Debbie Held shares her list of alternative Tour de Fleece viewing and listening!
Here are Debbie's tips for charting out a successful Tour de Fleece.
Whether you prefer smooth and subtle or funky and chunky blends, the blending board can produce a variety of fiber preparations. Here’s Deborah Held with more.
Do you belong to a spinning guild? Many people join one to connect with the spinning community and share their fiber obsession with like-minded enthusiasts.
So when a few readers asked me to organize a SAL/KAL (spinalong/knitalong) based on the combination spinning method I’d outlined in Spin Off Winter 2017, I knew that was a challenge I needed to take.
My handspun is my muse, and I am forever seeking the best application for my latest spins.
Spinners, there is only one more week until Le Tour de Fleece 2017 is in the books.
At the close of each Tour de Fleece, I enjoy taking a few moments to reflect upon my accomplishments, both the yarns I’ve spun as well as lessons gathered during the ride itself.
I consider the best end use of the fiber when I decide how to spin yarn. Factoring in color management or color effects can take me still closer.
In the Spin Off Summer 2017 issue, Debbie Held encourages you to enter your own handspun yarn and offers tips for navigating the rules of a yarn judging competition to bring home your own blue ribbon.