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Craft Daily is Here!

Our online education department has come up with a brilliant innovation, they've just launched our new Craft Daily site where you can watch any of our spinning workshops with just a click of the mouse with 24/7 streaming.
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Published May 15, 2013 6:00 AM by Amy Clarke Moore

Filed under: How To Spin, Spin-Off Magazine, Plying, Drum Carder, Handspun, How-To, Types of Yarn, Carding and Combing, Spinning, Processing Fiber
Spinning and Dreaming in Color

Spinning and Dreaming in Color Anita's advancing twill sample with handspun silk handkerchiefs. I started spinning because of color. I visited a spinning shop with a friend and fell in love with a raspberry-colored bump of Lincoln roving, so I rented...

Published Apr 29, 2013 6:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: How To Spin, Spinning Wheels, Wool Processing, Plying, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Handwoven, Mohair, Types of Yarn, Spinning
The precious resource: yarn

We've invited Anne Merrow, Interweave spinning and knitting video producer and eMag editor, to share some exciting details about our workshop video with Lily Chin.
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Published Mar 27, 2013 5:53 AM by Anne Merrow

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Plying, Handspun, Spinning
Putting Handspun to Work

Weaving is a great way to put handspun to work. There is so much variation in the yarn we spin, it opens unlimited possibilities for woven cloth. We have invited Anita Osterhaug, editor of Handwoven, to share some of the magic that can happen when these two crafts come together.
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Published Oct 22, 2012 6:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wheels, Plying, Handspun, Handwoven, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning
A New Spin on Knitting Daily TV, Yarn Spotlight

We've invited Annie Hartman Bakken, associate producer of Knitting Daily TV, to share newest additon to the Public Television show all about knitting.
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Published Aug 27, 2012 6:00 AM by Amy Clarke Moore

Filed under: Plying, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning
Yarn and Cloth, Peanut Butter and Jelly

We've invited Anita Osterhaug, editor of Handwoven magazine, to share with us some weaving projects from the next couple of issues that are perfect for handspun.
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Published Jul 2, 2012 6:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Wool Processing, Plying, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Dyeing, Handwoven, Merino Wool, Natural Dyes, Spinning, Dyeing Yarn
An intimate knowledge of yarn

Interweave Knits Editor Eunny Jang shares how working at Interweave has expanded her yarn curiosity.
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Published Apr 11, 2012 6:00 AM by Eunny Jang

Filed under: Wool Processing, Plying, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spinning
National Craft Month Sweepstakes: Pass on Your Passion for Spinning

When I was little, I remember sitting on the couch listening to the whirl of the wheel as my mom spun. She let me try my hand at the wheel and patiently helped me keep my drop spindle going. The spinning bug didn't really bite though until many years...

Published Mar 15, 2012 2:00 PM by Toni Rexroat

Filed under: How To Spin, Plying, Handspun, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, How-To, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning
Handspun for socks? Absolutely!

Guest editor Anne Merrow points out some very convincing reasons why Sockupied has some great patterns for handspun sock yarn.
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Published Jan 30, 2012 6:00 AM by Anne Merrow

Filed under: Wool Processing, Plying, Worsted, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Types of Yarn, Spinning
Spin Art is here for the holidays

We've invited Jacey Boggs to share her thoughts about her new book, Spin Art, and the holiday season.
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Published Dec 21, 2011 6:00 AM by Amy Clarke Moore

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Plying, SOAR, Spinning
Why Ply?

Three swatches knitted in seed rib pattern using single, two-ply, and three-ply yarns When you ply your spun singles do you prefer two-ply, three-ply, or four-ply yarns? Or perhaps you prefer to work with singles and skip the plying all together? In the...

Published Oct 12, 2011 6:35 AM by Toni Rexroat

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wheels, Wool Processing, Plying, Worsted, Spinning Wool, Dyeing, Merino Wool, Mohair, Types of Yarn, Natural Dyes, Your Yarn, Spinning, Dyeing Yarn
Jacey Boggs introduces her new book, Spin Art

An introduction to Jacey Boggs's new book Spin Art: Mastering the Craft of Spinning Textured Yarn.
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Published Aug 31, 2011 6:00 AM by Amy Clarke Moore

Filed under: How To Spin, Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wheels, Plying, Handspun, SOAR, How-To, Types of Yarn, Spinning
Getting Out of Park with Maggie Casey

I have quickly become addicted to spinning. On cool evenings, you can find me excitedly watching the magic of twist convert fluffy fiber into sturdy yarn. I am still fascinated with the transformation. But spinning has been a home-based-only hobby. My...

Published Aug 24, 2011 6:00 AM by Toni Rexroat

Filed under: How To Spin, Spinning Wheels, Plying, Drum Carder, Handspun, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, How-To, Carding and Combing, Spinning, Processing Fiber
Spend An Evening Spinning with Maggie Casey

A bundle of beautifully soft and long-stapled Blue Leicester (perfect for a beginning spinner such as me), my spinning wheel, and three relaxing hours on a Sunday evening, that is what I call paradise. As we all know, the best way to improve your spinning...

Published Jul 27, 2011 6:00 AM by Toni Rexroat

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Plying, Drum Carder, Worsted, How-To, Types of Yarn, Carding and Combing, Spinning, Processing Fiber
Learning to Spin with Spin-Off

We have invited Toni Rexroat, editor of Crochet Me, to fill a semi-regular guest spot here at Spinning Daily to share her explorations as a long time crocheter entering the wonderful world of spinning.
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Published Jul 20, 2011 1:00 PM by Toni Rexroat

Filed under: How To Spin, Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wheels, Plying, Spinning

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