Are you a new or experienced spinner looking to create useful and unique yarns? Spin Control 
teaches you to make handspun yarns that may include the best traits of commercial yarns but always have their own personal touches. From soft, … Read More ...
New Fiber Club From The Yarn Pirate
What can I say? I’m a sucker for (fill in the blank-of the month clubs). This looks too yummy to pass up. Every month you will get 4 oz of spinning fiber.
Go to Yarn Pirate’s Etsy shop for details: … Read More ...
Celebrate Spinning During National Craft Month
From Stefani, assistant editor of SpinOff Magazine…
While most of us have fiber on the mind all year long, this month provides a special opportunity to honor spinning and other crafty endeavors because March is National Craft Month.
You can … Read More ...
New Spin-Off Site
Interweave Press announces…. The New Spin-Off Site. Complete with lots and lots of free stuff!
Here’s just one of the free patterns they offer, a free Tea Cosy, made from handspu
n yarn. Go to www.spinoffmagazine.com and get your … Read More ...
The Intentional Spinner
So you want to learn to spin. Of course you do. I did. Why? I have no idea, kind of seemed like the next direction to take my fiber addiction. And, doesn’t everyone need another hobby?
Enter Interweave Press and … Read More ...
Spinning Top Goes Round and Round
I’m back from my skiing trip, and totally rejunvenated! We went skiing in the Rockies, as well as hiking and snow shoeing. Yes, I’m a bit sore, but that’s ok, it was a FABULOUS vacation. All of my brothers were … Read More ...
Knitting Monogamy. Your Opinion…
Whew! A whole day without internet; how did the pioneers survive? Most likely they started new projects. A lot of my knitting time is spent thinking about the next project, or the next yarn. Arguing wth myself over whether … Read More ...
Make Your Own Spinning Wheel!
Getting started on any new hobby can be expensive, and spinning is no different. Do I want a wheel or a drop spindle to start with? What fiber should I use. How much processing do I want to do myself?… Read More ...
Power Outages Do Not Enhance Knitting And Spinning!
On a personal note, we did the power outage thing this past weekend. 
It was fun. Actually, we’re pretty well set up for such things. We heat (and are able to cook) with wood and have all manner of candles … Read More ...
Color Works! Finally A Color Guide For The Rest Of Us!
Color Works, The Crafter’s Guide to Color by Deb Menz, Available from Amazon
Hardcover and spiral bound, built to take with you and take the abuse.
Stumped about which colors to use in a craft project? Ths book give you … Read More ...
Free Slipper Pattern
Well I looked all over the net and couldn’t find what I needed. So, I did what any crazed idiot sane responsible knitter would do. I took a pattern I liked and adapted it.
These slippers: 
are from Knitting At … Read More ...
Stuff Those Stockings!
Now that you’ve got all those cool handknit stockings hanging by the chimney with care it’s time to stuff them. Is there a stocking for a sewer or knitting hanging there?
Myself, I can never have enough tape measures. I … Read More ...
Alt Fiber and Free Felted Stocking Pattern
Alt Fiber, by Shannon Okey takes knitting with cotton and bamboo clear into another universe to experiment with the likes of corn, soy, hemp, even seaweed, and many more unusual fibers.
The different qualities of each of these fibers is … Read More ...
Kookaburra Wins, Hands Down!
Kookburra Wool Wash is the latest product to fall victim to my use and abuse list. I like to try these things myself, without reading all the hype, so I can realistically make up my own mind about the products.… Read More ...
A Weekend of Spinning and Washing the Results.
After spinning a whole lot this past weekend, I tried a new method of washing and setting the yarn. Before, I would have used a just a generic baby shampoo, but I had some Soak on hand so I … Read More ...
