Spin Off · No. 100
Spin Off Winter 2020
Pull on your socks and lace up your boots then step “Into the Wild” with the Winter 2020 issue of Spin Off. Our annual natural fiber issue sets off on a handspinning adventure.
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Spin Off · No. 100
Pull on your socks and lace up your boots then step “Into the Wild” with the Winter 2020 issue of Spin Off. Our annual natural fiber issue sets off on a handspinning adventure.
Patterns, stories, and extras printed in Spin Off Winter 2020.
Don’t let a funky look fleece keep you from the secrets within! Emonieiesha shares how to find the fabulous fiber hiding inside.
Tempted by art yarns but don’t know where to start? Ashley walks you through several core-spinning tutorials that focus on controlling texture, allowing you to create a range of yarns from smooth to wild.
Paco-vicuña is an ideal fiber for handspinners. As Jane Levene explains, the crinkle—or tiny, unorganized crimp—helps to interlock the fibers, creating that loft so many of us love.
When it comes to bast fibers, extracting the usable fiber from the plant can take patience and practice.
The Miskin family is dedicated to spreading the word about the resurgence of the American bison. Learn how this rugged animal’s deliciously soft down fiber is gathered and processed.
In the Winter 2020 issue of Spin Off, John Mullarkey shared the his handspun, handwoven laces with our readers. Luxurious, indeed!
Milkweed plants not only support threatened monarch butterfly populations, they produce several types of spinnable fiber! Learn how milkweed floss has been used in the past and methods for blending it to create your own pro-butterfly blends.
Meet a musician, storyteller, teacher, and fiber artist.
When repairing lace, you need to know how the lace pattern is knitted row by row.
Florida native cotton’s staple length isn’t more than one inch, so it's a challenge to spin.
Music Professor
When I saw the Pinecliff Shawl pattern on Ravelry along with the call for pattern test knitters, I was immediately drawn to it. I also liked the pine cone and forest theme, and I thought about my plied skeins inspired by nature.
I kept thinking of all the unique, still-functional wheels out there that sit unused and unloved or, worse, are destined for the dump. I had to save one.
Please join us! You have nothing to lose but your frostbite.
Indexed from Spin Off Winter 2020, in page order.