When Stefanie Johnson is not protecting public health through environmental inspections and investigations, she enjoys creating unique items and helping others learn to spin, knit, dye, and weave. She has been in love with the textile arts for as long as she can remember. The Johnsons raise French Angora rabbits, honeybees, and a variety of chickens and plants on their hobby farm in the woods, Settlers Grove, in Illinois.
We’re checking in on Tour de Fleece progress, planning for Tour de Femmes, and we want to hear from you!
Whether you want to spin a little or a lot, there’s space for you in the Tour de Fleece!
The 2026 Spin-Along is underway—what will you make this year?
I am excited to see how spinners interpret this year’s theme for the 2025 Spin Off spin-along. I have a few ideas myself. What will you make?
Spinners are stretching the boundaries of colorwork this spring in Spin Off's annual spin-along.
I was very excited to learn that the theme of this year’s spin-along is colorwork. Take a look at my collection of handknits and you’ll see that colorwork is so obviously my true fiber love!
Trying a new fiber or technique for this year’s spin-along? See what Stefanie has on her bobbins!
Join us for this year’s spin-along! Challenge yourself to create lace you love—fragile and fine, bold and bulky, or anything in between.
