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Her Handspun Habit: Find Time to Spin Each Day

If you’re looking to add a more consistent handspinning practice to your lifestyle but think you’ve got no time for even a few minutes each day?

Singles Yarn Appreciation Day

The day after chocolate-covered Valentine’s Day comes Singles Appreciation Day, when uncoupled people celebrate or commiserate their solo status. Most yarns are also in a relationship—that is, plied.

Join Us for the Spin Off Hapalong!

Head on over to the Spin Off Hapalong thread on Ravelry, and you’ll be met with a lively exchange between handspinners of all skill levels who are united in a common goal: to spin and knit a hap.

My Life as a Revolutionary War Reenactor Demonstrating How to Spin Yarn

Revolutionary War reenactor Terri Drouin-Guerette shares some of her experiences showing people how to spin yarn at Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in the Spring 2018 issue of Spin Off.

Auspicious Weaving

While you're weaving today, think of the Chinese New Year. Yesterday was the Chinese New Year’s Eve, which makes today the first day of the Year of the Pig.

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

When I first began work on the January/February 2019 issue of Handwoven on yarn blends, I couldn’t help but think about the vegetable lamb of Tartary.

Beyond Hand Dyed Roving: 4 Tools You Need to Master Color

As a color-timid spinner, I have two problems: I need to learn how to plan color combinations that are neither nauseating nor cloying, and I don’t know what the finished product will look like.

Copper Beeches: Spinning Wool for a Plush Cowl

For the Winter 2019 issue of Spin Off, Emily Straw and Joanna Johnson teamed up to bring us the Copper Beeches Cowl.

Hapalong! The Spin Off Magazine Spinalong/Knitalong!

It all began on January 1, 2017 with our maiden virtual group gathering: the first annual Spin Off Magazine Spinalong and Knitalong (SAL/KAL) focused on the combo spin. Now, we're making haps!

Roving Reporter: Mending the Year: 3 Tips for Darning Well

Socks, scarves, jeans, sweaters . . . There is always mending to be done.