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/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest BloggerA Spinner’s Dozen: 14 darn useful toolswritten and illustrated by Stephenie GaustadAvailable in print and digital versions What the heck is a heck? In A Spinner’s Dozen: 14 Darn Useful Tools, Stephenie Gaustad shines a light on tools for fiber and yarn management that will make your yarn more consistent and spinning more productive. Drawing […]
A woman’s work was never done: spinning in medieval art
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest Bloggerby Judy Kavanagh If you were a woman in medieval Europe (between the 5th and 15th centuries CE), you would have had many chores to perform every day such as cooking, cleaning, looking after children – and spinning. You would have needed to produce large quantities of thread from both wool and flax to weave […]
Travelling with spindles
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest BloggerWords by Sissel Ellevseth “The travelling itself is part of the journey,” my dad always said when my siblings and I started complaining about being bored in the back seat. The 1000-km drive to visit my grandparents in Vesterålen almost took the joy out of the summer vacation for us. Today, I don’t think much […]
Call for Tips
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest BloggerWe’d love to get your tips for our Winter issue on Warmth. If you want to spin the warmest yarn, what fiber/fiber blend would you use? (If you’d like to include what draft and plying you would combine in that fiber, please do!) Head over to the Tip Jar submission page and send us your […]
Reader Feature: Chantily Lovelace
/in Frontpage Article, Spinning, We couldn't fit it in the print issue!/by Guest BloggerChantily posted on the PLYAway board on Ravelry about the “classes” she was taking at home since PLYAway was canceled, so she’s here to share a little bit about that with you as well as a little more about herself. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started spinning. I’ve been […]