PLY article index
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| Author | Article Title | Issue date | Issue number | Issue topic | Article topic list | Description |
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| Denny McMillan | Follow the Fiber: Walkabout with twist | Summer 2014 | 5 | Twist | long wool, singles, twist, personal reflection | |
| Anne Podlesak | Spin It! Brighton Top | Summer 2014 | 5 | Twist | bamboo, silk, blends, Merino, singles, twist, spin it | |
| Anne Podlesak | Knit It! Brighton Top | Summer 2014 | 5 | Twist | knit it, sweater | |
| Alexis Borsboom | Twister Together: Threads that balance and connect us | Summer 2014 | 5 | Twist | twist, community, personal reflection | |
| Deb Robson | Fiber Basics: Cotton | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: Fiber Basics | cotton, fiber considerations | Deb Robson, brilliant author of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook, discusses cotton. If you think she’s a wool expert, you’re right, but she knows lots and lots about cotton too! |
| Deb Robson | Fiber Basics: Bast | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: Fiber Basics | bamboo, bast, flax, hemp, plant fibers, fiber considerations |
Deb Robson, brilliant author of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook, introduces bast fibers: hemp, flax, pineapple, bamboo, milkweed, etc. |
| Deb Robson | Fiber Basics: Manufactured fiber | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: Fiber Basics | sparkle, fiber considerations, manufactured fibers |
Deb Robson talks about lab-made/manufactured fibers. Everything from faux cashmere, nylon, and eco-spun to rose, mint and sparkle! |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | All the Drafts Intro | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: All the Drafts | drafting |
Jacey introduces the episode and all the drafts she’ll be demonstrating. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | All the Drafts: Short forward draft | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: All the Drafts | staple length, drafting, short forward draft, consistency |
Jacey talks and teaches short forward drafting with and without twist between your hands. She talks about staple length, distance of draft, keeping consistent, and how to avoid thick/thin spots. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | All the Drafts: Short backward draft | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: All the Drafts | staple length, drafting, short backward draft, consistency |
Jacey talks and teaches short backward drafting with and without twist between your hands. She talks about staple length, distance of draft, keeping consistent, and how to avoid thick/thin spots. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | All the Drafts: From the fold | PSG Season 1 | 5 | PSG: All the Drafts | drafting, from the fold, woolen, worsted |
Jacey talks about and demonstrates how to spin from the fold (tip and flat) for worsted-style and woolen-style yarns. |
| Tip Jar: Dealing with the particular challenges of spinning silk | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk |
Silk can be hard to spin. PLY readers offer tips that make it easier. |
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| Michael Cook | 4 Worms: Species silk for the handspinner | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | breed-focus, silk |
This article discusses the four silkworms used most often for silk production: Bombyx silk, Tussah silk, Eri silk, and Muga silk. |
| Ann Krieg | Spin It! Spinning a silk sampler | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, expanding skills, experimenting, samples |
This article talks about how to work through spinning silk through a variety of ways to explore the fiber. It offers suggestions specific to spinning silk and how to finish the yarn as well as what information you might want to keep for your records. |
| Michelle Boyd | S, Z, and Why? | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, twist, S-twist, Z-twist, knitting, crochet, weaving, experimenting, samples |
This article looks at how the direction of spinning impacts silk. |
| Tabitha Ferguson | Spin It! Stupas and Spires Stole | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | cashmere, silk, 2-ply, spin it |
This article explains how to spin the yarn for the shawl/stole pattern included in this issue. |
| Tabitha Ferguson | Knit It! Stupas and Spires Stole | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, knit it, shawl, lace |
Knitting pattern for a stole worked sideways to embrace the drape of silk while retaining the open lace pattern. |
| Tabitha Ferguson | Cycling for Silk in Southeast Asia | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | cotton, silk, cultural, personal reflection, traveling |
The author describes her journey along the western border of Thailand, especially the experiences of fiber arts using cotton and silk. |
| Cassie Warholm-Wohlenhaus | Prep It! The eco-rainbow: Dyeing silk with natural dyes | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, dyeing, natural dyeing, color, experimenting |
This article explores using natural dyes on different types of silk (Bombyx, Eri, Muga, Tussah) and the resulting colors. The natural dyes include cochineal, sandalwood, madder, onion skins, osage orange, and indigo. |
| Carson Demers | Ergo Neo: Relax and spin silk | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, ergonomics, self-care |
This article looks at the specific ergonomics challenges of spinning silk. |
| Sara Lamb | Silk: Spindle or wheel? | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, wheel selection, spindles, experimenting |
This article explores the different experiences of spinning silk on a wheel and on a spindle. |
| Amelia Garripoli | Silk Spindles: Hiding in plain sight | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, spindles |
This article explores which spindles are ideal for silk by considering the physics behind the spinning as well as the author’s personal experience. |
| Stealth Reviews: Bosworth spindles | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | spindles, suspended spindles |
The mystery reviews take a look and share their experiences with Bosworth spindles. |
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| Taryn Winegardner | Science in Your Spin: Silk under a microscope | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, staple length, luster, science, strength |
This article looks at the scientific nature of silk and how it is made, including images of silk under a microscope and how the properties of silk fiber impacts spinning. |
| Franklin Habit | Lazy Kate's Guide to Thoroughly Unsatisfying Spinning (silk) | Spring 2014 | 4 | Silk | silk, humor |
Comic about silk and its slippery nature |
