PLY Magazine Winter 2024 The Care issue

Drafting, Adapted—Spin past injuries or disabilities! I offer tips and suggestions for changing your spinning to accommodate hands that find the more traditional methods tiring or painful.

PLY Magazine Fall 2024 The Alpaca Issue

Worsted or Woollen Alpaca--Which spinning is best for alpaca? It depends. Let's compare worsted and woollen spinning methods with alpaca fibre and see what kind of yarns we get!

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Twisting Alpaca--Finding the right amount of twist for your alpaca yarns to keep your yarns soft and pliable, but still elastic enough to make your project perfect.

Sunday March 23

A Flight of Drafts at The Yarn Merchant

There are several ways to draft fibres into yarn, but which one does what? This taster of drafting styles will look at the four most basic ways to draft while spinning: short forward draw, short backward draw, long draw, and drafting from the fold. We will make several samples and explore the variations of these drafts as we work so you can see how each draft results in different yarn styles and you can choose the draft that works for you and your yarn.

For more information and to register, go to yarnmerchant.ca

Saturday May 24

Consistent Singles for Spinners at The Yarn Merchant

Whether we’re beginners or experienced spinners, we all sometimes find ourselves making the same yarn over and over again. Changing the diameter of our yarn is an easy way to break out of our “default” spinning, but that’s often easier said than done. Join Master Spinner Michelle Boyd to explore all the ways we can change up the size of our yarn and shake up our spinning!

For more information and to register, go to yarnmerchant.ca

Saturday May 24

Diameter Control for Spinners at The Yarn Merchant

Michelle will look at changing your diameter without changing how you spin by changing the way we set up our spinning wheels and how we use our fibre, then talk about planning for different diameters. There will be a discussion of how grist and diameter overlap and how they are different and ways to use understanding both to change the size and shape of any yarn.

For more information and to register, go to yarnmerchant.ca

Sunday June 15

Hot Singles Master Class

I’m excited to be offering my first Master Class for experienced spinners! Join me to explore all the potential that singles offer—from drafting techniques to planning for plying, we will take a deep dive into all aspects of making singles.

For more details, go to my Store.