51 Yarns Spinalong
To celebrate 5 years of PLY Magazine and our first book, we’re going to give away PLY Magazine all year long! That’s right, starting April 1, 2018 (with the release of our 20th issue and our first book, 51 Yarns to Spin Before You Cast Off), we’re going to give away a one-year subscription to PLY Magazine each week for 51 weeks.
Below are the 51 spinning and fiber prompts from Jacey’s new book (all mixed up). Spin along with us and check them off as you go (or just spin along with us). Each week we’ll spin another yarn and post pictures, and the winner will be announced on PLY’s Facebook, Instagram, and Ravelry group each Sunday night before the new prompt starts on Monday morning. You can post your photo entry on Facebook, Instagram, or Ravelry and you can enter as many times for as many weeks as you like, all we ask is that you hashtag #51yarns, #handspunyarn, and #plymagazine so we can find you and your photos. Get your wheels and spindles ready: it’s time to spin 51 yarns!
*Winners will be chosen based on photo and text content. No sample size required, just post great shots of your yarns, or you spinning them, we’re easy! While you can win more than once, we recommend spreading the love around and gifting your second subscription to a spinning friend, but that’s totally up to you.
1. April 1-8: Your default yarn
2. April 9-15: While at a retreat or event
3. April 16-22: From fiber you processed
4. April 23-29: Low-twist singles yarn
5. April 30-May 6: True woolen
6. May 7-13: 2-ply yarn
7. May 14-20: Tailspinning
8. May 21-27: Self-striping yarn
9. May 28-June 3: Bast
10. June 4-10: Semi-worsted
11. June 11-17: Long wool
12. June 18-24: Corespun
13. June 25-July 1: 3-ply yarn
14. July 2-8: Fine wool
15. July 9-15: Tweed
16. July 16-22: Thick and thin singles
17. July 23-29: Silk
18. July 30-Aug 5: Double coated breed: outercoat
19. Aug 6-12: From the tip
20. Aug 13-19: A new natural
21. Aug 20-26: True worsted
22. Aug 27-Sept 2: Energized singles
23. Sept 3-9: Fractal
24. Sept 10-16: Spinning in the grease
25. Sept 17-23: Chain ply
26. Sept 24-30: Medium wool
27. Oct 1-7: Cotton
28. Oct 8-14: Down wool
29. Oct 15-21: S-spun, Z-plied
30. Oct 22-28: Coils
31. Oct 29-Nov 4: From the butt end
32. Nov 5-11: 5-ply yarn
33. Nov 12-18: Teaching somebody to spin
34. Nov 19-25: Gradient
35. Nov 26-Dec 2: Double coated breed: inner coat
36. Dec 3-9: Luxury
37. Dec 10-16: Semi-woolen
38. Dec 17-23: Not-intended- for-spinning
39. Dec 24-30: Domestic pet
40. Dec 31-Jan 6: Z-spun, S-plied
41. Jan 7-13: An emotional yarn
42. Jan 14-20: Manufactured
43. Jan 21-27: Cabled
44. Jan 28-Feb 3: Be kind, rewind
45. Feb 4-10: Double coated breed: both coats together
46. Feb 11-17: Bouclé
47. Feb 18-24: Your nemesis
48. Feb 25-March 3: Your finest yarn
49. March 4-10: Your bulkiest yarn
50. March 11-17: With a group
51. March 18-24: Your speediest yarn