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Author	Article Title	Issue date	Issue number	Issue topic	Article topic list	Description
Deb Menz, Diane Palme	Deb & Diane Tie the Knot	Autumn 2014	6	Community	weaving, color, community	Two weavers share their experience of creating unique designs from the same parameters.
Larry Paullin	The Fiber Widower's Lament	Autumn 2014	6	Community	personal reflections	A personal account of being the partner to a fiber artist.
Lisa Conway	Who's That Spinner? Spinning for health and well-being with Alaska's Healing Hearts	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	Introducing spinning to a veterans’ group for physical and emotional healing.
Christina Pappas	Communities Through Time and Art	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community, historical	The story of textile production in Maya communities from the ancient to the modern.
Beth Smith	Spinning to Spec	Autumn 2014	6	Community	planning	How do you move from spinning whatever yarn you can to something specific? This article walks through working with parameters.
Glynda McIver	Spin It! Swing Step Cardigan	Autumn 2014	6	Community	alpaca, blends, Shetland, 2-ply, spin it	Spinning a Shetland/Suri blend fiber into a sweater quantity of 2-ply yarn.
Amy Herzog	Knit It! Swing Step Cardigan	Autumn 2014	6	Community	alpaca, Shetland, 2-ply, knit it, sweater	Knitting pattern for a cardigan with seed stitch accents in light fingering-weight yarn.
Robyn Love	Spindle 7	Autumn 2014	6	Community	spindles, community, personal reflection	A personal reflection on the Spindle 7 project, bringing handspinning to a New York City train for connection and education.
Amanda Hartrich	Ravelers Spin Together	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	A rundown of a few communities that have emerged on Ravelry.com.
Carson Demers	Ergo Neo: The ergonomics of connection	Autumn 2014	6	Community	ergonomics, self-care	More and more fiber communities connect online – protect your body while you explore!
Cassie Warholm-Wohlenhaus	Guilded: Minneapolis Weaver Guild of Minnesota	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	A profile of the Minneapolis Weavers Guild of Minnesota and its collaboration with Sub-Saharan African immigrants and refugees.
Lynn Wigell, Naomi Ryono, Laura Mayotte, Tracy Hudson	Follow the Fiber: Hugs across the miles	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	What began as a circle of fiber friends became a community of supporters for bigger concerns.
Shannon Herrick	Spin It! Wrapped Hat	Autumn 2014	6	Community	Shetland, 3-ply, spin it	Spinning a 3-ply yarn from Shetland wool.
Woolly Wormhead	Knit It! Wrapped Hat	Autumn 2014	6	Community	Shetland, knit it, hat	Knitting pattern for a beanie-style hat in heavy worsted weight yarn, which uses short rows for shaping through the body.
Amelia Garripoli	Spindle Sommelier: Pair your fiber perfectly	Autumn 2014	6	Community	spindles, fiber considerations	Do you have spindles that just don’t get as much love as others? Learn to pair them with the perfect fiber so everyone has a moment in the spotlight.
Helen Dyer	The Olden-Days Spinners of Tilting-on-Fogo	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	Bridging the gap between modern hobby spinning and old daily labor in Newfoundland.
Leslie Thompson	Fiber Event Blueprint	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community, planning	The basics of planning a fiber event.
Stephanie Stratton	The Ins and Outs of Vending	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	The basics of being a vendor at a fiber event.
Suzy Brown	Spin It! Collective Creativity, Part 1	Autumn 2014	6	Community	coils, textured/art yarn, color	Creating a coiled and wrapped yarn from carded fiber, silk hankies, and a plying thread.
Esther Rodgers	Spin It! Collective Creativity, Part 2	Autumn 2014	6	Community	silk, corespinning, textured/art yarn, color	Creating a coiled and wrapped yarn from carded fiber, silk hankies, and a plying thread.
Andrea Longo	Spin It! Big Top Shawl	Autumn 2014	6	Community	Corriedale, dyeing, 3-ply, spin it, color	Spinning a 3-ply yarn with long color gradients from Corriedale roving, and working with a remote collaborator.
Cheri McEwen	Knit It! Big Top Shawl	Autumn 2014	6	Community	Corriedale, knit it, shawl, color	Knitting pattern for a garter stitch shawl in fingering weight yarn, inspired by classic circus tents.
Kyle Kunnecke	Retreat, Men!	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	Making connections and learning new skills in an increasingly inclusive crafting community.
Carol G. McFadden	Challenge Your Spinning: A community experience	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community, expanding skills	How to leverage your crafting community to challenge yourselves with new skills.
Christina Oliveri	The Road to Rhinebeck	Autumn 2014	6	Community	community	Organizing a sheep-to-shawl team for the Rhinebeck festival.