You’ll discover helpful techniques that are designed to help everyone, from the beginning spinner to the most advanced. Learn how to dye your own fibers, plying basics, fiber preparation and combining colored fibers to make novelty yarns. Plus great patterns to show off your handspun yarns.
EDITOR’S LETTER
Spin-Off
ON THE GO
Kirsten Grell • JK Fiber Arts + Looped In Fiber Arts
YOUR FINISHED OBJECT
The Spinning Substitute
Making and Moving • Accessible 3D-Printed Drop Spindles
The Search for Spinning On the Go
Packing Wool • You Can Take It with You
Easy & Beautiful Repurposed Spindle Cases
Portable Power • A Guide to E-Spinner Batteries
One-Braid Modular Crochet Cowl
Anatomy of a Turkish Spindle
How to Hit the Road with Just One Spinning Tool
The Turkish Spindle • An All-Purpose Travel Tool
Don’t Hurt Yourself (Or Anyone Else)
Chronic Spinning
Marled, Heathered & Flecked • Handcarded Blends
An Ode to the Unsung Fleece
Backyard Fingerless Mitts
Scrap Pile Spindles • Quick and Easy Whittled Spindles
EDITOR’S PICKS • Have you explored spinoffmagazine.com yet? It’s a continuation of all the best the magazine has to offer, plus find web-only patterns, tutorials, podcasts, and videos. Here are just a few of the things I’m excited to share with you—and try for myself!