What makes Targhee a dream for knitters and weavers? Well, for starters, this springy, bouncy, medium-finewool holds its shape beautifully and is comfortable next to the skin.
We’re celebrating natural fibers in this winter’s Spin Off!
We’re already busy making plans for SOAR 2024! Won’t you join us?
A foundation cloth covered in bent metal teeth seems such a simple technology, but we continue to find new ways to make use of it in our fiber-prep pursuits! Roy Clemes helps us take a closer look at carding cloth and how it is made.
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If you are a spinner who has balls of leftover yarn lying around, why not use them in your weaving? This little painterly scarf was inspired by a piece of vintage fabric Sally saw online.
There are over 40 recognized indigenous breeds of sheep in India; learn about the characteristics of the wool and how it is used according to its coarseness, softness, or warmth.
Learn what a distaff is and the history behind Saint Distaff’s Day.
Learn how one novice spinner overcame the challenges of drafting and spinning a combination of long silk fibers with shorter alpaca and camel fibers to create this beautiful striped shawl.
Enjoy this free garter-stitch pattern with short-row ruffles—a quick knit using handspun yarn!
Season 8, Episode 6: Seeing a need for sheep shearers in her region, Stephany Wilkes picked up clippers and learned one of the most demanding—and necessary—trades in agriculture.