Color Tools, Part 2: Developing Your Color Skills
Find tips for improving your perception and use of color in your handspun projects.
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Find tips for improving your perception and use of color in your handspun projects.
The author details how to select, cut, and finish natural, beautiful, and sustainable storage bobbins from a variety of trees and shrubs that can be found in your backyard.
In this classic Spin Off article from 1978, the authors describe an unusual method of spinning and plying in the outdoors, as demonstrated by a pair of shepherds they encountered during a Guatemalan Folk Art Tour.
Add depth and complexity to your spinning by learning to see the ways in which colors interact.
Spinning marled yarns can be tricky. Judith MacKenzie will show you how to keep your drafting in tip-top shape in her new silk spinning course.
A handspindle can be more efficient and faster than a wheel. For instance, in good hands, a takli can reach 10,000 RPM, which far outstrips a treadle wheel. And the takli isn’t the only “roadrunner”—there are lots of “speed demon spindles” available.
Few spinners are eager to spin the coarse blend of wool, hair, and kemp that makes up Herdwick fleece. But what happens when that fleece is combined with sari silk?
Learn about the Chalo Charkho Ramiye program and the revival of handspinning in India
Does twist in spinning really make a difference?
Most spinners don’t give their chairs a second thought, but if you have developed new pains while spinning or your old aches and pains are getting worse, don’t blame your wheel first; it could be your chair or posture.
During the long days of summer, Kate indulged in shorter, more frequent spinning breaks. Those little pockets of time left her feeling refreshed and created loads of singles! Now it’s time to ply for a scrappy sweater.
We thought we’d give a shout-out to the brave and supportive souls who live with a handspinner.