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| Author | Article Title | Issue date | Issue number | Issue topic | Article topic list | Description |
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| Jolie A. Elder | Spin It! Perpendicular Control | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | fine, drafting | |
| James Perry | Select Correct(ly): Choosing the right fiber for fine spinning | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | fiber considerations, fine, Merino, angora, yak, cashmere, alpaca, WPI, YPP | |
| Amanda Hartrich | Which Draft Is Thinner? | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | drafting, fine, Shetland, worsted, woolen | |
| Elizabeth Lovick | Spin It! Fine Spinning the Shetland Way | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | spin it, Shetland, fine, fleece, worsted | |
| Elizabeth Lovick | Knit It! Shetland Mini-shawl | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | knit it, Shetland, shawl, fine | |
| Stealth Reviews: WooLee Winder | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | wheel selection | ||
| Katie Weston | Fine, Low-twist Silk | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | fine, silk, twist, experimenting | |
| Amanda Hannaford | The Longest Thread | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | community, personal reflection, fine | |
| Diane Palme | Warp Factor Fine | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | fine, weaving | |
| Jillian Moreno | Plying: Woolen and worsted | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Start Plying | loft, plying, woolen, worsted | You want different things in a woolen and worsted yarn so it makes sense you ply them differently! Jillian Moreno talks and walks you through how to do each for the sleekest worsted and the loftiest woolen yarn. |
| Jill Duarte | Plying: Plying balls | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Start Plying | spindles, plying |
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 Boggs Faulkner | Make a Yarn: Using stale singles | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Make a Yarn | Wensleydale, e-spinner, plying, plyback, twist |
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, Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Teacher Tea: with Jillian Moreno | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Teacher Tea | community, personal reflection |
Jillian Moreno and Jacey sit down with some tea and talk about life, community, fiber, spinning, and how much they adore one another. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Charkhas and Antiques: Intro | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Charkhas and Antiques | antique wheels, charkha |
Jacey introduces the episode, charkhas, antique wheels, vintage wheels, and Heavenly Bresser. |
| Heavenly Bresser | Charkhas and Antiques: Wheels | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Charkhas and Antiques | antique wheels, wheel selection |
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 | Charkhas and Antiques: Charkhas | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Charkhas and Antiques | charkha |
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 | Drive bands | PSG Season 1 | 9 | PSG: Charkhas and Antiques | drive band |
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. |
| Kimberley Stubbs | Spin It! Berneta Shawlette & Hat | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | spin it, Cormo, 3-ply, yarn stats | |
| Corrina Ferguson | Knit It! Berneta Shawlette & Hat | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | knit it, hat, shawl, Cormo | |
| Franklin Habit | Lazy Kate's Guide to Thoroughly Unsatisfying Spinning (fine) | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | fine, humor | |
| Elizabeth Watt | Guilded: The Ottawa Valey Weavers' and Spinners' Guild | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | community | |
| Alexis Borsboom | Who's That Spinner? Goatmilker's Arm: The yearn I couldn't spin fine | Summer 2015 | 9 | Fine | community, fine, personal reflection | |
| Tip Jar: What the best way to keep your precious stashed fibers safe, organized, and easily accessible? | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicesters | organization |
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. |
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| Deborah Robson | The Leicesters: One good breed leads to another | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | sheep, Leicester Longwool, BFL, Border Leicester, breed-specific | |
| Jillian Moreno | Leicester Showdown: 3 Leicesters 3 ways | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | sheep, Leicester Longwool, BFL, Border Leicester, fleece, combed, worsted, 2-ply, carded, woolen, experimenting, breed-specific |
