Spinster’s Corner – In Monet’s Garden
Colorful variegated rovings abound these days. Some are hand-painted by fiber artists. Others are produced in a variety of colorways by large yarn and fiber companies. Whatever the source, the modern...
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Part 2 of Lisa Jacobs' extensive exploration of colourway creation through combining specific colours to blend into artistic yarns.
View ArticleBerry Patch Socks: Spin the Yarn
ecause this very deep, rich colorway was dyed on SW wool, it retained sections of white throughout, so I decided that I wanted to spin a 3-ply yarn to minimize high-contrast barberpoling and help the...
View ArticleOrbspinner Scarf : spin the yarn
This nicely prepared top is a blend of 70% super fine, natural gray alpaca, 25% carbonized bamboo, and 5% glitter. [...]
View ArticleBooks • Spin Art : Mastering the Craft of Spinning Textured Yarn
This looks to be an excellent book. I have to admit, I am new to art yarn spinning. But, given the amount of expertise and guidance in this book, I’m sure I could learn much from it. [...]
View ArticleReview : Fleegle Spins Supported
First off, I really like the format of this ebook! It comes on a flash drive in its own little storage tin. This is a great way to keep it stored securely and also will help to keep it from getting...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight : Rachel Brown of Porpoise Fur
by Lori Law Owner: Rachel Brown Shop: http://www.porpoisefur.com/ Q: How did you decide to start an indie fiber business? I decided to start my own dyeing business in the summer of 2011. My training is...
View ArticleSpinster’s Corner : Spinning a Gradient Yarn
by Sarah Sipe Gradients are everywhere these days – from the long, slow color changes in commercial yarns like Knit Picks Chroma and Freia Fine Handpaints, to indie dyers like North Carolina artists,...
View ArticleSpin the yarn : Fjord Mitts
by Rachel Brown Fjord Mitts – Spin the Yarn It’s that time of year when I start hunting around for any and all handknit accessories I can find. I live in a place that,...
View ArticleSpin : Firewing Pullover
by Lori Law When I was thinking about designing the Firewing Pullover, I decided I wanted to do a ‘blazing’ sort of yoke that would show off hand-dyed hand-spun BFL, from rovings by FatCatKnits....
View ArticleSpin Tech : Spinzilla 2015
From the Spinzilla website: 5,246,497 yards of yarn spun in 2015 See the results tab for more information on this year’s winners and team totals. Did you participate in Spinzilla 2015? Tell us about...
View ArticleCrafting a Fibre LIfe : Are you ready to roc?
Today is St. Distaff’s Day, or Roc Day, which marks the end of the 12 Days of Christmas and is known traditionally as the time women would get back to their spinning after Yule...
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