PLY article index
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| Author | Article Title | Issue date | Issue number | Issue topic | Article topic list | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Make a Yarn: Spindle introduction | PSG Season 1 | 2 | PSG: Make a Yarn | spindles, crossarm spindles | Jacey’s getting her crossarm spindle and fiber ready to Make A Yarn with Jill Duarte. If you’re nervous about this, don’t worry, you can’t be more nervous than Jacey! |
| Jill Duarte | Make a Yarn: Crossarm spindle | PSG Season 1 | 2 | PSG: Make a Yarn | spindles, crossarm spindles, suspended spindles |
Jill Duarte guides us through making a yarn on a crossarm spindle (because you don’t have to know everything to make a yarn!). Get out your suspended spindle and spin along! |
| Tip Jar: Tips for new spinners | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | expanding skills | ||
| Christina Pappas | Origin: Quest for the First Spinners | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | historical | |
| Beth Smith | Corriedale: The ideal first spin | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | wool, experimenting, corriedale, breed-specific | |
| Beth Smith | Spin It! Irida Shawl | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | spin it, Corriedale | |
| Hilary Smith Callis | Knit It! Irida Shawl | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | knit it, Corriedale, shawl | |
| Shelley Dale | Hello, Dolly: First mammal every cloned from an adult cell | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | sheep | |
| Deborah Robson | First Sheep: A rough sketch | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | sheep, historical | |
| Jillian Moreno | Behind the Curtain: Why PLY? | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | personal reflection | |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Spin It! Simulply Corespinning with Fine Young Goat | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | mohair, spin it, corespinning, tailspinning | |
| Kimberly McAlindin | Knit It! Cutout Cardi | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | knit it, sweater, mohair | |
| Stealth Reviews: Louet S10 | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | wheel selection, bobbin-led (Irish tension) | ||
| Nancy Smith Kilkenny | Guilded! Tips on joining your first guild | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | community | |
| Alden Amos | The First Spinning Wheel | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | historical, charkha great wheel | |
| Shannon Herrick | Follow the Fiber: A wee first skein | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | personal reflection, corespinning | |
| Stephenie Gaustad | The First Yarn | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | historical | |
| Shelia January | Spin for the Blue: Competition spinning for a first-place skein | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | community, expanding skills | |
| Jacey Boggs Faulkner | Wheels: Styles and parts | PSG Season 1 | 1 | PSG: All About Wheels | e-spinner, double drive, tension, bobbin-led, flyer-led |
Jacey explains the differences between styles of spinning wheels, their parts, and how they work. She covers castle/upright wheels, saxony wheels, and e-spinners. She also goes over each tensioning system (bobbin-led/irish tension, flyer-led/scotch tension, and double drive) and how they function. |
| Stephenie Gaustad | Wheels: Bobbin-led double drive wheels | PSG Season 1 | 1 | PSG: All About Wheels | double drive, bobbin-led |
Dear, wonderful Stephenie Gaustad uses her Alden Amos double drive wheel to talk about how double-drive drive systems function. She talks about the relation between whorl/pulley size and bobbin end size and how when you’re starting out, it helps to just trying different adjustments until you get it right. |
| Stephenie Gaustad | Wheels: Bobbin-led Single drive wheels | PSG Season 1 | 1 | PSG: All About Wheels | bobbin-led |
Stephenie Gaustad gives you the lowdown on how a bobbin-led single drive wheel works. She talks about what yarns this generally greedy drive system excels at making and what it struggles with. |
| Stephenie Gaustad | Wheels: Flyer-led drive wheels | PSG Season 1 | 1 | PSG: All About Wheels | flyer-led |
Stephenie Gaustad digs in on how the simple but effective flyer-led (scotch tension) wheel works. She discusses the advantages of this system and how to modify it for specific uses. |
| Carson Demers | Ergo Neo: The First I've Heard of It | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | ergonomics | |
| Dee Hadorn | Fine Young Goat: A kid's first clip | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | mohair, micron count | |
| Michelle Boyd | Don't Get Fleeced: A first-time buyer's guide | Summer 2013 | 1 | First | fleece |
