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Celebrate the Quest for Color: Spin Off Spring 2022

Spring and our new issue delight with a fresh take on color!

Twist Direction: Right vs. Left

Katrina explores how twist direction can affect crochet based on handedness.

Want to Spin Self-Striping Sock Yarn?

With some planning, yarn dyers—and spinners—can create beautiful sock yarns with distinct stripe patterns.

Get a Grip! 5 Hand Exercises for Spinners

Spinning yarn shouldn’t be painful, and being sidelined by a handspinning injury takes precious time away from our favorite craft. Physical therapist and spinner Mary Egbert suggests a few hand exercises to help keep our time at the wheel ache-free.

Which Side Is Your Spinning Wheel Flyer On?

Right-handed vs. left-handed. Should that influence whether your flyer should be on the right or left?

How To: Butterflying Singles Yarn for Spindle Spinning

Learn this essential technique step by step.

Three Spinners on Washing Wool

I hate washing wool. I loved my first spinning class, and I loved spinning handcarded rolags, but the part about washing fleece 2 times in soapy water and rinsing it 2 times wasn’t my favorite.

Color Tools, Part 2: Developing Your Color Skills

Find tips for improving your perception and use of color in your handspun projects.

Bobbins in Your Backyard: Foraged Spinning Tools

The author details how to select, cut, and finish natural, beautiful, and sustainable storage bobbins from a variety of trees and shrubs that can be found in your backyard.

Keeping Tunis Sheep

With distinctive red faces and versatile fleeces, American Tunis sheep have a long, vital, still-growing American history.