Your Yarns

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2013, Spring: Green yarn
Mar 6, 2013 posted by Liz Good
Green yarns! In our Fall 2012 issue, we challenged readers to the very open task of creating green yarn. It was...
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2012, Fall: Recycled yarn
Mar 6, 2013 posted by Liz Good
Recycled yarn! In our Spring 2012 issue, we featured two articles about harvesting yarn from existing garments...
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2012, Spring: Barber poles and mud
Mar 1, 2012 posted by Liz Good
Barber poles and mud! We challenged readers to explore these two often maligned traits in handspun. We were surprised...
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2011, Fall: Paper
Mar 1, 2012 posted by Liz Good
Paper! In our Spring 2011 issue, Judith MacKenzie shared her experiences spinning with sewing-pattern paper. We...
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2011, Spring: Camelids
Feb 24, 2011 posted by Liz Good
Camelids! From alpaca to camel to guanaco, if it's made from camelid fiber, we wanted to see it! Shown on these...
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2010, Fall: Colors Blended by Hand
Sep 2, 2010 posted by stefanie berganini
Let’s get blending! Whether you used combs, a hackle, or a drumcarder, we wanted to see it! All yarns consist...
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2010, Spring: Hand-Dyed Yarn
Mar 22, 2010 posted by stefanie berganini
Let’s see your true colors! Dipped, sprinkled, or painted, natural dyes or synthetic—if you spun and...
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2009, Fall: Natural Fibers from Scratch Yarns
Aug 25, 2009 posted by Spin-Off
Wool you processed yourself, cotton you prepared from the boll, silk reeled from cocoons, etc. No manufactured...
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2009, Spring: Spindle-Spun Yarn
Mar 10, 2009 posted by stefanie berganini
High whorl, low whorl, tahkli, or Turkish—anything goes! Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns...
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2003, Fall: Rare Wools Skeins
Jan 29, 2009 posted by Spin-Off
Our Rare Wools Challenge received more than 300 skeins! All of the pages didn’t fit in the Fall 2003 issue...
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2007, Fall: Sock Yarns
Jan 15, 2009 posted by Spin-Off
In our Summer 2006 issue, we asked you about Your Yarn in our survey. Nearly one-third of those who responded liked...
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2008, Spring: Exotic Yarn
Jan 15, 2009 posted by Spin-Off
Exotically beautiful yarns, we should say! Wow. These are yarns you want to bury your face in, roll around in,...
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2008, Fall: New to You Yarn
Jan 15, 2009 posted by Spin-Off
With these yarns, the possibilities are endless! Whether it’s a new fiber or a new technique, these yarns...
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