Roving Reporter: A Traveler’s Spinning Inspiration: My Handspun Yarn Journal
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.
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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.
There are many ways to begin a new knitting with handspun project and work through the process of designing yarn, estimating fiber needed, choosing pattern and gauge, and staying consistent. I’ll share my approach with you step-by-step in a post series.
It’s no secret that knitting with handspun yarn makes you a better spinner. However, whether you’re spinning with a specific project in mind or just spinning your default yarn, what you create might not be a flawless match for the original mill-spun y
I gave my husband a pair of handknitted socks (or at least the promise of the pair on the needles) for Christmas. He has barely worn them, but not because he doesn’t appreciate them—he’s terrified of losing one or wearing them out.
Looking at my fiber stash, I sometimes feel a wave of panic rise. How will I ever transform all this fiber into handspun yarn? If I have any hope of finishing the sock spin-along/knit-along I’d better get spinning.
This usually results in skeins of handspun yarn that I love, but I need to find just the right project to fit the gauge and yardage.
When I visited Shetland several years ago, I met one of its most famous handspinners.
I love wearing handspun socks in the Minnesota winters. I have encountered many people who think that there is some magic to making sock yarn.
This year I taught a class that doesn’t appear on my roster very often: Knitting with Handspun Yarns.
As summer comes to a close, we are here to help you reminisce on the good times you had instead of mourning those warm, wonderful months. Our coping mechanism? To brag about our summer handspun, of course.
Working on Easy Weaving with Little Looms, I’ve been eyeing my little I-loom and dreaming of weaving tapestry with handspun.