Enjoy all four issues of Spin-Off Magazine exactly as they were printed in 2009. The full-color electronic versions of these magazines allow you to explore making yarn by hand with easy-to-navigate tabs and printable articles.
With this CD, you'll have spinning inspiration at your fingertips. You can also search each issue by keywords of your choosing such as:
- Names of masters of spinning
- Specific or general techniques
- Favorite projects
- Products or equipment such as spindle, wheel, yarns, etc.
- Challenges and results
- Keywords like color, wheel mechanics, cashmere or any other areas of interest
Spring 2009
Techniques: Use high whorl or low whorl spindles, spin on a track wheel, spin for needlepoint, and spin the perfect sock yarn.
Fiber Focus: Clun Forest.
Projects: A 3-in-1 scarf, Clun Forest hat and mittens, and Maine Morning Mitts.
Summer 2009
Techniques: Spin medium yarns, use your body as a spinning tool, understand S- and Z-twist, and predraft.
Fiber Focus: Villsau and California Variegated Mutant (CVM).
Projects: Slip-stitch mittens, inkle-woven handbag, Villsau mittens, button-up neck warmer, and a CVM hat.
Fall 2009
Techniques: Grow cotton, raise silk worms, and wash wool.
Fiber Focus: Scotch Mule, silk, cotton, and wolf fiber.
Projects: Fall Leaves Shawl, Scottish Mule Socks, natural fiber scarves, and a cowl.
Winter 2009
Techniques: Seven ways to draft, spin big yarns, make center-pull balls, Andean plying, and make coils.
Fiber Focus: Milkweed, dogbane, nettle, and Polwarth.
Projects: Polwarth socks, Feather and Fan Cowl, Tahoe Hat, and the Oatmeal Cardigan.
