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. 4 Winter2024

LETTERS

Holiday Gift Guide • Find the perfect gift this season for the creator in your life. These are some we can’t stop talking about!

PODCAST ROUNDUP

Finnish Woven Waves • Hannele Köngäs Explores High-Twist Yarns

Bowl of Linen

Desi Oon • Spinning India’s Indigenous Wool

East Prussian Skudden • The World of Wool

The Endlessly Adaptable Woolly Case

T’aa dibé (The First Sheep) • A Diné Shepherd’s History of the Navajo-Churro

A New Chapter: Rainbow Fiber Co-Op

Unspun • Exploring Traditional Asia-Pacific Textiles through Foraged Fibers

WeavingConnections

Plant-Based Spinning • Back to the Basics

Journey from FIBER to FINISHED OBJECT

Flax How-To • 4 Quick Tips

Unlock a World of Fiber • with Long Thread Media All Access

The Atlantic Shawl

Daniel Kromski • Artist and Designer, Kromski and Sons

Spirit of Cooperation • Twiza in the Mountains of Morocco

The Anou: Connecting Makers and Markets

(Half) Hitch in Your Drop-Spindle Technique? Try Two Methods

Shaniko Wool • From the Ground Up, A Sustainable Future for Traditional Wools

Shaniko, Oregon

Suri Alpaca: Select, Prep, and Spin a Silken Fleece

Small Change Scarf