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. 2 Summer2023

ON OUR BOOKSHELF • We’ve curated a group of great resources focused on caretaking. Celia Pym shares stories of healing, Amy Tyler helps you better understand your wheel and its needs, and four great how-to books will send you searching for more to mend!

Envelope-Style Pillow Cover

STITCH ’N MEND

Robin Goatey • Toolmaker at The Dancing Goats

MENDING LOOMS

Fresh Bands, Smooth Spin • When to Replace Drive and Brake Bands and What to Use

Revive • Fixing Compacted Spinning Fibers

Swiss Darning • Tutorial and Tips for Spinning Mending Yarns

The Handspun Patch • A Spinner Explores Darning Looms

Gallery of Handspun Mends

Textile Coping • Spinning for Mood Repair and Self-Care

Gallery • Members of the Whidbey Weavers Firehouse Spinners shared some of their yarns and stories to inspire your self-care spinning.

The Wheel That Keeps on Giving

Four Restored and Antique Spinning Wheels

Woolgathering on Dartmoor

Inspired by Poppies • Dyeing for Kaffe Fassett–Style Colorwork

Old Knits, New Life

Upcycled Textural Blends • Nepps, Noils, Threads & More

Colorways at the Wheel • Designing Stripes and Other Repeatable Patterns

Make-Do & Mend Socks with Replaceable Sole

Kate’s Gradient au Naturel

Renew an Unloved Sweater • Spin, Weave, Cut & Sew

Renewing Spindle Hooks

Darning Looms