Your Yarns

Crocheted rug, handspun, dyed with onion skin

Bonnie@61 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:46:19 GMT

The darker rings were the first in the dye bath, the lighter rings, the exhaust.

2009, Fall: Natural Fibers from Scratch Yarns

Spin-Off — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:17:52 GMT

Wool you processed yourself, cotton you prepared from the boll, silk reeled from cocoons, etc. No manufactured or synthetic fibers here—these yarns are as natural and pure as they come! All yarn must also be natural colored or dyed with natural materials. Shown here are the yarns we received. Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns magnified at 290%.

2009, Spring: Spindle-Spun Yarn

stefanie berganini — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:09:23 GMT

High whorl, low whorl, tahkli, or Turkish—anything goes! Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns magnified at 235%.

Your Yarns: Fall 2003: Rare Wools Skeins

Spin-Off — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:40:57 GMT

Our Rare Wools Challenge received more than 300 skeins!

All of the pages didn’t fit in the Fall 2003 issue, but they all fit here.

2007, Fall: Sock Yarns

Spin-Off — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:19:04 GMT

In our Summer 2006 issue, we asked you about Your Yarn in our survey. Nearly one-third of those who responded liked the feature but wanted to see it take up fewer pages in the magazine.

Forty-four different spinners participated in this issue’s challenge; each is represented by one of the sixty-one yarns submitted. Of the fortyfour
sock yarns showcased, 7% are Navajo-plied, 28% are 2 ply, 16% are 3 ply, 18% are superwash, and 11% incorporate silk. Eleven yarns are featured in the Fall 2007 issue; thirty-three more sock yarns are presented here. Five members of the Illinois Prairie Spinners sent in samples collected during their annual Spinning retreat last May: Mickey Anderson, Diane Rodenbostel, Jan Wilt, Deirdre Swift, and Cindy Bennish. We’d love to hear from your spinning group, and be sure to visit www.spinnersconnection.com to share ideas on activities. Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns magnified at 170%.

2008, Spring: Exotic Yarn

Spin-Off — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:18:10 GMT

Exotically beautiful yarns, we should say! Wow. These are yarns you want to bury your face in, roll around in, jump into a swimming pool filled with. No wonder so many of you are going to make scarves and shawls with them—you’d want them right by your face so that you can keep feeling that luxurious softness. We measured bumps per inch (bpi) rather than twists per inch (tpi) this time. Shown here are a selection of the fiber types and spinning styles we received; view more in the Spring 2008 issue of Spin-Off. Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns magnified at 400%.

2008, Fall: New to You Yarn

Spin-Off — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:16:54 GMT

With these yarns, the possibilities are endless! Whether it’s a new fiber or a new technique, these yarns are full of experimentation. Shown here is a selection of the fiber types and spinning styles we received. Yarns are shown at 100%. Details show the yarns magnified at 310%.