
Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning
Like an on-screen love affair, it is captivating to witness Jillian Moreno’s passion for handspinning in Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning.
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Like an on-screen love affair, it is captivating to witness Jillian Moreno’s passion for handspinning in Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning.

Listening to spinners speak to each other feels like trying to understand a foreign language. Here’s a list of my favorite handspinning terms.


Fungi offer more than just a nonfat food full of potassium and B vitamins—you can dye with mushrooms, too!

For one week in October, the world stands still and spinners race to make as much yarn as possible. We asked Monica Bittner, Spinzilla’s 2016 winner (who spun 50,378 yards for Team Louet North America), for her suggestions.

When it comes to Norman Kennedy, his singing and storytelling steal the show. In From Wool to Waulking: Spinning Wool and Creating Cloth with Norman Kennedy, the tales of a lifetime of experience spinning and weaving hold his audience captive.

Captivated by texture and color, Suzy Brown and Arlene Thayer share their fibery exploits on the blogs

Hackles come in two types: a flax hackle has square tines clustered in several rows, and a wool hackle has cylindrical tines in only one or two rows.

Have you been participating in the Spin Off Ravelry group’s #CombospinSALKAL ? The spin-along officially ends on Friday, but I have a confession: I don’t think I’m going to finish spinning in time, much less knit a sweater.


Irish tension is a single-drive tension system often referred to as bobbin lead.

A drumcarder is a fiber preparation tool used for aligning fiber, blending, and creating batts.