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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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Great teachers become a part of our spinning Sara Lamb shares her wisdom from the wheel in her new workshop video, Spin to Weave . Nothing beats watching someone do their craft, except when the craft is also yours. It is no surprise that crafts are such a communal hobby. There is so much to learn by...
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Spinner, Weaver, Myth-Buster Sara Lamb, spinner extraordinaire, weaver, and myth-buster . One of the "historical facts" that I have heard at spinning gatherings is that in colonial America it took six spinners to keep one weaver supplied with yarn. This may be a real historical fact: I don't...
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Start with the right tools, it makes a big difference Maggie Casey showing Eunny Jang how best to insert twist in Start Spinning: The Video. It is starting to feel like I've always been able to spin. What a wonderful feeling! When I sit down at my wheel my default yarn comes naturally. And, well...
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Liz Good
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Dec 5, 2012
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Spinning the Edges Spinning connects me in those moments when I feel alone, when I wonder who I am, where I fit in and in what direction I should go. When I feel lost, I spin. At first it’s subtle. I find the way the colors are working together interesting, then slowly I become those colors intertwining...
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aa.thorstenson
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Nov 27, 2012
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Congratulations to our five winners: kimberlymarie420@hotmail.com, forrestwife, mitoticspindle, RobertaC@6, and mymacedo! Copies of Abby Franquemont's book Respect the Spindle will soon be on their way to you. Thanks for everyone who shared what they are thankful for. We've enjoyed reading each...
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What I wish history class had been like Norman Kennedy demonstrating breaking up the husk of the retted flax plant to harvest the fiber. Thank goodness for those in our community who keep traditional techniques alive. Norman Kennedy is one of these treasures. We were lucky to record some of his vast...
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Congratulations to our five winners: VictoriaS@10, MistyH, VictoriaB@6, sunflower.farmgirl, anglicanmystic! Copies of Abby Franquemont's book Respect the Spindle will soon be on their way to these lucky spinners. Thanks for everyone who shared why they respect the spindle. We've enjoyed reading...
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Once you've basked in the absolute joy that comes from learning how to spin, you might start casting around for other equally satisfying pursuits. One of those is dyeing your yarn with natural dyes. Just as ancient people learned that they could infuse their textiles with the colors of the earth...
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The Zen of Spinning Silk Sara Lamb shares the wide variety of silk available to handspinners. The first time I tried to spin silk, I made a mess. It was a silk brick, which is basically a long, long thick batt. I didn't know to pull it into strips, or pre-draft, or anything else. I just started feeding...
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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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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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Apr 4, 2012
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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...
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Here's an invitation no spinner would pass up: Learn a craft that is both ancient and modern, create yarns that are perfect for your special projects, spend time instead of money, and enjoy every minute of it! These are the guidelines for members of the Hollow Tree Spinners , based in the Woodstock...
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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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Liz Good
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Nov 23, 2011
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Filed under: Dyeing, SOAR, Drum Carder, Spin-Off Magazine, Plying, How To Spin, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, How-To, Natural Dyes, Carding and Combing, Dyeing Yarn, Spinning