Spin Off · No. 1017

Spin Off Fall 2023

Discover 5 different handcarded preparations plus blending-board fractals and why you might need a wool picker.

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Anatomy of Carding Cloth: Dissecting the Past, Present, and Future
A foundation cloth covered in bent metal teeth seems such a simple technology, but we continue to find new ways to make use of it in our fiber-prep pursuits! Roy Clemes helps us take a closer look at carding cloth and how it is made.
Roy Clemes

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Indexed from Spin Off Fall 2023 , in page order.

Book Review. Wellness for Makers (Ballone)p. 8
Wellness for Makers (Ballone)p. 8
Blending Board Sweater (Reyes)p. 10
Your Finished Object: Blending Board Sweater (Reyes)p. 10
Your Finished Object: Blending Board Sweaterp. 10
Beauty Shotp. 16
Beauty Shot: Ginny Tullockp. 16
Ginny Tullockp. 16
Book Review. Plain Weave: 60 Patterns for Mastering the Basic Technique (Ignell)p. 18

Anatomy of Carding Cloth (Clemes)

p. 20

Anatomy of Carding Clothp. 20

Carding a True Neutral: A New Take on Spinning Handpainted Braidsp. 24

Carding a True Neutral: A New Take on Spinning Handpainted Braids (Condon)p. 24

What Is Fractal Spinning?p. 28

Spinner's Squishy Rib: Scarves and Cowlsp. 30

Once Upon an October Pumpkin Scarf, Kp. 32

Neon Pop Cowl, K (Solomon)p. 34

Neon Pop Cowl, Kp. 34

What Is Card Sliver?p. 36

What Is Card Sliver? (Hallman)p. 36

The Many Uses of Flick Cardsp. 40

The Many Uses of Flick Cards (Tyler)p. 40

Testing Teasel: A Stone Age Approach to Flax Processingp. 44

Testing Teasel: A Stone Age Approach to Flax Processing (Horak)p. 44

Gabriel Berukoffp. 50

Makers Space: Gabriel Berukoffp. 50

Makers Spacep. 50

The Classic Shetland Hap (Johnston)p. 52

The Classic Shetland Happ. 52

Shetland Old Shell Hap and Half Hap, K (Johnston)p. 58

Shetland Old Shell Hap and Half Hap, Kp. 58

Create Fractal Rolags on a Blending Board (Bresser)p. 66

Create Fractal Rolags on a Blending Boardp. 66

Handcard & Diz: An Unexpected Pairing for Smooth Prep and Color Effectsp. 74

Handcard & Diz: An Unexpected Pairing for Smooth Prep and Color Effects (McKenna)p. 74

Wool Pickers: Friend or Foe?p. 82

Wool Pickers: Friend or Foe? (Gertzbein)p. 82

The 2023 Spin Off Lace-Alongp. 88

Your Finished Object: The 2023 Spin Off Lace-Alongp. 88

Your Finished Object: The 2023 Spin Off Lace-Alongp. 89

Your Finished Object: The 2023 Spin Off Lace-Alongp. 90

Four Handcarded Preparationsp. 92

Four Handcarded Preparations (Larson)p. 92

Beauty Shotp. 96

Beauty Shot: Dia Robinsonp. 96

Dia Robinsonp. 96

Spin Off Fall 2023

Anatomy of Carding Cloth: Dissecting the Past, Present, and Future