PLY article index
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| Author | Article Title | Issue date | Issue number | Issue topic | Article topic list | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Rodgers | Prep It! Finding a Tailspinning Fleece | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | fiber prep, tailspinning, fleece, Leicester Longwool, Border Leicester, BFL, locks | |
| Laura Senator | Prep It! Long Locks to Dye For | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | locks, dyeing, Leicester Longwool | |
| Lexi Boeger | Spin It! Tailspinning Leicester Locks: The 2-core method | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | tailspinning, Leicester Longwool, locks, fiber prep, textured/art yarn | |
| Tracey Cox-Marchione | Spin It! Spinning Longwool for Lace | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | Leicester Longwool, lace, fine, short forward draft, worsted | |
| Devin Helmen | Spin It! Pacific Trillium Stole | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | spin it, Leicester Longwool, short forward draft, 2-ply | |
| Melinda VerMeer | Knit It! Pacific Trillium Stole | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | knit it, Border Leicester, 2-ply, scarf | |
| Taryn Winegardner | Leicester Under the Lens | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | Leicester Longwool, Border Leicester, BFL | |
| Beth Smith, Jillian Moreno, Ann Krieg | Hot Button: Cutting Locks | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | locks | |
| Midori Gunheim | Spin It! Tulip Chaussettes | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | spin it, Border Leicester, locks, hand combing, 3-ply, worsted | |
| Marina Orry | Knit It! Tulip Chaussettes | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | knit it, Border Leicester, socks | |
| Stealth Reviews: Mini Combs | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | combs | ||
| Carol Leonard | Guilded: The Online Guild | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | community | |
| Amanda Hartrich | Spin It! Faux-cle | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | textured/art yarn, BFL, locks | |
| Beth Smith | Spinning Longwools for Softness | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | long wool, Leicester Longwool, twist, experimenting | |
| Carson Demers | Ergo Neo: Bluefaced Leicester: A friendly fiber | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | ergonomics, BFL | |
| Grace Hopkins | BFL vs. Merino | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | BFL, Merino, experimenting, dyeing | |
| Kathryn Benavides | Spin It! Leapfrog Shawl | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | spin it, BFL, carded, 2-ply, color | |
| Brittany Wilson | Knit It! Leapfrog Shawl | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | knit it, shawl, BFL | |
| Courtney Mussatt | Finishing Face-Off | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | finishing, experimenting, BFL | |
| Liz Gipson | Weaving with Leicester | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | weaving, BFL, long wool, singles, Leicester Longwool, Border Leicester | |
| Christina Petty | Top or Bottom? | Spring 2015 | 8 | Leicester | spindles, historical | |
| Maggie Casey, Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Teacher Tea: with Maggie Casey | PSG Season 1 | 8 | PSG: Teacher Tea | community, personal reflection | Maggie Casey and Jacey sit down with some tea and talk spinning, community, and life in general. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Plying: Intro | PSG Season 1 | 8 | PSG: Start Plying | plying |
Jacey introduces the episode and Jillian Moreno |
| Jillian Moreno | Plying: Why ply? | PSG Season 1 | 8 | PSG: Start Plying | plying, diameter, grist, durability, strength |
Jillian talks about why we ply yarn in the first place. What kinds of things does it add? Strength? Durability? Diameter? Grist? Design? |
| Jillian Moreno | Plying: 2- and 3-ply yarns | PSG Season 1 | 8 | PSG: Start Plying | kate, plying, 2-ply, 3-ply, tension |
Jillian Moreno talks and walks you through plying 2-ply and 3-ply yarns. She talks about sitting, kates, comfort, tension, angle, and general plying technique as well as a few plying practices that aren’t optimal. Plus, she’s lovely. |
