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Learning to ply yarn is easier than you think with these step-by-step spinning instructions. Plus, find out the best ways to store your yarn and more with our FREE eBook!

Take a peek at what one spinner has been up to during the 2025 spin-along!

Create complex and interesting colors when you take your fractal spinning to the next level.

Most new handspinners start with a drop spindle, but spindles soon multiply in the quest to produce a variety of yarns. So what sets the Scottish spindle apart? Its mobility.

Harvesting and processing this prickly plant is labor intensive. In the Himalayan village of Sikles, the whole community pitches in.

There's more to these camelids than you might think; what a variety!

Our annual color issue is back—we'd love to hear your ideas!

While shepherds tend to sheep in high-altitude Nepali pastures, artisans in the lower-altitude rural villages spin the wool for weaving using a homemade spindle wheel they call a charkha or rad.

Don't ignore this "make or break" ingredient that's vital to successfully dyeing and caring for your hand-dyed fibers.

Journey above 14,000 feet with a Peace Corps volunteer to learn about Himalayan sheep, goats, and spinning.