Spinning the Unusual: Chinchilla, Cactus Cotton, and Spanish Moss
Handspinner Jeannine Glaves, never one to shy away from trying a new fiber, recounts her experience with three uncommon fibers.
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Handspinner Jeannine Glaves, never one to shy away from trying a new fiber, recounts her experience with three uncommon fibers.
Take control of your fiber’s colors. Deconstructing braids gives handspinners the option to make certain colors more dominant, change the order of the hues, make new shades, or even tone down certain colors.
Learn how optical blending relies on the eye to blend the colors.
Using a diz allowed me to visually assess how the accent colors would swirl with the base color before I even got to the spinning wheel.
While speed is relative in the world of fiber prep, blending boards and drumcarders will do their jobs more quickly than handcards or combs.
Inspired by a popular children’s book, Stefanie set out to create her own shimmering, colorful cowl using one of her favorite spinning tools—a recently acquired drumcarder.
Spin Off Fall 2020, our annual tool issue, investigates the abundance of spinning tools available in our community, old and new.
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one fiber tool, what would it be?
Whether you prefer smooth and subtle or funky and chunky blends, the blending board can produce a variety of fiber preparations. Here’s Deborah Held with more.