PLY - The Magazine for Handspinners, Issue 49, Summer 2025: Tension p_coming-back

PLY - The Magazine for Handspinners, Issue 49, Summer 2025: Tension p_coming-backTension might seem like something we want to avoid, but we use tension all the time when we spin, from our wheel systems to how we manage the yarns we create. The Tension issue will help you remove tension in your body and head by explaining and exploring all the ways tension is useful when you are spinning. What material should you use for your drive band and your brake band? How do you know when you might want to increase the take up or decrease the

This collection of gems from Spin-Off’s archives is full of ways to clean wool

and 21 mini-hanks of Woolstok by Blue Sky Fibers (100% Fine Highland Wool

so you will find the projects are now worked for four shafts or eight shafts

• 10" x 12"

Krystyna Gadd writes about the therapeutic effects of weaving for traumatised young women in Sri Lanka

The convenient

I am always fascinated with where a conversation with Judith takes my understanding of spinning

All accompanied by her encouraging and inspiring voice

water underpins the entire process

this Canadian version clamps to any surface up to 1 1/2" thick

Point & Match

from the Kromski family of Poland