January 2009
31 posts
Beyond the Magic Loop →
Jan 1st
December 2008
34 posts
How do you keep track of the woven length? →
Dec 31st
A Yarn Story: Core Spinning "Ballerina" →
Dec 27th
Cheap Cardboard Charka →
I’d call it Cool Cardboard Charka — how to make your own! Cool!!
Dec 27th
How do you use a Pickup Tool? →
Dec 27th
KnitPicks Tutorial - Speed Knitting →
Wow! she can knit FAST. Continental speed knitter.
Dec 25th
Bobbins, Quills, and Pirns, oh my! →
Dec 24th
Schacht Spindle Co. Fall/Winter 2005 Newsletter →
see page 3 for a useful sett chart for a wide variety of yarns. And check out that woven scarf — yummy!
Dec 24th
What size needle do I knit my handspun with? →
Dec 23rd
Shepherd's Notebook: Mix a ration →
If you have a few fiber animals of your own and want to mix your own feed, this is a handy spreadsheet.
Dec 22nd
What makes my handspun yarn bloom? →
Dec 21st
How do you get good selvedges? →
Dec 21st
Spinning On A Book Charkha →
by Llyn Payne, a nice writeup featuring a Bosworth Book Charkha.
Dec 18th
How do you spin angora fiber? →
Dec 16th
Etherply →
For the spinner’s inner geek — sort bobbins by weight and yardage to get the best ply result!
Dec 15th
So you want to weave a tie ... →
Dec 12th
Aesthetic Entanglementz: Circulation—It's A Good... →
A tip for hand Andean plyers — how to save your circulation. Pass the spoons!
Dec 12th
Handwoven Magazine - Indexes →
Author and Subject Indexes to Handwoven Magazine, 1979-2004. And an Index for 2005-current.
Dec 12th
knittingscholar.com | New and Upcoming Books,... →
great list of knitting (some spinning, some crochet) books that came in out 2008 or are coming out soon. Lengthened my reading list!
Dec 12th
How can I divide roving evenly for a 2 or 3 ply? →
Dec 11th
What can I use my yarn blocker for? →
Dec 10th
sit sit, spin spin, knit knit (# 975) - Bunny TBOR →
click to see a fun sheep cartoon
Dec 6th
When is my bobbin half full? →
Dec 6th
bowerbird knits: Five Things That Make Me Happy →
A great post with wonderful vids of carding rolags and longdraw spinning.
Dec 5th
Reducing wobble during plying ... reducing wheel... →
Wow! this was a problem that I didn’t think had a solution (live with it, that was my working method) — now, I can *fix* it. Hats off to Twosheep!
Dec 4th
Yarn Measuring Tools →
From the basic niddy-noddy to the high-tech and accurate!
Dec 4th
Dec 4th
Of Contests and -Alongs →
Dec 3rd
How do you re-thread your harnesses? →
Dec 3rd
How Many Bobbins Do I Need? →
Five bobbins usually does it for me, so how did I end up with 11 for my Majacraft?
Dec 3rd
Plying under cups ... from Woven Flame's blog →
catch the photo of the plying balls being put under upside down pyrex measuring cups — the yarn comes out from the opening made by the spout! ingenious!
Dec 3rd
Knotted!: Brushed Yarn →
A great pictorial how-to for spinning and finishing a brushed yarn.
Dec 3rd
What do you teach in Productive Spindling? →
Dec 2nd
Bellefeathers! December 2008 →
Tons of new items: SOAK, Natalies, Niddy-Pinnies and Bosworths restocked, SpinOlution Kate, two new knitting patters for Totally Tubular Kits … wow!
Dec 2nd