Discover a New Color Wheel: Color Blending for Spinners
Spinners love blending colors, but what happens when you use an inkjet printer for inspiration?
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Spinners love blending colors, but what happens when you use an inkjet printer for inspiration?
Want to try spinning? Drop spindles are a great way to start!
I live in the northwest corner of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Winters are long here. Handspun mittens, therefore, are essential winter wear.
Season 4, Episode 10: A wool mill forms the link between sheep and fiber artists, transforming raw fiber into handcraft-ready yarn and roving. Working in small batches, processing fleece from small farms, a mill can still have a big impact.
Many handspinners dream of owning their own spinner’s flock. Jennifer and Rich share a little about the realities, including hard work and rewards.
Between fiber artists craving an authentic grassroots connection and the small farms who produce heirloom-quality fiber, a small-batch mill provides the link that keeps local wool vital.
When buying an alpaca fleece, you might wonder how washing wool from an alpaca is different from washing sheep’s fleece.
A nifty tool to manage your fiber
Raising rare-breed sheep is a year-round occupation, but spring is the season for two special events: lambing and shearing.
Are you desiring light and fluffy fiber to spin? Using handcards might be the solution.
Our final installment on Merino looks at the fiber's versatility for use in fiber arts.
Icelandics (like Shetland sheep) are a very old breed that developed in harsh weather. Here are some simple steps for spinning wool from Icelandic Sheep!