Roving Reporter: Planning a Sweater with Handspun Yarn
I love spinning for a project, constructing the handspun yarn I want, and seeing a thing I made grow right before my very eyes.
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I love spinning for a project, constructing the handspun yarn I want, and seeing a thing I made grow right before my very eyes.
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.
There are many ways to begin a new knitting with handspun project and work through the process of designing yarn, estimating fiber needed, choosing pattern and gauge, and staying consistent. I’ll share my approach with you step-by-step in a post series.
Benjamin Krudwig began spinning tweed yarn with a vision; to create a yarn for a woven jacket that looked like newsprint. He chose a base blend of 75% alpaca/25% llama, then began experimenting with cotton, alpaca, and silk inclusions.
Looking back at the abundance of handspinning tips published in the pages of Spin Off over the last 40 years, it became challenging to narrow it down.
Most of the weavers I met take drop spindle spinning for granted, the way that many of us take potable tap water for granted.
When I count sheep at night, I count off Targhee, Columbia, Montadale . . . and wind up in rare sheep breeds such as Manx Loaghtan and Dorset Down.
Sip-n-knit gatherings have become increasingly popular as we look for more ways to create community and connect with other knitters offline.
This free guide to wool combing and carding provides expert tips on using hand carders, wool combs and drum carders to prepare your fiber for spinning.
This cheerful mill in Albuquerque is where Ruth Baldwin works her magic on piles and piles of wool, transforming fleece into custom wool roving and yarn.
We think spinning geeks are great every day, but on July 13 take particular pride in your passion.
Since cabled sweaters dominate my knitting queue, they don’t offer much incentive for handspinning textured yarns.