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Cigar Box Charkha
Jan 14, 2009
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Cigar Box Charkha (751 KB) Using a minimal number of tools and materials you can build your own functional charkha...
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Drafting for Worsted and Woolen Style Yarns on a Spindle...
Jan 15, 2009
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Spinning on a spindle doesn’t mean that you are limited to one type of yarn. It’s the same working...
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How to Use a McMorran Balance by Amy Clarke Moore
Jan 15, 2009
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Spin-Off
Most spinners spin yarn and use it without measuring it—and there is nothing wrong with that. But you may...
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What are Roving, Top, and Sliver? by Abby Franquemont
Jan 15, 2009
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It’s common nowadays for a lot of folks in the fiber world to use the word “roving” to refer...
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Introduction to Spinning Brochure
Jan 29, 2009
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Free Spinning Brochures Spin•Off magazine provides the following two brochures to teach you how to spin, and...
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Low Tech, High Satisfaction Spinning Brochure
Feb 13, 2009
posted by
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Free Spinning Brochures Spin•Off magazine provides two brochures to teach you how to spin, and inform you...
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Finding Balance
Mar 10, 2009
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Spin-Off
Spinning is a combination of art and science, philosophy and physics, intuition and logic. We’re taught to...
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Plying Chained Singles by Dodie Rush
Jan 15, 2009
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Commonly known among spinners as “Navajo-plying,” plying chained singles produces a three-ply yarn...
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Drop Spindle Spinning: Learn How to Spin with Drop Spindles
Apr 28, 2011
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Liz Good
Learning how to spin your own yarn is pretty easy and straight forward, especially if you have access to great...
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A Guide to Processing Wool to Make Wool Roving: Washing...
Jul 21, 2011
posted by
Liz Good
Considering processing our own fibers? We’ve compiled some of our best content from the pages of Spin-Off...
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Dodec Spinning Wheel Plans by Porter Threads
Oct 9, 2012
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Spin-Off
These are the plans for the DODEC Spinning Wheel created by Scott Porter of www.porterthreads.com that was featured...
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The Art of Plying by Judith MacKenzie
Jan 15, 2009
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Spin-Off
Why ply? Plying, as many spinning teachers will tell you, covers a multitude of sins—at least of the textile...
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The Effects of Twist in Plying by Abby Franquemont
Jan 15, 2009
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To produce a desired yarn, many factors must be considered. The look and feel of a yarn can be greatly affected...
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Plying on a Spindle by Maggie Casey
Jan 15, 2009
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Spin-Off
Plying on a spindle is easy! In fact, there are many ways to do it: Andean plying, multiple spindles, center-pull...
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Blending Colors at the Wheel by Amy Tyler
Jan 15, 2009
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Spin-Off
With the current multitude of fiber arts events and access to fibers on the Internet, it is an easy task to find...
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Making Dreams Come True: Building a Little Great Wheel by...
Jan 27, 2009
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Spin-Off
For the members of the Peachtree Handspinners Guild, our dreams of owning a great wheel were fulfilled when we...
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CD Spindles
Jan 14, 2009
posted by
Amy Clarke Moore
Make a simple spindle using a compact disc, a dowel, a cup hook, and a rubber grommet. These instructions were...
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Wool Combing and Carding: How to Use Hand Carders, Wool...
Nov 16, 2012
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Liz Good
In this new free eBook, you will learn the ins and outs of combing and carding. Learn how to comb and card your...
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Wet Finishes for Yarn by Judith MacKenzie
Mar 5, 2013
posted by
Liz Good
Wet Finishes for Yarn: Or , it all comes out in the wash . . . by Judith MacKenzie originally published in Spin...
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A Guide to Spinning Flax: Linen Spun from Flax Fibers
Apr 5, 2013
posted by
Liz Good
In this new free eBook, you will about flax from seed to fiber. By using traditional hand methods, it's quite...
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Fiber Basics: Bactrian Camel
Jan 28, 2009
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Spin-Off
THE FIRST TIME a box of camel fiber arrived in the mail for me, I opened the box, stuck my hand into the middle...
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Help with Adobe Reader Files
Jan 29, 2009
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Spin-Off
Help with Adobe PDF Files Some of the files on this website are saved as Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) files...
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Saving a PDF File to Your Computer
Jan 29, 2009
posted by
Spin-Off
Saving a PDF File to Your Computer Use the following instructions (either Windows or Macintosh) to save a PDF file...
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Felt—Myths and Reality by Kate Martinson
Apr 7, 2011
posted by
Liz Good
From Interweave Felt 2007: Felt—Myths and Reality: There’s felt, and then there’s FELT! Here...
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A Guide to Spinning Wool: Learn How to Spin Wool from Rare...
Oct 21, 2011
posted by
Liz Good
Want to learn more about spinning wool? We’ve compiled some of our best content from the pages of Spin-Off...
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