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| Author | Article Title | Issue date | Issue number | Issue topic | Article topic list | Description |
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| Stealth Reviews: Clemes & Clemes Blending Board | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | blending board | Three anonymous reviewers share their experience with the Clemes & Clemes blending board. | |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Season 2: Welcome to the PSG | PSG Season 2 | 2 | PSG: Intro to Worsted | expanding skills, inspiration, organization |
Jacey welcomes you to the PSG, explains what it is, how to use it, and why it’s so great! |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Intro to Worsted: Wheel and spindle choice and set-up | PSG Season 2 | 2 | PSG: Intro to Worsted | expanding skills, inspiration, organization, double drive, bobbin led (irish tension), flyer led (scotch tension) |
Wondering which wheels or spindles are best for worsted? Jacey walks you through choosing and how to adjust each type of wheel once you do make your choice! |
| Maggie Casey | Intro to Worsted: New to worsted spinning | PSG Season 2 | 2 | PSG: Intro to Worsted | expanding skills, combed, combed top, staple length, worsted, drafting |
Are you new to spinning worsted? Maggie Casey is the teacher for you. With her approachable, no-nonsense approach, you’ll be spinning a smooth, dense worsted yarn in no time. |
| Heveanly Bresser | Intro to Worsted: New to worsted spinning on a spindle | PSG Season 2 | 2 | PSG: Intro to Worsted | expanding skills, combed, combed top, staple length, worsted, drafting, spindles, suspended spindles |
Are you new to spinning worsted yarns on spindles? Heavenly walks you step-by-step through how to get started and keep spinning. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Intro to Worsted: Deep dive on worsted drafting | PSG Season 2 | 2 | PSG: Intro to Worsted | expanding skills, combed, combed top, staple length, worsted, drafting, consistency, short forward draft, short backward draft |
Ready to go deeper into drafting worsted? Jacey digs way into what worsted drafting is, how it works, and why you’d do it. She covers staple length and how it affects your drafting distance, fiber type, adjusting your tension, how to keep out from between your hands (and how it changes your yarn if you let it sneak in there), and the difference in short back and short forward drafting. |
| Tip Jar: How do you deal with all those irresistible 4-ounce braids lining your fiber stash | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | braids, color |
Tips from PLY readers on how to blend, spin, and use the collection of hand-dyed braids we all have stashed. |
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| Sarah Anderson | Spin It! Lock Your Color Changes in Chains | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | chain plying, color |
Controlling color in chain plies. |
| David Schulz | (s)Ample Color: Designing a palette | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | color, planning |
The process of sampling colors to create an ideal yarn palette. |
| Carson Demers | Ergo Neo: Comfort in Color | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | ergonomics, self-care |
The ergonomics of color in fiber blending, drafting, and plying. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Spin It! Maintaining Color Changes in a Plied Yarn | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | plying, spin it, color |
Tricks for maintaining gradual color changes when spinning a 2-ply yarn. |
| Stephen West | Knit It! Clawed Shawl | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | knit it, shawl |
Knitting pattern for an asymmetrical shawl with color contrast. |
| Carrie Sundra | Behind the Curtain: A Good Day to Dye Naturally | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | dyeing, natural dyeing, color |
A day-in-the-life record of a yarn dyer. |
| Esther Rodgers | Carding Batts for Color | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | drum carding, batts, color |
Consider the impact that fiber preparation can have on the color of your final yarn. This article focuses on using a carder to create intentional batts. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Spin It! Spinning Across the Top | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | expanding skills |
Want to move away from stripping as a default fiber prep? Experiment with drafting across the top. |
| Christina Pappas | Alive with Color: Vivid past, vivid present | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | color, historical |
Dyeing is an ancient practice. This article explores natural color histories around the world. |
| Jillian Moreno, Deb Menz, Beth Smith, Michelle Boyd | Hot Button: Predrafting | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | fiber prep |
Four spinners across the spectrum of opinions weigh in on the topic of pre-drafting fiber. |
| Alison Pacuska | Jacob: The linen of wool | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | Jacob, sheep, breed-specific |
An investigation of Jacob wool and how to work with it. |
| Yvonne Stowell | Spin It! Caledonia Coverlet | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | Jacob, fleece, long draw, 3-ply, spin it |
Spinning a Jacob fleece for a knitted blanket. |
| Yvonne Stowell | Knit It! Caledonia Coverlet | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | Jacob, 3-ply, knit it, blanket |
Knitting pattern for a 60×65 inch blanket in 3-ply Aran weight yarn. |
| Carolyn Carson | Guilded: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | community |
Profile of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh and its “Knit the Bridge” project. |
| Tracy Hudson | Follow the Fiber: Nomad Textile | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | cabled, community |
Experimenting with an eclectic collection of fibers to create unique yarns. |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Spin It! Fractals and Fiber | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | spin it, color |
How to prepare and spin a fractal yarn. |
| Carol Feller | Knit It! Penrose Tile Shawl | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | knit it, shawl, color |
Knitting pattern for a lace shawl in fractal-spun yarn. |
| Michelle Boyd | Color with a Twist: How your spinning style affects colors in yarn | Autumn 2013 | 2 | Color | long draw, diameter, twist, color, experimenting, short forward draw |
How do prep and drafting impact the final appearance of color in a finished yarn? |
