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Spinning a Cautionary Tale by Deborah Free
Jan 28, 2009
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Once upon a visit to my community library, I discovered a lovely old book of fairy tales. The cover illustration...
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Andean-Style Headband by Kaye Collins
Jan 27, 2009
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Because paco-vicuña fiber is so soft, I wanted to make something that could be worn against the skin. The...
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Making Dreams Come True: Building a Little Great Wheel by...
Jan 27, 2009
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For the members of the Peachtree Handspinners Guild, our dreams of owning a great wheel were fulfilled when we...
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Twists Per Inch by Amanda Berka
Jan 27, 2009
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Twist is what holds fiber together. We use it every time we spin, and still twist perplexes us. Some (or maybe...
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Dagmar Klos' Extended Dyeing Book List
Jan 27, 2009
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We’ve decided to depart a bit from our normal review format for this issue. In keeping with the theme of...
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Guanaco and Vicuña Lace Fingerless Gloves
Jan 27, 2009
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Wild guanacos and vicuñas are both beautiful and graceful. They produce some of the finest fibers in the...
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Easy Striped Baby Cap
Jan 27, 2009
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Using unspun rolags to knit is a great introduction to spinning—carding and drafting fiber are some of the...
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Plying on a Spindle by Maggie Casey
Jan 15, 2009
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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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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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Blending Colors at the Wheel by Amy Tyler
Jan 15, 2009
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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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Managing Your Yarn by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
Jan 15, 2009
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After you’ve spun a singles yarn onto a bobbin or spindle, you have to decide how to manage it so that you...
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Working with Silk Hankies by Amanda Berka and Amy Clarke...
Jan 15, 2009
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Chances are you already have a couple of dyed silk hankies tucked away in your stash—perhaps they were too...
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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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The Long Draw by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
Jan 15, 2009
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Woolen spinning makes a lofty, insulating yarn, with long and short fibers intersecting randomly to create air...
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Have I Got Worms! by Jeannine Glaves
Jan 15, 2009
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Last year, a spinner in my neck of the woods (Oklahoma) had more silkworms than she could feed and was looking...
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The Andean Connection by Amy Clarke Moore
Jan 15, 2009
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We’re just back from our twenty sixth Spin-Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR)—this year it was held at Pocono...
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