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Using Handspun Gradient Yarns

Gradient yarns that slowly shift colors from one end of the skein to the other are a great spinner’s challenge.

Kate Larson

Come to Terms with Your Spinning Fiber Stash (A Tale in Three Tunes)

Fiber stash has a way of multiplying and becoming unmanageable. Are you plagued by oodles of bumps and braids, or yearning to spin for a larger project? Spread out your stash and survey the abundance. Come to terms with your stash. (Plus, it’s the first

Elizabeth Prose

A Shepherd’s Calendar

A Shepherd's Calendar: One of the most important lessons I have learned as a shepherd is to always be flexible. It sounds so simple, but I have to remind myself of this over and over.

Kate Larson

Spin More Yarn: 4 Tips for Spinning Productivity

Spinning Yarns with a Purpose

I began handspinning as an extension of my love for knitting. However, I have a confession: I often spin without a project in mind.

Elizabeth Prose

Thigh Spinning in the Pacific Northwest

Heirloom Spinning Wheels

My father told me that as a child he would sit by the fire watching his grandmother spin yarn in their farmhouse in upstate New York. I could only hope that her spinning wheel would surface years later as an heirloom handed down.

Spin Off Editorial Staff

Learning to Spin with Spin-Off

Setting Up a Spinning Studio

Ada Hirsch--A little bite

Making Dreams Come True: Building a Little Great Wheel by Margaret Heathman

Be a Yarn Detective with Patsy Z

With some sleuthing, a spinner can unlock the secrets of a particular skein and discover the formula for making it herself.