How To Spin + Handspun - Liz's Blog

Good teachers are the best tools you can have

It is amazing how first impressions can affect our whole relationship with a craft. We are lucky to have resources like Maggie Casey's Start Spinning and Abby Franquemont's Respect the Spindle at our fingertips.

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Published Dec 5, 2012 6:00 AM by Liz Good

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Handspun, Plying, How To Spin, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Wool Processing, How-To, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning, Processing Fiber

Handspindle Treasury available digitally

A Handspindle Treasury is now available as an eBook.

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Published Dec 19, 2011 6:00 AM by Liz Good

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Handspun, How To Spin, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning

Fall, the season to spin

Passing time with Liz Good, the new assistant editor of Spin-Off.

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Published Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM by Liz Good

Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine, Handspun, How To Spin, Types of Yarn, Spinning

Plying with Beads

When you hear the words "art yarn," what comes to mind? I'd guess that most people imagine crazy, wild yarns with large foreign objects sticking out willy-nilly. And yes, while art yarn often features fun experimental textures and objects...

Published Apr 7, 2010 8:00 AM by stefanie berganini

Filed under: Drum Carder, Handspun, Plying, Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Types of Yarn, Carding and Combing, Your Yarn, Spinning

The Magic of Socks

I’m not quite sure what happened (maybe I’ve been living under a rock?), but somehow I’ve missed out on the craze that surrounds sock knitting. There are so many people who are fervently obsessed with socks, yet for some reason I’ve...

Published Jul 22, 2009 8:58 AM by stefanie berganini

Filed under: Dyeing, Spin-Off Magazine, Handspun, How To Spin, Natural Dyes, Dyeing Yarn, Spinning

Spin Control and Conscious Spinning

Aside from the fact that I get to play with yarn and fiber everyday, there are some moments when I realize that my job is really, really cool. Enter Exhibit A (at left), a super advance copy of Spin Control , the upcoming Interweave book by Amy King of...

Published Apr 1, 2009 3:07 PM by stefanie berganini

Filed under: Worsted, Handspun, Plying, Spinning Wheels, How To Spin, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Processing, How-To, Types of Yarn, Spinning

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