
2016’s Top 5 Tips for Spinning Yarn
Spin Off 2016 issues may be a distant memory—but one worthy of revisiting to learn about fibers, preparation, techniques for spinning yarn, and more. Here are 5 of my favorite pieces of advice from the experts.
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Spin Off 2016 issues may be a distant memory—but one worthy of revisiting to learn about fibers, preparation, techniques for spinning yarn, and more. Here are 5 of my favorite pieces of advice from the experts.

Chances are you already have a couple of dyed silk hankies tucked away in your stash—perhaps they were too alluring to pass up, even though you weren’t quite sure what to do with them.

Surrounded by the blossoms and abundant greens of an Indiana summer, I am stockpiling fleeces for fall spinning workshops.




As summer comes to a close, we are here to help you reminisce on the good times you had instead of mourning those warm, wonderful months. Our coping mechanism? To brag about our summer handspun, of course.


You may hear that after the beginning stages of spinning, it’s almost impossible to recreate the chunky yarn you made when starting out.

What if most theories you’d heard about spinning were wrong?

Today is Sisters Day which made me start thinking about who I consider my fiber family.

We like to say that spinning is meditative—but should we say mesmerizing?