Kate Larson, editor of Farm & Fiber Knits, was the editor of Spin Off from from 2018–2025. She's excited to continue serving Spin Off as content editor. Kate teaches handspinning around the country and spends as many hours as life allows in the barn with her beloved flock of Border Leicesters.
Lynne Rule of the Healing Fibers Foundation is on a mission to bring fiber arts to everyone, especially people with serious health issues.
With fingers flying and knitting needles blazing, January has been a month of yarn immersion. I have been finishing a series of samples for my new workshops. While I love spinning and knitting cardigans that incorporate beautiful buttons, I used to strugg
A Shepherd's Calendar: One of the most important lessons I have learned as a shepherd is to always be flexible. It sounds so simple, but I have to remind myself of this over and over.
My fiber journeys this year have taken me to a dozen states for different events, each one unique and wonderful in its own way. I thought I would share a snapshot of just three events I was lucky to experience this fall.
Like any frequent traveler, I continue to perfect my list of must-have items.
Several summers ago, I boarded a small plane in Edinburgh, Scotland, bound for the Shetland Isles. I will never forget the sudden joy of seeing Shetland’s patchwork of stone and vibrant green as the plane suddenly emerged from the low clouds.
The search for new horizons, new traditions, and really, new parts of ourselves, can be absolutely intoxicating.
