Being Home and Making Yarn
After seven and a half hours trapped in my truck with a seriously pissed off cat I need some intense yarn therapy. I need my spinning wheel pronto!
Spinning In Cowgirl Boots – The Wild Swans
The Swan Princess in The Wild Swans is probably tougher than Bruce Willis. I bet she spins better than him too.
Have another Spinning In Cowgirl Boots tale.
Sunday Stitch – How to Chain Ply Yarn
Have some handspun in gorgeous colors? Keep those colors together with chain plying.
Taking Some Twist Out of The Noro (and other yarns!)
Use steam to take the over-twist out of the yarn and that Noro will be easier to stitch with!
Spinning in Cowgirl Boots – A History of Red Dye
Me and my boots are spinning RED! and talking about the history of one of the most prized natural dyes in the world: the cochineal beetle.
Picking a Pattern for Handspun Yarn
Picking the right pattern for that one-of-a-kind yarn that you will never get any more of.
Spinning in Cowgirl Boots – The Tale of the Three Spinners
Once upon a time there was a lazy, worthless, no-good teenager who wouldn’t spin.
Handspinning is not Hard… Except the Vocabulary
What the terms worsted and woolen mean to handspinners.
Sunday Stitch – Testing a Fiber Before You Spin
Before starting a large spinning project, test your fiber to see how it will draft and how it takes the twist.
We Are The Makers Of Things
Wrapping up Our Contest So our Revive-A-Vintage contest is over and I had a blast. It was so much fun on my end to watch the patterns and projects get […]