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References from Spring 2021 issue
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!Two of the articles in the Spring 2021 issue (Double-coated) contained a number of helpful references. References from “What Is Primitive? What Is Double-Coated?” by Deborah Robson Christiansen, Carol Anne. “Primitive Wool and Early Textile Production in Shetland,” diss., University of Manchester, 2003. Dýrmundsson, Ólafur R. “Four–Hornedness: A Rare Peculiarity Still Found in Icelandic Sheep.” […]
Book Review: Women’s Work by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
/in Frontpage Article, Reviews, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!reviewed by Sukrita Mahon First published 27 years ago, Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber is still considered essential reading for contemporary textile artists. Its importance cannot be understated, considering that thread- and cloth-making have been so vital to our civilisation from the very […]
The double-coated issue is coming!
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!Spring 2021 Sneak Peek The Double-coated issue is twice as full and gorgeous as whatever you’re reading now! In fact, it’s so full we had to add extra pages (it comes in at a whopping 136 pages). From the softest sheep to “carpet sheep,” from Norway to Arabia, from woolen to worsted, from North Ronaldsay […]
February’s Ask Jacey
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!This month’s Ask Jacey question comes from Elaine, who asks, “It seems like it’s easy for spinners to spin fine but harder to spin more bulky…any secrets?” Hi there Elaine, Thanks for asking a question I think half the spinners out there are also asking (because the other half are asking for secrets to spinning […]
Spinners during lockdown
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!Hiya spinners! We want to hear what you’ve been spinning during this, the strangest of times. If you’re up for sharing, please head over here. Here are some of the responses we’ve received so far: “The pandemic allowed me to slow down to embrace and savor the process of spinning, instead of just relying on […]