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Being neighborly with pails of vegetables and a spinning book My neighbor knocked on my door with a book in hand. She likes to go shopping at flea markets and on a recent trip she found a slim volume of Your Handspinning by Elsie G. Davenport published in Great Britain in 1953, and then in the United...
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SOAR scholars are asked to submit a report sharing their experiences as recipients and the impact the opportunity has had on their lives. Marianne Guckelsberger from Reykjavík, Iceland, tells us about SOAR 2012 in Lake Tahoe, California. Now that registration is open for SOAR 2013 my mind goes...
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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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Filed under: How To Spin, Spinning Wheels, Wool Processing, Plying, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Handwoven, Mohair, Types of Yarn, Spinning
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Be enchanted by Judith MacKenzie In our new eBook, Judith MacKenzie explains plying and cabling yarn. Judith MacKenzie has been enthralling us for decades with her soothing voice and storytelling magic via many a medium—classes, video, and the written word. You don't have to be a spinner to...
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Amy Clarke Moore
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Apr 24, 2013
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Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Plying, How To Spin, Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Processing, Your Yarn, Types of Yarn, Spinning
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How an issue of Spin-Off is created Falkland wool, in the Hello Yarn September 2012 club colorway, Critter. We start planning each issue of Spin-Off over a year in advance. Many parts and pieces must come together to make a successful issue and it is always fascinating to see how the initial idea changes...
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Liz Good
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Apr 3, 2013
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Filed under: Dyeing, Spin-Off Magazine, Handspun, Spinning Wheels, Natural Fiber, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handwoven, Natural Dyes, Dyeing Yarn, Spinning, Processing Fiber
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We've invited Anne Merrow, Interweave spinning and knitting video producer and eMag editor, to share some exciting details about our workshop video with Lily Chin. Lily explains the magic length of yarn needed for the long-tail cast-on. As a world-renowned knitter and crocheter, Lily Chin goes through...
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Spinners on retreat with smiling, happy faces. Photos courtesy of Kate Larson. Each winter, I have the good fortune to be part of a spinning retreat in northern Indiana. About thirty fellow spinners and I trek from a wide swath of Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois to the Lindenwood Retreat Center in Donaldson...
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Where to buy your first wheel There are a daunting number of spinning wheels for sale online . My New Year's post received a lovely note and inquiry in the comments—with a question that I'm asked pretty regularly: "Where can I buy a spinning wheel online? I am just beginning and…"...
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While St. Distaff's Day, also called Rock Day , was traditionally the day that women returned to their work and spinning, many modern fiber lovers celebrate the holiday by gathering together. Earlier this week, Liz Good wrote a great post about St. Distaff's Day and its importance to spinners...
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Grateful to be surrounded by warm woolies Bobbins of yarn for Amy's Painted Silk Cardigan ready for plying to see if that stops it from growing in the blocking stage. Do you ever have moments when you're eternally grateful that you've made a life for yourself surrounded by warm woolies? I...
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Spend a relaxing day watching others spin Spend the day with Norman Kennedy and a song spinning. In Europe, in olden times, spinners had a break from their spinning during the celebration of Christmas. But the day after Christmas, they were admonished to get back to work! Rascally men would splash water...
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Linda Ligon
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Dec 26, 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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Filed under: Dyeing, SOAR, Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Plying, Spinning Wheels, Handspun, Natural Dyes, Spinning Cotton, Spinning, Dyeing Yarn, Wool Processing, How-To
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Inside the Wooly World of Norman Kennedy We've invited Anne Merrow, Interweave spinning and knitting video producer and eMag editor, to share some exciting details about our second workshop video with Norman Kennedy. Looking out the windows of this old Vermont barn, Norman Kennedy creates beautiful...
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Earth, wind, water, and fire Judith MacKenzie teaching at Sunriver Resort, Oregon, at SOAR 2009. Whether you've read her articles in Spin-Off , pored over her books, watched her DVDs, or traveled near or far to take classes with her, it is likely that Judith MacKenzie has touched your spinning life...
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Who (or what) are you dressing up as? Elinor's Day Coat from the Fall 2012 issue of Jane Austen Knits. My seven-year-old daughter Hannah loves Halloween—she's happy to dress up for it year around. So when the actual day is approaching, we spend a lot of time working on the details to get...