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Lake Metroparks Farmpark (Ohio) has a mission to help urban society understand how farmers raise food, fiber, and other products to sustain and enhance our lives. The Western Reserve Spinners & Weavers Guild complements this goal by teaching and promoting the arts of spinning, weaving, and dyeing...
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Hello, and welcome to Spin-Off's new and improved home on the web! We've been working on this new site for quite a while, and we hope you like it! I'm feeling a lot of pressure while I sit here trying to write my first blog post - I'm not going to be witty or smart enough and no one will...
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On the Cover: Handpainted bombyx silk, page 44. Departments Editor's Page Letters As the Whorl Spins by Stefanie Berganini Reviews Get This! by Stefanie Berganini Abbreviations Calendar Classified Ads Advertiser's Index Swoopy Skirts by Kathryn Alexander Fiber Basics: South America’s Wild...
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The Hoosier Heritage Spinners and Weavers (Indiana) and the Champaign Urbana Spinners & Weavers Guild (Illinois) will rendezvous for a September day of natural dyeing at the Pioneer Homestead Cabin in Forest Glen Preserve, Illinois. Natural ingredients gathered at the preserve will be used in the...
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The Spindle & Dyepot Guild (Wisconsin) took a field trip to The Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill to view the process of taking raw fiber through the steps of finished spinning, plying, and dyeing of the yarn. Of special interest was the washing procedure used with skirted but dirty wool. A top-loading...
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Oct 20, 2008
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Are you starting to pack for SOAR? Make sure to consult the materials list here to make sure you have everything you need for your classes. Those of you who are enrolled in Nilda Callanuapa Alvarez's class--Andean Spinning--should have received this info when you were confirmed in the class--but...
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The eleventh annual spinning retreat of the Greater Vancouver Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild (British Columbia) took place in the 1908 heritage home in Hemlock Valley between Mission and Harrison Hot Springs. Each member’s name was embroidered on a tag made of handspun yarn woven on...
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A 7-foot triangular loom made by member Jim Crytzer is now a focal point at meetings of the Northwest Pennsylvania Spinners and Weavers Guild . The idea arose when the group was demonstrating at the Edinboro Games last summer and decided to make shawls to sell. Having a finished item on hand would take...
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A spinning and dyeing picnic at Matilda Bay last January was the site for the Handweavers’, Spinners’ and Dyers’ Guild of Western Australia, Inc. Recipes for mordanting and websites for information on natural dyeing were included in the November issue of their newsletter, the YarnSpinner...
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The Pinellas Weavers’ Guild (Florida) annually enters the International Spin-In contest in Tasmania, Australia, and two members placed in last summer’s competitions. Lucy Parks won for the United States with a thread of 144.21 meters and Marlys Collier placed in the top ten for hand-propelled...
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On the Cover: Mohair and wool yarn from “Carded Color Socks,” page 100. Departments Editor's Page What's Going On Here? Letters As the Whorl Spins by Amanda Berka Reviews Abbreviations and Glossary Calendar compiled by Bobbie Irwin Classified Ads Advertiser's Index Green Lake...
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Sep 25, 2007
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On the cover: A bit of spinning whimsy for the child in us all— Estonian Hand Puppets by Anu Kotli and Carol H. Rhoades Being Painterly Sheep and Shepherd Coin Purses Dyeing for Socks Features Behind the Scenes: At Designs by Robert Lee and Son by Denise V. Decker Lawn Doesn’t Mow Itself...
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On the cover: Active twist! Lynne Vogel's crocheted granny square vest puts a new twist on the granny square. Features Behind the Scenes: At Howard Brush by Carol Huebscher Rhoades Time Warp by Stephenie Gaustad Spinning Basics: Spindle Spinning by Maggie Casey Fiber Basics: Finnsheep by Grace Hatton...
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Jun 28, 2005
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Features Behind the Scenes: At Majacraft The Spindle Guy by Cindy Hill New Zealand by Larissa Gibson Sheep in My Genes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Ontario Handweavers and Spinners (OHS) Spinning Certificate by Lorraine Smith Making Dolls by Kathryn G. Carras Fiber Basics: Maine Island Sheep by Gemma Huntress...
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Features The Distaff by Martha Monsson Teaching Spinning, Weaving, and Dyeing by Pamela Mawhiney Fiber Basics: Perendale by Carol Huebscher Rhoades Ground Fibers by Bathsheba Rose Demuth A Handspun Gallery of Sweaters Why Spin? by Randy B. Chelsey Projects & How To Bowled Over by M'Lyn Walther...