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Spinning and Dreaming in Color Anita's advancing twill sample with handspun silk handkerchiefs. I started spinning because of color. I visited a spinning shop with a friend and fell in love with a raspberry-colored bump of Lincoln roving, so I rented a wheel, signed up for lessons, and 20+ years...
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Anita Osterhaug
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Apr 29, 2013
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Change how you look at fiber Robin demonstrates how to keep fiber in order with the tips facing down for a true worsted preparation in the English style. Robin uses a diz to create sliver from a blend she created of mohair and wool. Robin spinning directly from a paddle comb. A sentiment I often hear...
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Fauna Pullover by Shirley Paden from the Winter issue of Interweave Knits, available late November 2011. Livingstone Cardigan by Amy Miller from the Winter issue of Interweave Knits, available late November 2011. Vicarious knitting and spinning I think of my job, editing Interweave Knits and its accompanying...
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Three swatches knitted in seed rib pattern using single, two-ply, and three-ply yarns When you ply your spun singles do you prefer two-ply, three-ply, or four-ply yarns? Or perhaps you prefer to work with singles and skip the plying all together? In the Fall 2001 issue of Spin-Off Rita Buchanan shared...
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Toni Rexroat
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Oct 11, 2011
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What goes around comes around- and may be spun around twice! As many readers know, the news from your groups and guilds forms the substance of this column. Your events, activities, and projects can be shared with the larger spinning community when you send me your newsletters by post or email. Your comments...
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Peggy Coffey
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Aug 26, 2011
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Trees in the misty haze of Lake Cresent on the Olympic loop highway on the way to Forks, Washington. Debi Dodge, Stephanie Flynn Sokolov, Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, Nicole Drane, and Karen Poremski amidst the red cedar trees on the Cape Flattery Trail overlooking Neah Bay . The view of Gig Harbor with my...
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Lots of useful hints and ideas are posted in your newsletters and here are a few that may not have appeared in past columns. When working with fine fibers in the high desert, static electricity can be a problem. Randee Frommer from the Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers was having a bad “hair”...
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Beginning in 2008, handspun wool yarn will have its own category in the National Make-It-Yourself with Wool Competition sponsored by American Sheep Industry Women. Preteens, juniors (ages 13 to 16), seniors (ages 17 to 24), and adults are eligible to enter garments, wearable accessories, and fashion...
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For this year’s event, the Greater Birmingham Fiber Guild (Alabama) will provide an exhibit at their library with the theme “Wraps: Shrugs, Shawls and Capelets.” Yarn suggestions for soft, furry, cool-weather wraps were to use wool/mohair blends. For warm-weather wear, silk, cotton...
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Each time we challenge you to spin a particular type of yarn for our Your Yarns challenge in Spin-Off magazine, we save the yarns that are submitted and have appeared in the magazine. We invite individuals or organizations to make things with the yarn, then we auction the items made through eBay's...