Spin Off · No. 6

Spin Off Fall 2015

n this issue, challenge your spinning skills with fun new ways to ply: four-strand Navajo-ply yarn, luxurious corespun squiggle yarn, subtle but fun "pill-bug" yarn, and colorful optically blended yarns.

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Patterns, stories, and extras printed in Spin Off Fall 2015.

I Am a Spinner: Ellen Hansen, Professor of Geography
Ellen Hansen's research and teaching interests are in cultural geography, specifically in gender and women’s lives in different cultures and various places, and she is a firm believer that everyone should make time for fiber every day.
Spin Off Editorial Staff
Durham Chevrons Cowl
The incised chevron columns at Durham Cathedral inspired Kate to design a textile that translated stone into fiber.
Kate Larson
I Ply with My Little Eye: Make Your Spinning Sing with Optical Ply Blending
Learn how optical blending relies on the eye to blend the colors.
Janel Laidman

What’s inside

Indexed from Spin Off Fall 2015, in page order.

As the Whorl Spins: The Textile Museum's New Home (Larson)p. 4
As the Whorl Spins: The Textile Museum's New Homep. 4
As the Whorl Spins: Sixty Years of Spinning Around Berkeley (Larson)p. 5
As the Whorl Spins: Sixty Years of Spinning Around Berkeleyp. 5
Lettersp. 6
As the Whorl Spins: Sharing Shades of Eucalyptus for Four Decades (Larson)p. 6
As the Whorl Spins: Sharing Shades of Eucalyptus for Four Decadesp. 6
Moreno, Jillianp. 11
Outtakesp. 11

Luxuryp. 20

Your Yarn/Your Skeins: Luxuryp. 20

Ask a Spinning Teacher: Improving Consistencyp. 22

Ask a Spinning Teacher: Improving Consistency (Tyler)p. 22

Improving Consistency (Tyler)p. 22

Navajo-Ply Meets Four-Ply (Krudwig)p. 29

Navajo-Ply Meets Four-Plyp. 29

Durham Chevrons Cowl, K (Larson)p. 34

Durham Chevrons Cowl, Kp. 34

Corespun Squiggle Yarn (Stratton)p. 38

Corespun Squiggle Yarnp. 38

I Ply with My Little Eye (Laidman)p. 44

I Ply with My Little Eyep. 44

Plying Worsted and Woolen (MacKenzie)p. 48

Plying Worsted and Woolenp. 48

Plying the Orenburg Way (Khmeleva)p. 53

Plying the Orenburg Wayp. 53

The Two-Ply Theory (Smith)p. 58

The Two-Ply Theoryp. 58

Working with Prepared Fibers (excerpt from The Practical Spinner's Guide: Wool)p. 63

Working with Prepared Fibers (excerpt from The Practical Spinner's Guide: Wool) (Larson)p. 63

Bugs and Wraps: Break Plying Rules for Subtle Texture (Tyler)p. 68

Bugs and Wraps: Break Plying Rules for Subtle Texturep. 68

Handspun Rope (Amos and Gaustad)p. 73

Handspun Ropep. 73

Goldilocks and the Three Twists (Casey)p. 78

Goldilocks and the Three Twistsp. 78

Seeking Spots: One Fleece, Many Colors (McKean)p. 85

Seeking Spots: One Fleece, Many Colorsp. 85

Swiss Silk Spinnersp. 90

Swiss Silk Spinners (Wroot)p. 90

A Good Yarn: How Does Your Top Go? (deCoster)p. 94

A Good Yarn: How Does Your Top Go?p. 94

I Am a Spinner: Ellen Hansenp. 104

I Am a Spinnerp. 104

Hansen, Ellenp. 104

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Spin Off Fall 2015

I Am a Spinner: Ellen Hansen, Professor of Geography

Durham Chevrons Cowl

I Ply with My Little Eye: Make Your Spinning Sing with Optical Ply Blending