51 Yarns to Spin Before You Cast Off by Jacey Boggs Faulkner

51 Yarns — PLY’s First Book

51 Yarns is PLY’s first book — and it’s a joyful, thoughtfully nerdy list of spinning adventures every spinner should experience at least once. Think of it as a choose-your-own-adventure guide for your spinning life.

Packed for the long haul with practical information, tips, tricks, and just the right amount of trivia, this book is both inspiring and incredibly useful. It’s a companion for your fiber travels across a rich landscape of breeds, techniques, materials, and approaches. Map your route carefully or wander wherever curiosity takes you — the journey is spinning, and the destination is becoming a happy, well-rounded spinner.

At 6 × 9 inches, it’s PLY’s smallest book size: big enough to hold 51 formidable feats, but compact enough to tuck into your spinning basket. It’s printed on hearty paper designed to survive spinning circles, guild meetings, road trips, late-night rabbit holes, and long stretches waiting patiently on your shelf for the next adventure.

Finished with a linen cover and uncoated pages, this is a book you can truly live with — and write in, if you’d like. Dog-ear it, annotate it, come back to it again and again.

Written by Jacey Boggs Faulkner and illustrated by Kirsten Slade, 51 Yarns is equal parts reference, inspiration, and invitation — a reminder that spinning is meant to be explored, enjoyed, and deeply personal.