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Twisted Love: An Artist Measures Twist & Grist

Join Sahara as she talks about her approach creating yarns for a variety of projects.

Sahara Briscoe

Wool and wool combs on a beige surface. On the right is a skein of yarn and a knitted swatch.

Getting Started with Wool Combs

Join us as we start a new course with expert instructor Heavenly Bresser, and discover the secrets to successful wool combing.

Pamela K. Schultz

An array of wool combs and wool on an orange background.

Matching Your Combs to Your Fiber

If your goal is perfectly aligned fibers for worsted spinning, combs have no equal. But how you select your combs and fiber matters, too.

Heavenly Bresser

Showy milkweed seeds on a green paper background

Can You Spin Milkweed Silk and Cottonwood Fluff?

When we see bits of fluff on the breeze, we spinners inevitably wonder if it will spin. The answers might surprise you.

Joanne Nakonechny

Five knitted swatches on a table with spinning fiber peeking in on the right. Hands are touching the leftmost knitted swatch.

Blended Plies: An Unexpected Way to Spin a Braid

Watch our newest free braid lesson, then see how the technique works with three different approaches.

Pamela K. Schultz

Purple yarns and a ruler on a blue background

Spin Big & Lofty Yarns with Maggie Casey

Find tips and a video for spinning the lightweight yet bulky yarn of your dreams.

Pamela K. Schultz

What Is Organic Cotton?

Stephany Wilkes

Hands holding a strip of orange and a strip of purple fiber overlapped. There is a snake plant in the background.

Humbugs, Barber Poles, and Marls: Understanding How Color Blends in Your Yarn

Watch our newest braid lesson, then untangle some terms and techniques for blending color in your handspun yarn.

Pamela K. Schultz

Renewing Spindle Hooks

A bent hook isn’t the end of your spindle!

Helen Barbara Mawdsley

Skill Guide: Fractal Spinning + Free Video

Watch our newest free braid lesson, then take your fractal spinning to the next level to create complex and interesting colors.

Spin Off Contributors

Skill Guide: Spinning for Embroidery

Spin Off Contributors

Acadian Brown Cotton: Spinning a Living History

Discover how a search for community led one spinner to discover the deep historical roots of Acadian brown cotton—and how it continues build local connections today.

Aleatha Shannon