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Looking for a new way to use your handspun? Check out these options that go beyond knit and crochet!
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Looking for a new way to use your handspun? Check out these options that go beyond knit and crochet!
Is trying a new craft on your list of New Year’s resolutions? See what the Spin Off team wants to try in the months ahead. One of these techniques just might pique your interest as well!
Follow these mending tips for handspinners and you’ll be able to patch a hole in a favorite sweater or pair of socks in no time.
Thinking about jumping on the visible-mending bandwagon? With spinners in mind, we’ve gathered a few tips to help you get started.
From restored tools to visible mending to spinning for mental health, see some of the ways that spinners work to repair and improve the world around us.
Spin Off’s “Mend, Renew & Make Do” issue is here, and we’ve created a tutorial for getting started using a darning loom with spinners in mind!
Visible mending’s popularity has been on the rise. We asked our readers to show us their mends, and we love the creativity displayed here by mixing handspun yarn and other types of threads with an assortment of wearable and useful objects.
Calling all makers! We’re on the hunt for photos of your visible mending projects using handspun. So show us what you’ve got!
From visible mending to rehabilitated cotton sliver to overdyed, now-harmonious palettes, we are celebrating the art of renewal. Share your article and project ideas with Spin Off!
Patch it, mend it, or darn it—visible mending is hot! Transforming a worn piece of clothing with vibrant stitchwork offers a great way to show off your handspun yarn.
Season 4, Episode 8: From her first treadle sewing machine to her houseful of beautiful, useful fiber equipment, Stephenie Gaustad has turned her dreams of textiles into the fabric of life.
The tools used for mending are simple: sewing scissors, a darning needle, and a magnifying full-spectrum gooseneck lamp, essential for seeing the process. The shirt is priceless.
The authors in the Summer 2020 issue, each in a personal way, share pieces of their own handspun histories.