#37 - The Mix Issue, Summer 2022

PLY Magazine — Mix Issue

Have you ever wondered what happens when you put woolen and worsted together in the same yarn — or the same project? Been eyeing those wildly textured, joyfully chaotic batts and wondering how on earth to spin them? Curious about mixing plant and animal fibers without the struggle? Or ready to dive into making your own batts, rolags, rologs, and roving? This issue says: let’s mix it up.

The Mix issue explores blending in all its forms — fiber, structure, color, technique, and even intention. You’ll dig into speckles and fades, tweeds and twist, texture through blending and spinning, and thoughtful ways to combine fibers and breeds for yarns that are greater than the sum of their parts. There’s thread plying, differential shrinkage, Mawata, and fresh approaches to fiber and breed blends that may completely change how you look at your stash.

This issue also looks beyond the wheel, mixing business and pleasure with insights into starting a fiber business — because sometimes mixing is about life as much as yarn.

Packed with spinning, blending, knitting, crochet, and weaving — plus ideas you may never have seen before — this issue is an open invitation to experiment, play, and trust your curiosity.

If you love asking “what if?” at the wheel, this issue is going to feel right at home.