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Spinning the New Fibers: Adventures in Soy, Bamboo, Banana, Steel, and More

What are you spinning right now? We'll bet it's not bananas!

Patsy Zawistoski

Closet Full of WHAT??: Spinning Bamboo & Dyeing Tencel

Although I’d spun bamboo before, it had been in small quantities. For this project, I spun about a pound of bamboo from the fold, making this slippery fiber much easier to manage.

Deb Gerish

Lost Sock Memorial Day: How to Avoid the Sad Solo Handspun Sock

I gave my husband a pair of handknitted socks (or at least the promise of the pair on the needles) for Christmas. He has barely worn them, but not because he doesn’t appreciate them—he’s terrified of losing one or wearing them out.

Anne Merrow

How to Knit Handspun Socks in Any Language

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.

Devin Helmen

Kissed by the Sun: The Art of Solar Dyeing

Solar dyeing is an easy, natural, and fun way to give yarn color and character that requires little work and results in non-repeatable, beautiful colors!

Caitlin ffrench

Handspinning Textured Yarns: Art Yarns for Practical People

Since cabled sweaters dominate my knitting queue, they don’t offer much incentive for handspinning textured yarns.

Deb Gerish

Clever Lithuanian Heels

Spinning what comes naturally