your drive band instead of knotting it for a smoother spin.

The bigger our stash gets, more more we need a good way to store it and organize it. PLY readers give their best tips and tricks here.