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A crafter’s mode of making can run the gamut from freeform and slap-dash—throw it together and hope for the best—to measured, methodical, and even scientific. Dyeing yarn is no exception!
Here are Debbie's tips for charting out a successful Tour de Fleece.
Whether you prefer smooth and subtle or funky and chunky blends, the blending board can produce a variety of fiber preparations. Here’s Deborah Held with more.
I consider the best end use of the fiber when I decide how to spin yarn. Factoring in color management or color effects can take me still closer.
When it comes to spinning techniques, it’s no secret that spinners often disagree.
I've been stash diving as summer fades to fall. Most of what settles to the bottom of my stash are fibers that I like but have a problem to be solved.
Even with just a few quick passes through the marketplace, I came home buzzing with ideas and an armload of inspiring spinning fiber.
I’ve just resurfaced from Eugene Textile Center’s Fiber in the Forest retreat. This annual retreat welcomes fiber artists to delve deeper into their craft for three full days.
It’s no secret that handspinners love to savor every last morsel of fiber. Here’s Kate’s solution for what to do with the leftover dregs in your stash: spin a gradient yarn.
I have been aware of inkle weaving since the beginning of my fiber life and long admired the long strips of useful cloth.
What do you do with fiber dregs? Since my early spinning days, I’ve been saving these bits and pieces for drumcarding into batts.
