Spin Off · No. 2

Spin Off Fall 2010

The Fall 2010 issue of Spin-Off magazine is chock full of spinning secrets as well as great dyeing techniques.

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Patterns, stories, and extras printed in Spin Off Fall 2010.

Spinning Tips: How to Self-Ply
Eager for a preview of what your yarn will look like when plied? Sampling and creating a self-ply is a great way to determine your yarn’s size.
Carol Huebscher Rhoades

What’s inside

Indexed from Spin Off Fall 2010, in page order.

Book Review. Ruminations of a Grumpy Shepherd: Random Thoughts From a Life of Raising Sheep (Regnery)p. 12
Book Review. Favorite Scandinavian Projects to Weave: 45 Stylish Designs for the Modern Home (Ignell)p. 12
Book Review. Around the Corner Crochet Borders (Eckman)p. 17
Book Review. Successful Lace Knitting: Celebrating the Work of Dorothy Reade (Druchunas)p. 18
Self-Ply (Rhoades)p. 22
Spinning Tips: Self-Ply (Rhoades)p. 22
Spinning Tips: Self-Plyp. 22
Armchair Traveler: The Netherlands (Boggs)p. 24

The Netherlands (Boggs)

p. 24

Armchair Traveler: The Netherlandsp. 24

Colors Blended by Handp. 28

Your Yarn: Colors Blended by Handp. 28

Debunking the Wraps-per-Inch Myth (Tyler)p. 32

Spinning Basics: Debunking the Wraps-per- Inch Mythp. 32

Behind the Scenes: At Earthues (Ordal)p. 36

At Earthues (Ordal)p. 36

Behind the Scenes: At Earthuesp. 36

A Verb for Keeping Warm (Business)p. 38

Handspun by Stefaniap. 38

A Verb for Keeping Warmp. 38

Tactile Fiber Artsp. 39

Dyeing Basics: An Introduction to Natural Dyes (Klos)p. 42

An Introduction to Natural Dyes (Klos)p. 42

Dyeing Basics: An Introduction to Natural Dyesp. 42

Natural Dyesp. 46

Wheat Fields (Smith)p. 46

Handspun Gallery of Natural Dyesp. 46

Wheat Fieldsp. 46

Pink Copper (Voortman)p. 47

Pink Copperp. 47

Midnight Blue Castle (Voortman)p. 48

Midnight Blue Castlep. 48

Purple Shell (Voortman)p. 49

Purple Shellp. 49

Handspun Navajo Churro (Taylor)p. 50

Handspun Navajo Churrop. 50

Dyeing with Black Walnuts, (Fahey)p. 54

Dyeing with Black Walnutsp. 54

Core Spinning: Adding to Your Spinning Repertoire (Boggs)p. 58

Core Spinning: Adding to Your Spinning Repertoirep. 58

Fiber Basics: Corriedale, K (Rhoades)p. 64

Corriedale, K (Rhoades)p. 64

Fiber Basics: Corriedale, Kp. 64

Corriedale Double-Knit Cap, K (Rhoades)p. 70

Corriedale Double-Knit Cap, Kp. 70

Pass-Through Scarf, K (Schueler)p. 74

Pass-Through Scarf, Kp. 74

Friends Shawl, K (Sheridan)p. 78

Friends Shawl, Kp. 78

Teresa’s Texting Mittens, K (Adam)p. 84

Teresa’s Texting Mittens, Kp. 84

Spinning for Crochet: Does Twist Direction Matter? (Casey and Tullis)p. 90

Spinning for Crochet: Does Twist Direction Matter?p. 90

Teach Me, Grandma (Wagner)p. 112

Teach Me, Grandmap. 112

Spin Off Fall 2010

Spinning Tips: How to Self-Ply