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The power on sharing what you know Last night a good friend came over for dinner (we're spinning buddies—we met over looms in college eons ago). As we were chopping vegetables for the salad, we were talking about our latest projects. I was describing how we hosted a demonstration day in the...
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Transform your stash into gifts for others Handwoven magazine's former managing editor Pattie Graver is an accomplished weaver and spinner to boot. In her retirement, she has been offering invaluable help around the Spin-Off office . We have invited her to share with you about our latest eBook as...
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Members of the Eden Valley Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers , The Lancs and Lakes Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers , The Guild of Long Draw Spinners , and The Online Guild of Spinners, Weavers, and Dyers will participate in the Skills Zone at Woolfest on June 22 and 23, 2012. They will be among...
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On the Cover: Tenney Park Scarf DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page Letters Reviews As the Whorl Spins Get This! Abbreviations Classified Ads Advertiser's Index Supported Spinning on Russian-Type Spindles by Elise Cohen A Second Look: Handspun socks by Ann Budd Fiber Basics: Portland by Carol Huebscher...
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The 11th annual Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival was held on April 28th in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The festival is well known for its live performances, including fully-staged operas, and artisan demonstrations and booths. Last year, over 100,000 people attended this free community eventthat...
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Spider Hat by Nancy Roberts from All New Homespun Handknit. HOMESPUN HANDKNIT, OLD AND NEW The original Homespun Handknit came about in a serendipitous way. Spin-Off magazine had a little contest back in 1986: send in your handspun caps, socks, mittens, and gloves. Our readers did, by the score. As we...
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Learn How to Tunisian Crochet Tunisian crochet has been known as many names over its history, including Afghan crochet, hakning , railway stitch, and Princess Frederick William stitch. It is a fabulous technique using a crochet hook to create a unique fabric with a woven appearance and myriad stitch...
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M o hair yarns from Be Sweet. Photo: Nancy George of Knit Stop . U ni que textured knits from Be Sweet yarns. Photo: Nadine Curtis. B e Sweet works with over 200 crafters in South Africa. Photo: Nadine Curtis. The Redwood Guild of Fiber Artists has been active in the Sonoma County, California, area since...
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In the Summer issue, Elise Cohen takes a look at supported spinning on Russian-type spindles. Making a magazine is like spinning yarn As we finish our work on the Summer 2012 issue of Spin-Off (which will be mailing out the end of May and on newsstands mid-June), I can't help but think about how...
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Lynn DeRose shares the basics of spinning on a supported spindle in A Handspindle Treasury: Spindle Spinning. Elise Cohen shares the basics of supported spinning on Russian-type spindles in the Summer 2012 issue of Spin-Off. Simple tools for making yarn We are currently hard at work putting the final...
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Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds sponsors a biennial conference. The first Fibers Through Time event was held in 1998 and has continued to evolve over the last fourteen years. A new feature at the event is the Learning Center , an area near the vendors that will be dedicated to two-hour...
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Galina Khmeleva demonstrates combing on a traditional Orenburg combing device. The proper spinning hand position. Proper hand position for drafting. Our ambassador of Orenburg spinning Imagine a world where a handspun, handknitted shawl is the ultimate status symbol worn by movie stars and politicians...
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How a Magazine Article is Born Avedan Raggio's Wacky Blanket in the SOAR 2010 Handspun Gallery. Fresh copies of the 2011 Spin-Off Collection CD just landed on my desk, and inside the case is a lovely large photo of Avedan Raggio’s Wacky Blanket from the Summer 2011 issue—I instantly flashed...
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In the article Bedouin in the Big City, the caption for Photo 3 (p. 49) should say, "One of Umm Hamad's weavings made from her handspun yarn." Tracy's first weaving is the black and white one Umm's working on in Photo 2. We apologize for this error.
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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 later when I came to work at Interweave. Again...