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eBookFor All Access membersSpinner's Questions with Rita Buchanan eBookMaster spinner Rita Buchanan approaches the craft with analysis, pragmatism, and extensive experience, and in this eBook, you'll find a wealth of practical advice and food for thought.

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Spin Off Winter 19971 page
- Page 131Wheels All Wheels on SALE - Call for your best prices! Books, Videos, Fibers, Woolcombs, Handcards, Drumcarders, Taklis, Fancy Drop Spindles, Videos on Alpaca & Llama care. Natural & Gaywool Dyes, Brittany
Spin Off Summer 19941 page
- Page 131Joanne Holmes THE SPIN SHOP EQUIPMENT ASHFORD SPINNING PACKAGE—$199 Includes Scholar MK2 wheel, wool handcards, niddy-noddy, and spinning video! Includes shipping in U.S. ASHFORD WEAVING PACKAGE—$349 Includes 16" wide

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Handcarding Then and Now

If you gave ten handspinners each a brand-new set of handcards, how many different ways would you see them used?

ArticleCleaner Carding: How to Keep Your Handcards Spick-and-SpanWhether you’ve inherited a set of previously loved handcards or just want to de-gunk an often-used pair, Heavenly’s tips will keep your carding cloth clean and ready for action.

ArticleVM Is Not the End: Save That Fleece with Handcards Vegetable matter (VM)—the chaff, twigs, and burrs that can become embedded in our fleeces—is considered a flaw. But how much VM is too much? It’s a matter of opinion.

ArticleWhy I Love My Handcards: Carding Wool Three WaysI love and collect handcards the way that many of my friends collect spindles.

ArticleCarding Tools and Techniques: Spin Off Fall 2023Join us as we celebrate all things carding—from handcards, drumcarders, and flick cards, to blending boards and more—to help you harness the power of fiber prep.

ArticleHandcarding Like You’ve Never Seen It BeforeFew subjects in spinning are as contentious as handcarding. Explore three completely different ways that excellent spinners approach these tools.

ArticleThink Globally, Spin LocallySpin Off Winter 2017 is full of practical information (how to spin yarn to knit cables, for instance, and how to make your handcards work better than ever before) as well as inspiration (visit a Dineh reservation and see a Navajo spindle in use).

ArticleBlending Tool Roundup: Shopping GuideWhile speed is relative in the world of fiber prep, blending boards and drumcarders will do their jobs more quickly than handcards or combs.

ArticleHandcarding Tips and TricksAre you desiring light and fluffy fiber to spin? Using handcards might be the solution.

ArticleCarding Cloth: What tpi does the best job?Spinning tools are a big investment. Handcards, drumcarders, flick carders, and blending boards all use carding cloth, a toothed material, to open and blend fibers.

ArticleIn Remembrance of Patrick GreenI was first introduced to Patrick Green in 1978. I wanted a way to prepare fibers faster than I could with handcards. My local yarn store provided me with a solution: a drumcarder from Canada made by a man named Patrick Green.

ArticleCall for Submissions Spin Off Fall 2023: Carding Tools & TechniquesOur annual tool issue turns to a topic brimming with creativity and steeped in debate: all things carding. Do you love handcards, drumcards, blending boards, and more? Share your article and project ideas with Spin Off!

ArticleOdd Handspinning Terms: Carding & Combing EditionWe’re back with another batch of odd handspinning terms—some you’ll know and others may surprise you! Let’s explore carding and combing wool.

ArticleDecoding the Mystery of the Rolag, the Puni, and the Rolag-PuniWhat do you call the little rolls of fiber that you pull off handcards, a blending board, or even a drumcarder? Not any word you’ll find in a typical dictionary.

ArticleAnatomy of Carding Cloth: Dissecting the Past, Present, and FutureA 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.

ArticleFour Preps, Four ProjectsLearn how to choose your fiber preparation with a knitting project in mind—here are some suggestions to get you started!

ArticleCan You Diz Off of a Handcard? Fiber prep aficionado Kim McKenna says, “Yes, you can!” and she’s here to show you how.

ArticleTool Roundup: Focus on FlickersLearn how to use a flicker to transform what may be a less-than-perfect fleece into fiber that’s perfect for spinning with this roundup of resources.

ArticleHoliday Gifts for My Spinning ToolsWhen I was growing up, my mother told me about the legend of the animals that would talk at the stroke of midnight on Christmas. I never checked what our old horses might say; it was too cold to go to the barn at midnight.

ArticleSpin Off’s Top 10 Posts of the Year for 2023We’ve rounded up a list of your favorite Spin Off posts of 2023—and what a varied list it is!

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Spin Off Fall 2023 2 pages▾

Page 78KIM MCKENNA Photos by Matt Graves unless otherwise noted A new use for your handcards. Diz by Tine and Floyd, and Corriedale top in Tea Leaves from SweetGeorgia Yarns
Page 9692 Spin Off • spinoffmagazine.com I love and collect handcards the way that many of my friends collect spindles. New cards, antique cards, flat

Spin Off Fall 20071 page▾

Page 124Looms. Wheels & Looms: Kromski, Ashford, Louet, Majacraft, Schacht, Babe’s. Strauch Carders (with Bonus Silk) Handcards, Ballwinders. FREE Shipping on All Ashford, Louet and Strauch Drum Carders. Petite Finest Vermont

Spin Off Summer 20071 page▾

Page 124back in stock - Limited Production. Wheels & Looms: Kromski, Ashford Louet, Majacraft Schacht Strauch Carders, Handcards, Ballwinders Summer Special Items Gaywool and Bush Blend Dyes, Silk Blends, Dark and Oatmeal

Spin Off Spring 20071 page▾

Page 124will return in Spring/Summer ‘07. Wheels & Looms: Kromski, Ashford Louet, Majacraft Schacht Strauch Carders, Handcards, Ballwinders Spring Special Items Gaywool and Bush Blend Dyes, Coopworth, Cotton, Angora, Silk Blends,

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