10 Tips for Starting a Custom Spinning Business
In the Spring 2013 issue of Spin Off, master spinner and former spinning business owner Kaye Collins shared her advice for setting up shop.
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In the Spring 2013 issue of Spin Off, master spinner and former spinning business owner Kaye Collins shared her advice for setting up shop.
Spinning wheels make yarn, but that’s not all they do.
As I worked on my Moonflower Dolman knitted from my own handspun yarn this summer, I was determined to have it ready to wear to the Madison Knitters’ Guild in. It was a close call, but don’t worry-—this is a happy sweater ending!
Weavers around the world use backstrap weaving to create incredibly complex and beautiful cloth using fairly simple looms. You can find backstrap weavers throughout Asia as well as in Central and South America, including among the Maya of Guatemala. For c
Your fiber stash—do you love it or fear it?
With bated breath, we tie off our newly skeined handspun, carefully slide it off the niddy-noddy, and marvel at its beauty. After a little wash and time to dry, we consider our skein of handspun yarn completed. But is it really finished? That depends on w
Last week, I signed up for my sixth Spinzilla (on Team Spin Off, of course!). The next day, I signed up for a 3-day conference during Spinzilla week—taking place on the other side of the country. While some spinners are gathering in groups or binge-watc
Spinning (like fixing a car or learning to cook, or knitting for that matter) is not hard. Each requires time, focus, and attention to detail.
If you’ve been to a fiber show (or just have a good fiber store nearby), you’ve probably been entranced by the colorful bundles of hand-dyed yarn on display.
Using handspun yarn in a pattern written for commercial yarn can sometimes go awry in a costly, time-consuming, if well-meaning way. Such was the case for my mom and me recently.
I love spinning cotton during the summer. I also enjoy small, hot-weather projects that let me get a quick crochet fix or use up small bits of yarn.
In 2005, the owner of a damaged shawl asked Margaret Stove to restore the family heirloom as closely as possible to its original state. The Shetland-style shawl was likely more than 100 years old and had been knitted by Margret (Thomson) Cheyne (1817–19