SUBA Spinner’s Take on Pantone’s Color of the Year: Viva Magenta
Experiment with natural or acid dyes to re-create this vibrant hue by dyeing your own version.
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SUBExperiment with natural or acid dyes to re-create this vibrant hue by dyeing your own version.
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Sarah Anderson offers tips for spinning this textured yarn.
I love and collect handcards the way that many of my friends collect spindles.
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Creative approaches to the simple act of plying boggled my mind. And I’ve been spinning a long, long time.
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