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How to Knit Handspun Socks in Any Language

I love wearing handspun socks in the Minnesota winters. I have encountered many people who think that there is some magic to making sock yarn.

Kissed by the Sun: The Art of Solar Dyeing

Solar dyeing is an easy, natural, and fun way to give yarn color and character that requires little work and results in non-repeatable, beautiful colors!

Weaving Tricks of the Trade: One Weaver's Approach to Spinning

But I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure from making yarn this way. However you think about spinning and weaving, here is this weaver's approach to spinning:

Roving Reporter: What You Need to Know About Sending Your Fleece to The Woolen Mill

Many spinners collect fleeces faster than they can wash, process, and spin them. Mailing them to a woolen mill is often a welcome answer.

Celebrating Domestic Arts: A Day of Historical Natural Dye

Connecting Threads allows visitors to experience the process of turning a sheep’s fleece into a piece of clothing through a natural dye workshop.

Roving Reporter: From Spinning Inspiration to Skein in 3 Easy Steps

Most of us keep notes of some kind, but it can still be a challenge to capture our spinning inspiration and thoughts in a way that can be put on paper.

10 Insurance Tips for Crafters

Recent natural disasters have some of us in the office wondering what we’d do if it were us. Here are 10 insurance tips for crafters - take stock now!

How to Spin Yarn Like a Master Dyer

Felicia Lo, author of Dyeing to Spin & Knit, demonstrates how to spin yarn like a master dyer in this Artist Q&A with Anne Merrow.

Spinning My Way Through National Craft Month

March is the month when we celebrate making all kinds of things with our hands. To me, that’s the meaning of National Craft Month.