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, […]
In 1985 a small group of like-minded individuals formed the Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild. They had the tenacity and skill to develop their craft.
There seems to be a lot of crossover between book people and fiber people. It is part of why I spend so much time researching fiber arts.
As we 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, Terri Guerette. What should I bring to a workshop? Although not something to bring to a workshop, one of the reminders I often […]
I’ve heard lots of people talk about how there are different joins for different kinds of spinning. I’m not even super good at the one join I do (I kind of tease out the fiber at the end of my new yarn and then lay new fiber over it and hope it all gets twisted […]
Mood Board: Summer 2026 – Purpose Proposals due by: June 1, 2025 Final work due by: December 1, 2025 Although spinning up a gorgeous skein of yarn seems like a project in and of itself, ultimately most handspun yarn is used to create something else. So how do you spin with a purpose in mind? […]
You may have already received your digital or print copy of the Spring 2025 Hue issue! We aren’t going to lie – we got caught up in staring at all the pretty colors, so this is less of a preview and more of a post-view, since you might already have it in your hands. Still, we […]
Rose gray is one of the most mysterious colors present in the alpaca fleece color range. It is a color comprising three shades – light, medium, and dark – which can be imagined as coffee with varying amounts of cream added. The hint of rose is most noticeable in medium rose gray but is a […]
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