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...
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...
Lydia van Gelder at the Oakland Museum of California, at their Samplings textile festival 2006. Photo: Susan Sullivan Maynard. Susan's ikat vest made from a scrap fabric, left over from an upholstery job that attracted Lydia's attention. Lydia's ninetieth birthday party where we all wore...
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Judith MacKenzie sharing the majesty of her new home—on the windswept shores of the north Pacific Ocean. A red cedar tree in the rainforest at the tip of Neah Bay, Washington. Students gather around as Judith demonstrates warping a simple loom. On Luddites I can't really describe myself as...
Helen von Ammon’s qiviut throw from the Fall 2005 issue. Colorful Crochet Bead Ropes by Dodie Rush from the Spring 2005 issue. Felted lace scarf by Mary Blanche Morse from the Winter 2005 issue. What are warm fuzzies for a spinner? We've been working on putting back issues of Spin-Off onto...
Bobbi Daniels's Angora bunnies A Miao woman in the Yunnan Province of China spinning the indumentum on the backs of leaves The Qiviut Shawlette by Sandi Wiseheart Snuggle up with the Winter issue of Spin-Off The Winter 2010 issue of Spin-Off magazine should be arriving in your mailbox or at your...
Sarah Wroot arriving at SOAR Team Scholarship, Sarah Wilson and Michelle Boyd, spinning Angela Paolini and Emma Crew of Team Spindle spinning Stetson Weddle and Ann McDonough of Batts in the Belfry knitting The busy hands of Team Strip and Shove It Up Your Orifice The judges with the hats (left to right...
Most pieces that are photographed for the magazine arrive in the usual manner. An author proposes an article, we accept it, and the author sends in the material we need. Every once in a while, the story behind the photos is more remarkable—magical even. I was sitting at my computer in our Loveland...