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In the Spin Off Summer 2017 issue, Debbie Held encourages you to enter your own handspun yarn and offers tips for navigating the rules of a yarn judging competition to bring home your own blue ribbon.
I’m talking about a skein (or two) of your own handspun yarn.
From the moment I began weaving two years ago, I did so using my handspun and a 4x4-inch hand-held pin loom.
I closed out 2017 like many other spinners around the world: with a finished object and some crafting contemplation. My FO: surprise (not)! It’s a shawl!
When it comes to spinning techniques, it’s no secret that spinners often disagree.
How do you spell stash? Is it “s-h-a-m-e,” by chance, or more along the lines of “g-u-i-l-t?” Well, today I’m here to argue in favor of the fiber stash and the wealth of opportunities it can bring to your spinning life.
High Meadows School is a small primary school north of Atlanta that promotes kindness to animals as a way of teaching general good stewardship to others.
This week I finished my handspun socks, which I knitted for Spin Off’s Second Annual Spin and Knitalong.
I’m not all that particular about measurements, but I know that I prefer the viscosity of using a 3:1 ratio of oil to beeswax. Start with 1 ounce of beeswax and 3 ounces of oil to see how you like your first batch of natural spinning wheel conditioner.
Last year, my friend Kim’s husband asked what she wanted for their wedding anniversary. A spinner and all-around fiber lover, Kim responded, “A sheep.”
I've been stash diving as summer fades to fall. Most of what settles to the bottom of my stash are fibers that I like but have a problem to be solved.
How can a mesa be transformed into a hank of handspun? My favorite tool is my spinner’s notebook, a sort of handspun yarn journal.
