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Spinning trends and events to kick off Spring!
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Spinning trends and events to kick off Spring!
Learn how to make a strong, stable cord, perfect for drawstrings and straps that don’t stretch.
Use your handspun to weave, knit, or stitch the hours away this winter.
Learn to add dimension to your spinning and weaving with differential shrinkage—plus get a bonus article and pattern!
Find out why cowls make a great handspun project, and download our new eBook, 7 Cowls to Spin, Make & Give from Spin Off, to find a pattern perfect for your yarn.
This is what happens when you put 80+ spinners together in a room and have them share their handmade projects.
Fitting spinning into a busy life can feel like a challenge. Kate is focusing on small breaks this summer: a few treadles, a few deep breaths, a few yards of something beautiful.
Make your own avocado-dyed, ikat-style scarf—no complex treadling or weaving patterns required. Based on traditional ikat resist-dyeing techniques, a modern, geometric design gets revealed in this soft and striking scarf.
Glorious color adds endless design opportunities for the handspinner.
From tweedy yarns and energized singles to cables and knitted stitch patterns, a warm cowl keeps chilly weather at bay.
Join us in celebrating the diversity of crafts that spinalong members employed in making their handspun, handmade cowls.
This is an exciting career to be in, allowing me to actively engage in archiving and preserving our shared cultural heritage.
A pattern originally published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in January 1860 inspired this cozy shawl from the Summer 2020 issue of Spin Off.