Spin Off · No. 3

Spin Off Spring 2015

Stashers, be proud. Get out your stash, admire it, and get ready to enjoy every last scrap of it.

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

Two Threads Are Better Than One, Part 2
Learn about the qualities of 2-ply yarn that's been spun from two different fibers. Plus, what can you make with small bits of leftover yarn?
Leslie Ann Hauer
Two Threads Are Better Than One, Part 1
Discover the delight in plying together two or more different singles to create a yarn that's more than the sum of its parts!
Leslie Ann Hauer
Adventures in Fleece: Cozy up with a build-your-own breed study
This crochet blanket from the Spring 2015 issue of Spin Off highlights a variety of sheep breeds and only requires about 30 yards of handspun per a square..
Melanie Smith

What’s inside

Indexed from Spin Off Spring 2015, in page order.

Editor's Pagep. 2
As the Whorl Spins: Acadian Brown Cottonp. 4
As the Whorl Spins: Shaun the Sheep Tours Tasmaniap. 4
Coton Jaune/Acadian Brown Cotton: A Cajun Love Story (Breaux and Donnan)p. 4
As the Whorl Spins: May Morris Embroideries at the National Museum of Scotlandp. 5
As the Whorl Spins: May Morris Embroideries at the National Museum of Scotland (Larson)p. 5
Lettersp. 6
Lettersp. 11
Editor's Notep. 11

The Ancient Cotton Fiber Art of Manabí Province, Coastal Ecuador (Klumpp)

p. 16

Video Review. The Ancient Cotton Fiber Art of Manabí Province, Coastal Ecuador (Klumpp)p. 16

Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom (Patrick and Sokolov)p. 18

Book Review. Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom (Patrick and Sokolov)p. 18

Book Review. 3 Skeins or Less: Fresh Knitted Accessories (Gray)p. 18

Stash Bustingp. 22

Your Yarn/Your Skeins: Stash Bustingp. 22

Have Wool, Will Travel (Hall)p. 24

Have Wool, Will Travelp. 24

Murphy, Marilynp. 26

Bordhi, Catp. 27

Shetland Wool Week (Robson)p. 30

Shetland Wool Weekp. 30

Color Playground: Combining Braids in Ply or Draft (Moreno)p. 36

Color Playground: Combining Braids in Ply or Draftp. 36

Chop Suey Yarns (Hockenberry)p. 40

Chop Suey Yarnsp. 40

Naturally Beautiful Together (Klos)p. 44

Naturally Beautiful Togetherp. 44

One-of-a-Kind Spinning Wheels (Martin)p. 50

One-of-a-Kind Spinning Wheelsp. 50

Improvised Akha-Style Spinning (Garripoli)p. 56

Improvised Akha-Style Spinning, Kp. 56

Garter and Fan Scarf, K (Garripoli)p. 58

Two Threads Are Better Than One, K (Hauer)p. 63

Two Threads Are Better Than Onep. 63

Just Try It: Sampling from Start to Finishp. 69

Just Try It (Smith)p. 69

Adventures in Fleece, Cr (Smith)p. 74

Adventures in Fleece, Crp. 74

Save Our Stash (Ordal)p. 78

Save Our Stashp. 78

Use Your Braids: Four Spinners' Challengep. 82

Use Your Braids: Four Spinners' Challengep. 84

Use Your Braids: Four Spinners' Challengep. 85

Rug Hooking with Stashp. 88

Rug Hooking with Stash (Tyler)p. 88

Slouchy Box Hat, K, Pw (Mullarkey)p. 94

Slouchy Box Hat, K, Pwp. 94

Stash Buster Afghan Kp. 103

Stash Buster Afghan, K (Wright)p. 103

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Spin Off Spring 2015

Two Threads Are Better Than One, Part 2

Two Threads Are Better Than One, Part 1

Adventures in Fleece: Cozy up with a build-your-own breed study