I’m a chronic overpacker. A pound of wool to spin and a whole sweater to knit for a three-day trip? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me! When it comes down to it, though, I’m a homebody, and I seek to re-create my spinning nest wherever life takes me.
In this issue, authors run the gamut from maximalists like me, to ultralight world travelers, to spinners who find joy at home with what’s in their own backyard.
Amelia Garripoli and Debbie Held insist that all you need is a Turkish spindle to do just about anything your spinner’s heart desires. Shilo Weir offers accessible and fun ways to protect your spindles while you’re on the go.
A. Sabine Schröder-Gravendyck and Andrea Deck both offer ways to pack as much spinning as you can, whether you’re traveling through Europe or hopping in a rideshare to take your wheel across town.
Amy Tyler keeps us on the go with stretches, exercises, and reminders from personal experience and her time as a physical therapy educator. Jenna Richards and Madeline Keller-King remind us that slowing down and working within our limitations are just as important to nurturing a spinning practice as the spinning itself.
Rowena Zuercher shows us that all you need to do to find a spindle is look in your own backyard, and Julie Beers suggests that we can get plenty of spinning done in tiny slivers of time, no matter how busy life gets.
Whether you find yourself at home or out and about, my hope is that you’ll find something within these pages that sparks some spinning inspiration.
Happy spinning (wherever life takes you),
Pamela
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