
Shetland Handspun: Meet Elizabeth Johnston
When I visited Shetland several years ago, I met one of its most famous handspinners.
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When I visited Shetland several years ago, I met one of its most famous handspinners.

If you love wool, you’ve probably read about sheep breeds that were developed by crossing other purebred sheep. These are sometimes called composite breeds.

I love wearing handspun socks in the Minnesota winters. I have encountered many people who think that there is some magic to making sock yarn.

This year I taught a class that doesn’t appear on my roster very often: Knitting with Handspun Yarns.

Whether you took it up last week or spun your first skein decades ago, do you remember what made you want to learn to spin yarn?


Margaret Stove may be the most soft-spoken rebel you ever meet.

Use your homespun yarn with these 5 FREE scarf knitting patterns! Expert guidance awaits in this collection of free knitted scarf patterns.

Seriously, why do I have so many braids? BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

Movement in the field caught my attention, and an animal stood up; I was in Alaska and the fiber at my feet was qiviut, the downy undercoat of the musk ox.

