One of the recurring themes for me this year has been large quantity spins, usually referred to as ‘sweater spins’ in the handspinning community. I think this may be because people generally think of sweater quantities…
After I received a new yarn called Reinvent in the mail from the lovely folks at Ancient Arts Yarns and Stitch Craft Marketing, I literally stood paralysed. Due to the blend of this new yarn, socks…
The Handspinner Spotlight is an opportunity for me to share with all of you some of the amazing handspinners out there in our community. It is an opportunity to see some of their work, as well…
The Wool n’ Spinning Podcast Episode 17 :: Socks & Singles February 2016 Thank you for watching! This week’s show features handspun knitting, some spins in progress and finished spins! I am a Craftsy affiliate. This…
Through out the month of February, I have been sharing my experiences learning about spinning textured yarns with you here on the blog. We started with a wee experiment and a Craftsy class, we moved onto…
It has been a while since I have had a chance to write a finished objects (FO) post and I am not sure that I have ever written a FO post about crochet. If I have…
For the month of February, I am focusing on my learning I experienced throughout the Christmas holidays and early New Year around textured yarns. Here is the third installment :: After tackling all of the core…
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