PLY Magazine Autumn 2025

The Plant Issue

Twist and Plant Fibres—An overview of different common plant fibres and the best amount of twist to spin each one with

PLY Magazine Summer 2025

The Tension Issue

Tensioning Singles for Smoother Plying—Tips and techniques for even plying, no matter how many singles you are working with.

November Classes at The Yarn Merchant

Saturday, November 15, 2025

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Corespinning

Corespinning is an easy way to add bulk and texture to your yarns, while still making practical yarns. Master Spinner Michelle Boyd will lead you through making 3 styles of corespun yarn, from smooth and sturdy to wild and woolly. Core spinning does not follow the traditional methods of spinning and plying yarns and offers an opportunity to expand your spinning skills beyond the usual Plain Jane yarns we first learn to make. The class includes spinning wheel set-up, core yarns, fibre selection, and hands-on sampling of the techniques.
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

2:00 p.m.-5:00p.m.

The Right Twist

How much twist does a yarn need? It depends! Master Spinner Michelle Boyd will lead us through an exploration of the twist we need to make the best of our chosen fibres and the decisions we can make before we start to spin a yarn for any end use. We will make three samples with differences in both singles and ply twists to lay the foundation for intermediate to experienced spinners to continue sampling to find exactly the right twist for the yarn they want to make.

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Saturday November 29, 2025

Three Ways To Bouclé

From simple to complex, there are lots of ways to make the textured yarns known as boucles. This workshop will introduce spinners of all levels of experience to methods for making “flame” boucle, looped boucle, and knot boucle using a variety of materials.

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