Spin Off · No. 108

Spin Off Summer 2021

Explore one of the core elements of spinning—twist.

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Patterns, stories, and extras printed in Spin Off Summer 2021.

Twisted Love: An Artist Measures Twist & Grist
Join Sahara as she talks about her approach creating yarns for a variety of projects.
Sahara Briscoe
Your Finished Object: Scrappy Crochet Socks
This clever crocheter used leftovers from at least 13 different sock yarns and her grandmother’s antique steel crochet hook to create these fun, colorful socks.
Renee Strouts
Twist & Pleat High-Twist Singles for Easy Woven Texture
See how using high-twist yarns can create dramatic effects in handwoven fabrics.
Denise Bolger Kovnat
Spinning Paper Thread in Ghana
A look at turning an invasive plant into a viable resource.
Mary Hark
My Favorite Spinning Tool: The Computer
Fiber artist Alanna Wilcox shares tips for organization.
Alanna Wilcox
Emptying the Bucket: A Handspun Crochet Challenge
Down with the bucket list as Mary-Lyn Tebby conquers a self-made challenge.
Mary-Lyn Tebby

What’s inside

Indexed from Spin Off Summer 2021, in page order.

Lettersp. 6
Nistock Farmsp. 6
Wild Mountain Time: Native Dye Plants (Styles)p. 7
A Quick Spin: My Favorite Spinning Tool: The Computerp. 12
A Quick Spin: My Favorite Spinning Tool: The Computer (Wilcox)p. 12
My Favorite Spinning Tool: The Computer (Wilcox)p. 12
Spinning Paper Thread in Ghana (Hark)p. 14
A Quick Spin: Spinning Paper Thread in Ghana (Hark)p. 14
A Quick Spin: Spinning Paper Thread in Ghanap. 14

Scrappy Crochet Socks (Strouts)

p. 16

Your Finished Object: Scrappy Crochet Socksp. 16

Your Finished Object: Scrappy Crochet Socks (Strouts)p. 16

Beauty Shot: Melanie's Cabled Yarn (Bonhomme)p. 18

Beauty Shot: Melanie's Cabled Yarnp. 18

Melanie's Cabled Yarn (Bonhomme)p. 18

Telling Tales: Twist as Storyteller (Hammond-Kaarremaa)p. 20

Telling Tales: Twist as Storytellerp. 20

Ancient Cabled Yarnsp. 26

Ancient Cabled Yarns (Vallance)p. 26

Twisted Love: An Artist Measures Twist and Grist (Briscoe)p. 28

Twisted Love: An Artist Measures Twist and Gristp. 28

Twist Your Fibers, Not Your Spine (Demers)p. 34

Twist Your Fibers, Not Your Spinep. 34

The Chameleon Shawl, K (Hodges)p. 40

The Chameleon Shawl, Kp. 40

Spinning Shetland Fine Lace: It's All About Twist--Or Is It? (Johnston)p. 46

Spinning Shetland Fine Lace: It's All About Twist--Or Is It?p. 46

Color-Swirl Blending Effects for Spinningp. 54

Color-Swirl Blending Effects for Spinning (Wohlscheid)p. 54

A New Twist on Tapestry: Crochet Wall Art, Cr (Lynch)p. 58

A New Twist on Tapestry: Crochet Wall Art, Crp. 58

High-Twist Textiles (Condon)p. 62

High-Twist Textilesp. 62

Twist & Pleat: High-Twist Singles for Easy Woven Texture (Kovnat)p. 68

Twist & Pleat: High-Twist Singles for Easy Woven Texturep. 68

Romney Pleated Scarf, Pw (Kovnat)p. 72

Romney Pleated Scarf, Pwp. 72

What Is a Whorl? Beginner Basicsp. 76

What Is a Whorl? Beginner Basics (Tyler)p. 76

What Is a Whorl? (Tyler)p. 76

Cabling: Opening the Door to Designer Yarnsp. 78

Cabling: Opening the Door to Designer Yarns (Vallance)p. 78

Emptying the Bucket: A Handspun Crochet Challengep. 88

Emptying the Bucket: A Handspun Crochet Challenge (Tebby)p. 88

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Spin Off Summer 2021

Twisted Love: An Artist Measures Twist & Grist

Your Finished Object: Scrappy Crochet Socks

Twist & Pleat High-Twist Singles for Easy Woven Texture

Spinning Paper Thread in Ghana

My Favorite Spinning Tool: The Computer

Emptying the Bucket: A Handspun Crochet Challenge