Crafting a Fibre LIfe : Are you ready to roc?
Today is St. Distaff’s Day, or Roc Day, which marks the end of the 12 Days of Christmas and is known traditionally as the time women would get back to their spinning after Yule...
Category: Spin
Spin Tech : Spinzilla 2015
From the Spinzilla website: 5,246,497 yards of yarn spun in 2015 See the results tab for more information on this year’s winners and team totals. Did you participate in Spinzilla 2015? Tell us about your team...
Spin : Firewing Pullover
by Lori Law When I was thinking about designing the Firewing Pullover, I decided I wanted to do a ‘blazing’ sort of yoke that would show off hand-dyed hand-spun BFL, from rovings by FatCatKnits....
Spin the yarn : Fjord Mitts
by Rachel Brown Fjord Mitts – Spin the Yarn It’s that time of year when I start hunting around for any and all handknit accessories I can find. I live in a place that,...
Spinster’s Corner : Spinning a Gradient Yarn
by Sarah Sipe Gradients are everywhere these days – from the long, slow color changes in commercial yarns like Knit Picks Chroma and Freia Fine Handpaints, to indie dyers like North Carolina artists, local...
Indie Spotlight : Rachel Brown of Porpoise Fur
by Lori Law Owner: Rachel Brown Shop: http://www.porpoisefur.com/ Q: How did you decide to start an indie fiber business? I decided to start my own dyeing business in the summer of 2011. My training is as...