Just arrived in my mailbox... I am loving this issue and going over it again and again... great articles :) Thanks!

I must be really dense.  But, I do not see any link for the survey in the Winter 2009 Table of Contents.  What am I missing?

I looked forward to this issue and found a lot of great information (Carol Huebscher Rhoades, Robin Russo, Judith MacKenzie McCuin, Debbie Grale, thank you), but also some things that suggested that editorial oversight wasn't quite up Spin-Off's usual standard in this issue.

--Plying on a spindle. Abby Franquemont is a great writer and teacher, but lifted straight out of the book with no explanatory context, these instructions on Andean plying make no sense--and I think she would agree. What is Andean plying? Why is it called that? Why would you choose that technique? What do you need to get started? What sort of yarn does it produce? (And do you think readers really want to pay for the same content twice?)

--Similar problems with the piece on different drafting techniques. So a bunch of people got together at SOAR and identified different styles. Again, what's the context? Why would you choose one of these techniques over the others? What effect does each one have on the yarn? What are the pros and cons?

--The Tahoe hat. You made it yourself?  Out of random leftovers? In a big hurry? On a plane? No kidding.

I looked forward to this issue and found a lot of great information (Carol Huebscher Rhoades, Robin Russo, Judith MacKenzie McCuin, Debbie Grale, thank you), but also some things that suggested that editorial oversight wasn't quite up to  Spin-Off's usual standard in this issue.

--Plying on a spindle. Abby Franquemont is a great writer and teacher, but lifted straight out of the book with no explanatory context, these instructions on Andean plying make no sense--and I think she would agree. What is Andean plying? Why is it called that? Why would you choose that technique? What do you need to get started? What sort of yarn does it produce? (And do you think readers really want to pay for the same content twice?)

--Similar problems with the piece on different drafting techniques. So a bunch of people got together at SOAR and identified different styles. Again, what's the context? Why would you choose one of these techniques over the others? What effect does each one have on the yarn? What are the pros and cons?

--The Tahoe hat. You made it yourself?  Out of random leftovers? In a big hurry? On a plane? No kidding.