With all the great spinning workshops that Interweave kee ps putting out, my video library is outgrowing my bookshelf space. Fortunately, the folks in our online education department have come up with a brilliant sol ution. They've just launched our new Craft Daily site! This means that I can watch...
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Amy Clarke Moore
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May 15, 2013
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Spinning Tips—Or Not In the DVD How to Card Wool: Four Spinners, Four Techniques , Carol Rhoades demonstrates her carding technique. You know how there are about a trillion different ways to divide the world into opposing sides? Such as people who are night owls vs people who are early birds; people...
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Linda Ligon
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Maggie Casey teaching Spinning 101 at SOAR 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Judith MacKenzie teaching her Spinning for Color workshop at SOAR 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Deb Menz teaching her From Swatch to Scarf workshop at SOAR 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bringing the Spin-Off Autumn...
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Nov 23, 2011
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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 spinning wheel is not portable. It doesn't fit...
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Toni Rexroat
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Aug 24, 2011
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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...
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 skills is practice, practice, practice, but it...
Deb Menz surrounded by color. One of Deb's lovely color-full batts. Spinning beautiful, colorful yarn. Deb ensuring the right blend of colors with her drafting. More is more when it comes to color I have never operated a drumcarder. I have handcarded fiber only under duress. I don't know what...
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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Linda Ligon
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Aug 4, 2010
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