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Deb talks and walks you through making a yarn with combed top. Usually a natural wool spinner, she’s enamored with the color. She also talks about how her own body limitations require her to take extra steps to prepare her fiber for spinning.

Jacey introduces the new episode with Maggie and Heavenly for this episode that will get you spinning, even if it’s your first time!

Are you brand new to spinning? Maggie Casey has taught more people to spin than anyone and she can teach you. Sit down at your wheel for the first time and let her be your guide.

Heavenly is great at helping people troubleshoot what’s going wrong with their spinning. This episode is just that, Heavenly working through some of the most common spinning hiccups including equipment malfunctions, bobbin woes, too much tension, too little tension, finding the right amount of twist, and more.

Are you brand new to spinning? Maggie Casey has taught more people to spin than anyone and she can teach you. Grab your spindle, take a seat and let’s park and draft.

The story of textile production in Maya communities from the ancient to the modern.

How do you move from spinning whatever yarn you can to something specific? This article walks through working with parameters.

Spinning a Shetland/Suri blend fiber into a sweater quantity of 2-ply yarn.

Knitting pattern for a cardigan with seed stitch accents in light fingering-weight yarn.

A personal reflection on the Spindle 7 project, bringing handspinning to a New York City train for connection and education.

A rundown of a few communities that have emerged on Ravelry.com.

More and more fiber communities connect online – protect your body while you explore!

A profile of the Minneapolis Weavers Guild of Minnesota and its collaboration with Sub-Saharan African immigrants and refugees.

What began as a circle of fiber friends became a community of supporters for bigger concerns.

Spinning a 3-ply yarn from Shetland wool.

Knitting pattern for a beanie-style hat in heavy worsted weight yarn, which uses short rows for shaping through the body.