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Handspun Yarn Guide: Types of Yarn and How to Spin Them

Learn a new spinning technique using our free Guide to Handspun Yarn eBook, where you will learn about different types of yarn and how to spin them!

Spinning Novelty Yarn: Tips and Techniques for Creating Art Yarn, FREE Guide!

Spinning novelty yarn is easier than you think with this exclusive, FREE eBook on how to spin art yarn & is filled with expert spinning techniques & more!

How to Pick the Right Spindle for the Job

Connie Kephart shares her tips for how to pick the right spindle for any project.

Spinning Handpainted Roving: Color Techniques

Seriously, why do I have so many braids? BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

Using Handspun Gradient Yarns

Gradient yarns that slowly shift colors from one end of the skein to the other are a great spinner’s challenge.

What Is a Hackle?

Hackles come in two types: a flax hackle has square tines clustered in several rows, and a wool hackle has cylindrical tines in only one or two rows.

Hand-Combed Qiviut: A Rare Luxury from Alaska

Movement in the field caught my attention, and an animal stood up; I was in Alaska and the fiber at my feet was qiviut, the downy undercoat of the musk ox.

Looking for Perfect Buttons? Make Your Own

With fingers flying and knitting needles blazing, January has been a month of yarn immersion. I have been finishing a series of samples for my new workshops. While I love spinning and knitting cardigans that incorporate beautiful buttons, I used to strugg

Color Spun Your Way

Dyeing to Spin & Knit: Techniques and Tips to Make Custom Hand-Dyed Yarns was written by a dyer who spins. Have you ever considered how staple length affects the appearance of color in your handspun? Illustrating this point with hand-dyed locks, Felicia L

The Spinning Book that Changed My Life

The Intentional Spinner: spinning lore, brand-new-to-you techniques & a solid grounding in the fundamentals in the pages of this spinning book.