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Learn several ways to add a leader, manage fibers, and ply off your spindles with this go-to guide.

Once your spindle is filled with singles, what happens next? Here are some pros and cons of common methods.

Working from a center-pull ball of yarn can make our lives easier. From hand-winding without a tool to three methods using a nøstepinne, you’ll be winding tidy center-pull balls in no time!

Love to knit? Check out these tips and tools to help you spin the perfect yarn for your knitted projects.

Learn the ins and outs of solar dyeing hemp and cotton fiber using Cushings dyes.

Learn how to spin luscious handspun textures using recycled bits of yarn, silk, and more!

Read the 2007 article that changed the way many spinners think about finishing their skeins.

Tried your hand at spinning cotton, but not sure what to make? Check out this inspiring collection of swoon-worthy cotton projects to weave, knit, and crochet.

A reversible cowl is a fine thing. Read how Katrina created a colorful gradient, and get the pattern, too!

Historic knitting can challenge our spinning assumptions. Cotton for socks? A garter-stitch heel? Learn about the socks a community of sixteenth-century Peruvian knitters left behind—and more!