Spin Off Spring 2025 Web Extras & Helpful Resources

Web Extras

• “How Do You Fix a Compacted Braid?”
  
• Long Thread Podcast: Kenya Miles
  
• “Knit a Twilight Fade Pillow”
  
• “The Fractal Stripe: One Method for Controlling the Striping of Painted Roving”
  
• “Further Reading: My Top Ten Color Theory Resources for Spinners”

WIFs

• Blooming Twill Tote, by Malynda Allen: WIF available

Helpful Links for this Issue

See John Arbon Textiles’s gill box in action at jarbon.com/virtual-mill-tour.

In the Library

• Buckley, Amanda. “Blending Colors Using a Co-Primary Palette.” Spin Off, Spring 2024, 48–51.
  
• García, Louie. “Pueblo Cotton in the American Southwest: Ancient Gauze Weave and Weft-Wrap Openwork.” Spin Off, Summer 2020, 58–64.
• García, Louie. “Pueblo Cotton: Tradition and Revival.” Spin Off, Spring 2024, 30–34.
• Held, Debbie. “Coordinating Handpaints: The No-Frill Method to a Cohesive Spinning Mashup.” Spin Off, Winter 2017, 76–81.
• Laughing Cloud, Irene. “Louie García: Preserving Cotton Traditions.” Spin Off, Summer 2013, 50–52.
• McKenna, Kim. “An Artist’s Approach to Carding Color: Build Palettes with Value Keys.” Spin Off, Winter 2025, 52–56.
• Natural Dye Series: Easy Peasy Natural Dyeing

From Color Works for Spinners with Deb Menz, Long Thread Media.

Helpful Courses

• Color Works for Spinners, with Deb Menz
  
• Spin to Weave: Making Unique Cloth From Your Handspun Yarn, with Sara Lamb
  

There’s Still Time to SOAR

Tickets are still available for the Spin Off Autumn Retreat

Find the Spring 2025 issue of Spin Off in the Spin Off Library, or in the Long Thread Media Shop.