Spin-Off

You’ll discover helpful techniques that are designed to help everyone, from the beginning spinner to the most advanced. Learn how to dye your own fibers, plying basics, fiber preparation and combining colored fibers to make novelty yarns. Plus great patterns to show off your handspun yarns.

EDITOR’S LETTER

Spin-Off • Vol. XLVII No. 3 Fall 2023

Wellness for Makers • A Movement Guide for Artists

Reading List

Blending Board Sweater

SMOOTH PREP

BEAUTY SHOT

Journey from FIBER to FINISHED OBJECT

Plain Weave • 60 Patterns for Mastering the Basic Technique

Anatomy of Carding Cloth • Dissecting the Past, Present, and Future

Carding a True Neutral • A New Take on Spinning Handpainted Braids

What Is Fractal Spinning?

Spinner’s Squishy Rib • Scarves and Cowls

Once Upon an October Pumpkin Scarf

Neon Pop Cowl

What Is Card Sliver?

The Many Uses of Flick Cards

Accessories and Alternative Tools

Testing Teasel • A Stone Age Approach to Flax Processing

Gabriel Berukoff • Co-owner of Brother Drum Carder

The Classic Shetland Hap • Woolen Warmth and Shades from the North Sea

Maakin on Shetland

Shetland Old Shell Hap • and Half Hap

Create Fractal Rolags • on a Blending Board

Handcard & Diz • An Unexpected Pairing for Smooth Prep and Color Effects

The Ever-Useful Diz

DIZZES

Wool Pickers • Friend or Foe?

Picking for Spinning: Dos and Don’ts

The 2023 Spin Off Lace-Along

Four Handcarded Preparations

BEAUTY SHOT