Jeannine Glaves

Handspinner Jeannine Glaves discusses the different ways she spins natural fibers for warp-faced band weaving.

As we celebrate the 40th year of the Spin Off Autumn Retreat, a longtime attendee reminisces on what the early days of SOAR were like.

Spinner Jeannine Glaves revels in weaving sayings using pick-up inkle weaving. What started out as name tags and short humorous or uplifting sayings has morphed into longer bands of up to 21 yards or more that have become the author’s journal of sorts.

Written up as a curiosity in the weekend paper, the little antique wheel seemed destined to become my first spinning wheel.

Do handmade textiles need to have a job?

Learn what to do when your top-whorl spindle wobbles.

Handspinner Jeannine Glaves, never one to shy away from trying a new fiber, recounts her experience with three uncommon fibers.

How do you store all of your spindles and tools? Jeannine Glaves found a system that allows her to keep all of her spindles and tools in one handy place.

I like to recycle or upcycle found items, including wine corks perhaps left from a special occasion with friends or family.