Handspun Holiday: From Our Flock to Yours
How do you get ready for the new year? The Spin Off crew have all been preparing to say goodbye to 2018 in their own way. Happy Handspun Holiday from our flocks to yours!
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How do you get ready for the new year? The Spin Off crew have all been preparing to say goodbye to 2018 in their own way. Happy Handspun Holiday from our flocks to yours!
My Shetland Half-Hap is finally finished—it was a fun handspun lace project from beginning to end.
I love knitting shawls with my handspun yarn and decided to knit a shoulder cowl. These popular accessories are a shawl-cowl combination, or “scowl.”
I've know many spinners who are loath to sample and almost protective about weaving with their handspun yarns.
When the time comes to measure your yarn, how accurate can you get?
As I worked on my Moonflower Dolman knitted from my own handspun yarn this summer, I was determined to have it ready to wear to the Madison Knitters’ Guild in. It was a close call, but don’t worry-—this is a happy sweater ending!
This week I unearthed a favorite skein of handspun yarn from long ago: 750 yards of a colorful, laceweight Frankenskein.
I love spinning for a project, constructing the handspun yarn I want, and seeing a thing I made grow right before my very eyes.
My handspun is my muse, and I am forever seeking the best application for my latest spins.
I’m talking about a skein (or two) of your own handspun yarn.
I can admit it: not every skein of handspun yarn turns out as well as I’d envisioned. In fact, there’s the occasional skein that is downright unsightly.
This week I finished my handspun socks, which I knitted for Spin Off’s Second Annual Spin and Knitalong.