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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!

How do different yarn structures impact your pin-loom squares? See Madeline’s inspiring samples and get weaving this summer.

Modify the color of your dyed fibers by adding iron and tannin post-dye.