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A Spinner's Retreat

How do you recharge your spinning batteries?
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Published Feb 8, 2013 8:00 PM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Spinning
How did you celebrate St. Distaff's Day?

Take a peek at how several spinning communities marked the holiday
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Published Jan 11, 2013 9:15 PM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Drum Carder, Carding and Combing, Spinning
Meet Renate and her spinning circle in Oldenburg, Germany.

The group is part of the Ollnborger Kring, an organization that preserves Northern German traditions.
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Published Oct 26, 2012 6:00 PM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Handspun, Spinning Wheels, Spin-Off Magazine, Types of Yarn
World Wide Spin in Public Day 2012

Much fun was had by all
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Published Sep 28, 2012 9:00 PM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning Wheels
Spinning Wheel historians Val and David Bryant visit The Abergele Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers (Wales)

At the April meeting of The Abergele Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers (Wales), Val and David Bryant gave a presentation on the history of spinning wheels. The Bryants have researched and collected specifications on over eight hundred spinning wheels to build a unique database of spinning history in the United Kingdom.

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Published Jun 8, 2012 2:00 PM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Spinning
Peachtree Handspinners Guild: Morning Sessions Teach New Skills

Members of the Peachtree Handspinners Guild have added a new facet to their gatherings for 2012. Several times throughout the year, they hold a Morning Session before the monthly meeting that aims to build the spinning skills of newcomers and novice spinners...

Published Mar 2, 2012 8:00 AM by Kate Larson

Filed under: Spinning Wheels
Life, love, and spinning wheels

What were your thoughts and feelings when that first spinning wheel came into your life? Did you sit down for a trial spin on it at a fiber festival where it followed you home? Did its silhouette catch your eyes at a garage sale and become your one and...

Published Nov 18, 2011 11:39 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Spin-Off Magazine
The Illinois Prairie Spinners find new ways to get creative

One way to increase creativity in our spinning is by actively enlisting our minds. The topic of the Illinois Prairie Spinners March meeting was entitled "Whole Brain Spinning." Participants shared supplies and equipment to experiment with different...

Published Sep 30, 2011 8:00 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Spinning Wheels
Spinning through the seasons

Summer can bring us free time to spin on the front porch or join friends for an afternoon in the shade, sipping lemonade in between full bobbins. The long days of light may find us leaving home with our wheels firmly belted in the backseat to visit relatives...

Published May 20, 2011 10:30 PM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Plying, Spinning Wheels, Spinning
Fine-Tuning the Fair: Foothill Fibers Guild

The Foothill Fibers Guild (California) has a long history of demonstrating and exhibiting at the Nevada County Fair to help educate the public about fibers and textiles. Volunteer committee members have developed and refined procedures designed to provide...

Published May 6, 2011 5:00 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Handspun, Spinning Wheels
Pirates of the Treadle Earn New Wheels

In an earlier blog post , you may have read about the formation of the youth team, Pirates of the Treadle , from Conner Prairie Pioneer Village in Noblesville, Indiana. The team competes in the Indiana State Fair Sheep to Shawl event. Over the past seven...

Published Mar 25, 2011 5:00 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Spinning
Of Spiders and Spinners

Spiders are frequent travelers after the Ides of March. When the eggs hatch, the tiny offspring are caught by the slightest breeze in their miniwebs, launching them into space. Many nights as a teenager were spent patrolling the pine trees, looking for...

Published Mar 18, 2011 12:00 PM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Natural Fiber, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Spinning Wheels, Spinning Silk
Pinellas Weavers Guild (Florida)

The Pinellas Weavers Guild (Florida) is conducting its monthly programs with the yearlong theme "Fiber Arts from Start to Finish." The first centered on raising and spinning natural fibers including alpaca and cotton. Two kinds of carding were...

Published Dec 31, 2010 7:00 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Processing Fiber, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Spinning Wheels, Drum Carder, Carding and Combing
Textile Tourist in Wales

The National Wool Museum is located in Dre-fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire, a small village in the middle of Wales near the Teifi Valley. In 1845, there were as many as 325 woolen mills there with large numbers of Welsh women, men, and children employed...

Published Dec 3, 2010 7:00 AM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Wool Processing, Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spinning
What was life like for you before you learned to spin?

Long before spinning yarn became a part of my life, I worked part-time providing education programs to encourage adults to use the Nature Center at the Saint Joseph County Park. Charlotte Bass, a local quilter and the bicentennial director for the county...

Published Nov 26, 2010 2:00 PM by Peggy Coffey

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Spinning

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