Although there is broad agreement about the extremes of woolen and worsted spinning, no firm consensus exists on what precisely defines the vast middle.
For me, Kate says, spinning yarn and fiber work has always been a path toward mindfulness, healing, and calm. I’m excited to craft an event that specifically shares that part of my teaching and personal fiber journey.
With this in mind, I hope you enjoy the Spin Off fortieth-anniversary issue.
Some spinners are afraid to spin cotton. They’ve heard it’s too difficult. Fear not! Joan Ruane loves to teach how to spin cotton on a tahkli spindle. Over several decades, she has perfected her own techniques for spinning cotton and cultivated a pass
Whether you took it up last week or spun your first skein decades ago, do you remember what made you want to learn to spin yarn?
It’s too cold to go biking past fields of yaks today, though, so I’ll sit down at another kind of wheel and start spinning yak fiber instead.
Spin Off 2016 issues may be a distant memory—but one worthy of revisiting to learn about fibers, preparation, techniques for spinning yarn, and more. Here are 5 of my favorite pieces of advice from the experts.
