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Ply Away 2023

Join us for the 2023 PLY Away Spinning Retreat put on by PLY Magazine, April 17-22, 2023. Vendor dates- Thursday, 20th: 5pm-9pm Friday, 21st: noon-6pm Saturday, 22nd: 9am-3pm Right smack dab in the middle of the USA in Kansas City, Missouri, come join us while we learn, share, enjoy, and just sit and spin! Build your own spinning schedule from in-depth 3-day classes, immersive 2-day classes, fun 1-day classes, or dip your toe in with any of our half-day classes, but make sure to leave […]Continue reading

Caring for your new yarn or fiber pet

You’ve just come back from the fiber show with the most glorious new fiber pet, it is bright shiny and new! You love it, pet it, and make something glorious out of it, but then you give it a bath and it starts bleeding all those lovely colors all over the place! What do you do? Frequently I’ve found in a number of different groups, issues involving bleeding in yarns and fibers, both indie and commercially dyed. The first reaction of many is to blame […]Continue reading

In Case You Haven’t Noticed

I am awful at blogging. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just hard to find the time and make it routine, but I really need to make more of an effort since all sorts of fun fibery things happen in my world that you might like to know about. So just a quick recap of the last month to get us started. The past couple weeks have been super busy with Maine Fiber Frolic the first weekend of the month and CNY Fiber […]Continue reading