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3 Reasons to Spin and Weave Your Own Bands (and an eBook to Help You Do It!)

Why spin with bandweaving in mind? Kate Larson explains 3 reasons why you should give it a try. Plus, we’ve put together a collection of favorite bandweaving articles and projects to help you get started!

Mindfulness Through Yarn: The Zen of Handspinning

Handspinning can be a powerful mindfulness practice. To take a break from the frantic pace of modern life, pause and enjoy some meditative handspinning.

Handcarding Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Few subjects in spinning are as contentious as handcarding. Explore three completely different ways that excellent spinners approach these tools.

Spring’s Approach has Spinners Dreaming of Lace

Trying a new fiber or technique for this year’s spin-along? See what Stefanie has on her bobbins!

Roving Reporter: Natural Dye for Handspun Speckles

For this natural dye project, Kate reveals how she added subtle speckles to her knitted socks by using a resist-dyeing technique on her handspun skein.

Weaving Handspun Yarn: Sizing Your Singles

Afraid of weaving handspun yarn as singles? Hog wash! Applying sizing to your singles before you warp will help you reduce abrasion problems, tame overtwist, and get weaving faster.

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Helianthus Mitts

Grab your needles and get ready to display your sunny disposition with these cheerful knitted mitts.

Comb a Rainbow of Colorful Wool

Astonished and captivated by all the colorful wool on the market? What if you could create those luscious hues yourself, all without the use of a dye pot?

Spin a Sturdy Sock Yarn

Devin found the perfect fleece for knitted socks that will withstand a lot of wear and tear.

Bits and Pieces: Using Special Scraps in New Blends

Artist, spinner, and educator Alanna Wilcox talks about saving special yarn scraps and adding them as texture elements to new batts as a way of connecting with the memories associated with her previous projects.