Sheep-shearing Duo: Blow by Blow
Spring brings sheep-shearing season to many parts of the United States, and skilled shearers are in high demand.
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Spring brings sheep-shearing season to many parts of the United States, and skilled shearers are in high demand.
What do you do with fiber dregs? Since my early spinning days, I’ve been saving these bits and pieces for drumcarding into batts.
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.
A well-skirted sheep’s fleece that has been raised with a handspinner in mind saves precious time in preparation, so that we can get to the good part—spinning! But do you know the true cost of a sheep’s fleece?
Deb Menz has been one of my most important color resources for more than a decade. I took a three-day dyeing workshop with her that laid the groundwork for my own understanding of color in fiber arts.
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Before I became a spinner, I knitted. I wasn’t prepared for how handspinning changes your life.
Mindfulness is a word oft used in our modern day-to-day lives. To me, cultivating mindfulness is simply learning to be more present and aware.
Since cabled sweaters dominate my knitting queue, they don’t offer much incentive for handspinning textured yarns.