Welcome to the landing page for the Spin Off Summer 2026 issue! Here we’ve gathered all the issue's web extras. Plus, find even more articles, videos, and links to help you dive deeper into the techniques and topics explored in the Summer issue!
Web Extras
- Meet Meridian Jacobs and discover why Jacob sheep are beloved by shepherds and handspinners.
- Find out why Judith MacKenzie named her coreless core spun yarn “wolf yarn”—and learn how to spin it in a free video.
- Learn more about how Jennifer Miller Comstock finds inspiration for her Stone Soup skeins.
- Untangle organic cotton labeling standards and why they matter.
- Explore how blending fibers, spinning techniques, and even fabric design can accentuate angora’s halo.
- Follow along on Andrea Deck’s competitive spinning journey
Free Spinning Course
Don’t miss out on our newest course, 5 Ways to Prep and Spin a Braid with Kate Larson. Each video lesson is free to all, with bonuses for subscribers.
We invite you to join in the fun by spinning your samples and sharing them with us. Prizes will be announced soon!
Articles
- What’s the difference between a rolag, puni, and fauxlag?
- Learn more about Opposing Plies from Heavenly Bresser.
- Are charkhas just for spinning cotton? Kate Larson doesn’t think so! Find out how she spins cashmere on the charkha—plus get a tip for dealing with slubs in your longdraw.
- Find Kim McKenna’s article, “Wool Combing and the Importance of Planking” in Spin Off Fall 2020.
- Start at the beginning of Tom Knisely’s S- and Z-twist journey.
- Get Kate Larson’s quick tips for spinning from the cloud and dive deeper with Andrea Mielke Schroer’s Winter 2019 article, “Head in the Clouds”.
Explore a different style of twist with Tom Knisely
Dive Deep on Bast Fibers
- Read Rita Buchanan’s “A Survey of Leaf and Stem Fibers” in Spin Off Fall 1986.
- Learn about “Using the Fibers of Native Plants” with Rita Buchanan in Spin Off Winter 1985.
- Get four quick tips for working with flax and other bast fibers.
- Discover Karlissa Keller’s WHAT in “Local Bast: Adventures in Wild Retting”
- Try two ways of retting with Karla Sandwith.
- Want to make Rachel Lamb’s Deloa Granny-Square Bag? Get a free tutorial on how to work crab stitch!
Jump into bast fibers with Mieke Harinck. Photo by Mieke Harinck
Videos
- Find your perfect carding technique with How to Card Wool: Four Spinners, Four Techniques.
- And don’t forget to join 5 Ways to Prep and Spin a Braid with Kate Larson. Participants will have the opportunity to win some cool prizes that will be announced soon!
If you’re not yet a subscriber, you won’t want to miss out on all the great articles and projects in the Summer 2026 issue!