How to Spin Yarn Like a Master Dyer
Felicia Lo, author of Dyeing to Spin & Knit, demonstrates how to spin yarn like a master dyer in this Artist Q&A with Anne Merrow.
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Felicia Lo, author of Dyeing to Spin & Knit, demonstrates how to spin yarn like a master dyer in this Artist Q&A with Anne Merrow.
Let’s be honest: we all decorate with yarn. You don’t have to commit to full-on yarn wall art like these stash flashers to celebrate handspun yarn art.
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My spinning journey began within days of my move to Colorado, and mere moments after I began my new job as Editorial Assistant for Specialty Fiber at Interweave! It's an awesome place to be a beginning crafter. I am surrounded by people who knit, crochet,
I started working at Interweave with a very basic knowledge of fiber arts, but ever the creative and curious individual, I was eager to dive in. Next thing I know, I’m lugging around a wheel and a bag of fiber.
Until now, I had been spinning on the larger of two whorls on the spinning wheel; lesson two began with switching the whorls.
