Spend a relaxing day watching others spin Spend the day with Norman Kennedy and a song spinning. In Europe, in olden times, spinners had a break from their spinning during the celebration of Christmas. But the day after Christmas, they were admonished to get back to work! Rascally men would splash water...
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Inside the Wooly World of Norman Kennedy We've invited Anne Merrow, Interweave spinning and knitting video producer and eMag editor, to share some exciting details about our second workshop video with Norman Kennedy. Looking out the windows of this old Vermont barn, Norman Kennedy creates beautiful...
I have seen the light! (As in light and fluffy) I have seen the light! (As in light and fluffy.) Never the type of person to even want to process my own fiber, I have recently been convinced. Oh, I'd tried it before—started with a raw fleece, washed, and handcarded (and handcarded) and got...
Spinning with Rita Buchanan Imagine this: you sit down for dinner at a table set with your handspun, handwoven table runner and napkins. You clean up the kitchen wearing your handspun, handwoven apron, and dry dishes with your—you guessed it—HS, HW dishtowels. You lay yourself to rest on...
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