Project Linus is a charitable organization that gives people who love making textiles the opportunity to offer comfort to children in need of warmth and cheer....
We have just kicked off our 2011 guild subscription discount offer. This promotion is sent to all spinning or weaving guilds representatives registered on spinoffmagazine.com. This year guilds will be...
The theme for last year's Open Day for Donnybrook Arts & Craft Group (Western Australia) was teapots, tea cozies, and teacups. A display of these and other items like kettles, urns, aprons, tea...
Maki Habib and Ann Miller of the Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Western Australia, Inc teach spinning to five visually-impaired people at the Institute for the Blind each week, and the students...
I am part of a thriving fiber community in Indiana. We are lucky to have so many guilds, great yarn and fiber shops, and workshop opportunities. Indiana also has a networking organization called Swift...
Keeping up with our blog posts is as easy as subscribing if you are so inclined. If you’re not very familiar with this technology, don’t worry - this post should be able to help walk you through...
This is an exciting time in the Spin-Off office. We've just sent the redesigned issue of Spin-Off to the printer and we're waiting for hard copies and to hear from all of you to see what you think...
Wilfred the Wildfiber Moose was created by 20 members of the Greater Vancouver Weavers' & Spinners' Guild for their booth exhibit at the Association of Northwest Weaving Guilds conference in...
Roc Day 2009 is already being planned by the Black Sheep Handspinners Guild (New York) to take place in a new venue next January. The success of those held in the past is due to their organization of tasks...
Elizabeth Wood became interested in handspinning after watching a demonstration in an ancient textiles class at Emory University. The demonstrator, Annie, was a member of the Peachtree Handspinners Guild...
The Champaign Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild (Illinois) is using its members' talents and skills to provide needed items for women and children in central Illinois. Handmade toys, baby blankets...
A Fiber Smorgasbord for Spinning is being held by the Medina Spinning and Weaving Guild (Ohio). Members signed up at the December meeting to pick a fiber to spin and will give a short presentation to the...
The newsletter of the Spindle and Dyepot Guild of Southeastern Wisconsin usually contains a word challenge with a tease to ferret out the meaning of a fiber-related term. The answer is given somewhere...
We've taken the "I took the handmade pledge". It is part of the Buy Handmade campaign--a non-profit effort to encourage shoppers to support artisans by buying their handmade products. How...
The Jersey Girl shopping for fiber at the New York State Fair (photo by Anne Furman of the Black Sheep Handspinner's Guild)....
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