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Beth Smith knows fiber and when you’re spinning singles, fiber choice matters. This article explores how and why it matters by experimenting with Merino (short staple length), Romney (medium staple length), and Wensleydale (long staple length).

Take care of your body so you can keep making yarn! This article helps spindle spinners keep their bodies in tip top shape!

Using hand-dyed fiber, this article covers all the considerations of spinning a color-changing singles yarn including fiber choice, planning, spinning, and finishing.

Learn all about Johanna Carter in this spinner profile.

Is spinning singles yarn actually more efficient or economical? Jillian experiments and shares her results!

Everyone is afraid of singles yarn biasing. Is it warranted? This article explores and tests just how likely biasing is, how much or little twist is needed to create a bias, and what can be done to avoid it.

A comic by Franklin Habit

Socks and singles yarns? Is it possible?  This experimental article uses a 2-ply sock and a singles yarn sock, spun from Gotland, records the wear and tear on both through several weeks, and reports the answer!

An article on using singles yarns for tatting.

Maggie Casey, author of Start Spinning, teaches us how to open locks with a flicker, how to comb with flicker, how to spin each of the preps, and how the yarns compare.