Deborah Held


Her Handspun Habit: How Your Own Handspun Yarn Makes You a Better Spinner

I’m talking about a skein (or two) of your own handspun yarn.

Her Handspun Habit: Weaving to Save Your Handspun Yarn

I can admit it: not every skein of handspun yarn turns out as well as I’d envisioned. In fact, there’s the occasional skein that is downright unsightly.

Her Handspun Habit: 5 Reasons Why Spinners Should Try Pin Loom Weaving

From the moment I began weaving two years ago, I did so using my handspun and a 4x4-inch hand-held pin loom.

Her Handspun Habit: Why I Knit Shawls (#sorrynotsorry)

I closed out 2017 like many other spinners around the world: with a finished object and some crafting contemplation. My FO: surprise (not)! It’s a shawl!

A Spinner’s Manifesto: Standing Up for Singles Yarn

When it comes to spinning techniques, it’s no secret that spinners often disagree.

Her Handspun Habit: What I Learned From Spinning on Every Single Spindle I Own

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve been doing a great deal of spindle spinning.

Her Handspun Habit: 6 Good Reasons for Keeping a Well-Stocked Fiber Stash

How do you spell stash? Is it “s-h-a-m-e,” by chance, or more along the lines of “g-u-i-l-t?” Well, today I’m here to argue in favor of the fiber stash and the wealth of opportunities it can bring to your spinning life.

Going Back to School for Earth Day (Never Stop Learning)

High Meadows School is a small primary school north of Atlanta that promotes kindness to animals as a way of teaching general good stewardship to others.