The 2023 PLYAway Teachers
I am the owner of Sincere Sheep where I have been in business almost 20 years. I taught myself how to knit and crochet when I was about 10 years old and took my first weaving class the summer between...
Charan Sachar is an artist whose work reflects his passion for the fiber arts, like knitting, spinning, weaving, quilting and he uses it as an inspiration for his clay work. In all the fields that he ...
A lifelong woodworker and small business owner, Henry has been building fiber art equipment for almost 50 years and drum carders for over 40 years. Roy grew up in his family’s woodshop and is one of...
Deborah Robson is a fiber generalist who specializes in spinning, knitting, and weaving, although she experiments with all aspects of textiles. She is the fiber author of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebo...
Emily Wohlscheid is the teaching artist behind Bricolage Studios. She works out of a cooperative studio in West Michigan and specializes in small batch fiber blends and jewelry inspired by nature and ...
Jay Warner is a weaver, fiber artist, teacher, and yarn store owner. He has a passion for weaving and finds joy in making weaving approachable for spinners, knitters, and crocheters. His own projects ...
Jill Duarte spends their days geeking out about all things fiber, diving into the nuances of fiber preparation, color, and the act of spinning. As co-owner of HipStrings, Jill is dedicated to the resu...
Jillian Moreno can’t stop writing about spinning, teaching people to spin, and using handspun to knit, weave, and stitch. She explores, questions and plays with fiber and yarn and wants to take as m...
Judith is the ultimate textile artist and teacher. With an in-depth understanding of every aspect of spinning, weaving, knitting, and dyeing, her classes and company are highly sought after. Her teach...
Maggie Casey has been addicted to spinning since the last century and while some people are proud of their wine cellars, she much prefers her fleece basement. She was co-owner of Shuttles Spindles &...
Meagan Condon is a librarian and fiber artist. With more than a decade of spinning experience and a focus on digital connection, she teaches spinning in person and online and live streams to a diverse...
Michelle Kaston began her fiber journey at a young age, learning to sew from her mother, and quickly advanced to designing her own clothing. A decade ago, she fell into a bad crowd of spinners and was...
For better than 40 years Stephenie Gaustad has taught classes in textile arts: spinning, weaving, dyeing. Her articles have appeared in the pages of Handwoven, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Spin.Off, J...
Susan Fricks, aka FiberObsessions, is the owner/all-round fiber geek behind Yarnorama! in Paige, TX, where she enables others to enjoy the slippery slope that is weaving and spinning. She is especiall...