Even with just a few quick passes through the marketplace, I came home buzzing with ideas and an armload of inspiring spinning fiber.
I’ve just resurfaced from Eugene Textile Center’s Fiber in the Forest retreat. This annual retreat welcomes fiber artists to delve deeper into their craft for three full days.
It’s no secret that handspinners love to savor every last morsel of fiber. Here’s Kate’s solution for what to do with the leftover dregs in your stash: spin a gradient yarn.
I have been aware of inkle weaving since the beginning of my fiber life and long admired the long strips of useful cloth.
What do you do with fiber dregs? Since my early spinning days, I’ve been saving these bits and pieces for drumcarding into batts.
Benjamin Krudwig began spinning tweed yarn with a vision; to create a yarn for a woven jacket that looked like newsprint. He chose a base blend of 75% alpaca/25% llama, then began experimenting with cotton, alpaca, and silk inclusions.
We have answers to these questions and many other fun fiber facts for spinners, weavers, knitters, crocheters, and all fiber enthusiasts alike!
One of the challenges—and beauties—of choosing to crochet or knit with handspun yarn is that it’s not quite the same as commercial yarn. Using some basic math, you can convert almost any pattern to work with your handspun.
Looking back at the abundance of handspinning tips published in the pages of Spin Off over the last 40 years, it became challenging to narrow it down.
