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Devin Helmen and a Clever Wrist Distaff
Ready to build your drop-spindle skills? Devin’s all-new spindle video course has launched. See the trailer and get Rita Buchanan’s distaff pattern!
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Ready to build your drop-spindle skills? Devin’s all-new spindle video course has launched. See the trailer and get Rita Buchanan’s distaff pattern!
Learn what a distaff is and the history behind Saint Distaff’s Day.
Watch even a few minutes of a Norman Kennedy video and you’ll be charmed and captivated by his singing and anecdotes.
A nifty tool to manage your fiber
See what Devin made with the wool and silk blend they spun in Part 1 of the series.
Learn everything you need to know about spinning flax with this FREE expert guide that provides tips on using, harvesting, and preparing your flax fibers.
With a share of precious vintage flax, Devin has a kinship with spinners worldwide—and the chance to spin some extraordinary fiber.
Imagine a tool that allows a drop spindle spinner to keep her arm in a comfortable, vertical position, with her hand mostly relaxed.
In “On-the-Go Spinning” from the Spin Off Fall 2016 issue, Devin Helmen shares his tips for spinning yarn while you walk.
A trip to learn about how Tom Knisely grows and spins flax narrowly avoids catastrophe and ends with some amazing yarns (of all kinds).
In many parts of the world today, spindle-and-distaff spinning is a regular and substantial part of fiber processing and textile production, even after spinning wheels have been available for quite some time.
Then Athens and the city-state of Sparta got into a long conflict, the Peloponnesian War, and that's where our latest story about women's work comes in.
