Time to ramp up for tonight’s PLY Spinners Guild Third Thursday foundational spin-in! We’d like to take a moment to feature some tips from one of our wonderful PLY Guild spin-in leaders, Donita Westman. The old saying is that “practice makes perfect”; over twenty years ago, my music education mentor challenged me to consider if […]
I recently watched you chain ply on an Instagram video. I feel pretty good about my chain plying, but what still gives me trouble is the starting! How do you start chain plying? How do you attach it to your leader? And where do you get your first loop? ~Jenny L. That’s a great question, Jenny. […]
by Tracy Murphy In the dark, we find ourselves anew. Have you ever woken in the middle of the night reaching out, maybe for a light on your nightstand, your phone, a pet, your partner? As we reach we rely on our touch, the familiarity of the object in question. I have reached out for […]
We reached out to Clemes & Clemes to see how the tariffs are impacting business for a tool manufacturer. For over half a century, we have worked hard to source locally and domestically when possible. Forging long-lasting relationships with local suppliers tends to keep costs down and quality up – being able to walk right into […]
While the Tension issue of PLY is already in the works (and it looks like another great one!) we are still interested in finding quality related posts for the blog!
Ding! Ding! Ding! The second episode of the second (worsted) season of the PLY Guild has dropped and is ready for your viewing pleasure! It’s a great episode filled with lots of information about choosing fibers for worsted yarns. We’ll see you again with a new episode in six weeks (but in the meantime, come […]
Time to ramp up for tonight’s PLY Spinners Guild Third Thursday foundational spin-in! Here’s a tip to tide you over until the spin-in starts! This is something I’ve observed time and again during my years of teaching spinners. When we first begin spinning with a short forward draw, many of us struggle to get a […]
Dear Jillian, I am having the worst time parallel drafting! My fibers don’t draft well, there’s clumping, and one color frequently falls away. Can you give me some tips to make it easier? ~Tess (and others) in Jillian’s class at Maryland Sheep and Wool Hi Tess, Parallel drafting may be my favorite color spinning technique, […]
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