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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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The right designs, the right yarn We've invited Lisa Shroyer, the new editor of Interweave Knits magazine, to introduce herself and share her plans for upcoming issues. The Midsummer Aran by Ginevra Martin is featured in the Summer 2013 issue of Interweave Knits. Publishing a single magazine issue...
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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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Reconsider cotton The lovely natural dyed cotton of Ella Baker. Cotton is an amazing fiber—great for keeping us cool and dry when it is hot and humid out. Cotton is the fiber of the ages. It is the fiber the ancient Egyptians cultivated to clothe themselves and also to wrap their dead in to ensure...
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What would you do with 4 ounces? Photo: Kate Larson. I have noticed that some of the most popular posts on Spinner's Connection are about guild challenges. The Batts to Hats challenge , for example, is a great way to focus our creativity while working closely with our spinning fellows. I recently...
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Wrapped in lace is what I want to be Margaret Stove being held by her Godmother—from her book, Wrapped in Lace. We keep the temperature in our house during the winter on the cool side—those from warmer regions might describe it as downright frigid. I imagine it is all a matter of perspective...
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We've invited Annie Hartman Bakken, associate producer of Knitting Daily TV, to share about the newest season of the Public Television show. A sneak peek at the new season of Knitting Daily TV Join host Eunny Jang and experts Kristin Omdahl and Clara Parkes for the 10th season of Knitting Daily TV...
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Inspired by the Illinois Prairie Spinners, I am finally spinning this merino top. It was dyed with natural dyestuffs by Earthly Hues in Granville, Ohio. Photo: Kate Larson. Like most spinners, I keep a stash of fiber. When I have a blissful hour to look through my favorite stash, kept in an oak cabinet...
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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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Filed under: handwoven, Wool Processing, Drum Carder, Spinning Wheels, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Carding and Combing, Spinning, Processing Fiber
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The guild's first blanket collection and the contributors in 2005. Photos courtesy of the Sacramento Weavers' and Spinners' Guild. Project Linus displays at a guild open house. The weaver in the photo is making a double-width woven blanket. I can't remember a time in my life that I have...
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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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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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Washing wool changes lives The messy (and fascinating) business of washing wool. I was at the Farm School where I volunteer and the guide (that's what the school calls the teachers—it is Montessori, after all), Bekah, asked me to show the kids (junior-high age girls and boys) how to wash wool...