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The nuances of Andean spinning Nilda shows how yarn from two spindles is wound into a ball to be skeined for washing and dyeing before plying. It looks so simple, making yarn on a spindle. I've watched spinners in the Andes make yarn while herding sheep, climbing steep mountain paths, chasing children...
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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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For this alpaca/silk shawl, Sara spun one ply of the warp yarn end to end from a single dyed braid so that the color blocks were maintained. I then plied it with a semi-solid alpaca/silk yarn of oranges and reds that doesn't interfere with the first ply's colors. We recently got an advance copy...
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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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Alaina and Sabrina Richert with some of their beautiful handspun yarns. Gabby Guerra holding her sheep to shawl team's handwoven scarf. Both the warp and weft are handspun. Rachael Moore reading her essay, Last But Not Least, about her first sheep to shawl experience. As I am out on the fiber trail...
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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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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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Wouldn't this purse be great in a handspun, handpainted yarn? Eds.—Weaving is a great way to put handspun to work. There is so much variation in the yarn we spin, it opens unlimited possibilities for woven cloth. We have invited Anita Osterhaug, editor of Handwoven, to share some of the magic...
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From Yvonne to Chris. Silk fusion flowers cover a handmade cream book. All photos used by permission. From Ann to Marie. Hand-knitted using handspun with fibre from various batts and then plied together. Polly's notebook to Beth. Needle felted cover using Jacob and Cotswold fleece. Rachel's book...
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Rosanne Anderson used chaffey wool to create the cat baskets included in our new Spinning for Crochet eBook. The start of everything 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...
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The Saltbox House at Hale Farm and Village. Photos courtesy of Becky Monegan. The Medina Spinning and Weaving Guild was invited to help refurbish The Saltbox House site at Hale Farm and Village in Ohio. The Saltbox House was built in the 1830's and moved to Hale Farm in 1962. It was recently closed...
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We've invited Anita Osterhaug, editor of Handwoven magazine, to share with us some weaving projects from the next couple of issues that are perfect for handspun. Cei Lambert's plaid shawl would be a great project to make with handspun bamboo yarn. Anita: To my mind, handspinners are ultimate...
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Anita Osterhaug
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Jul 2, 2012
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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...
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Every new issue of Spin-Off is available digitally as a PDF and through Zinio, as well as in print. We hope someday soon the first issue of Spin-Off will be available digitally. Just in Time I never thought it would come to this. Our household has too many magazines. My husband has every Scientific American...
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Handwoven Magazine Presents the 2012 Garment Challenge Millenia of fashionistas can’t be wrong: sleeveless is chic! You blew us away with your excellent submissions for last year's Handwoven garment challenge. In fact, we had so much fun last year that we’ve decided to do it all again...