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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

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COOL GEAR

Park and Draft • A Beginning Spindler’s Best Friend

The 2025 Spin Off Spin-Along: With a Twist

Ruth Baldwin • The Natural Twist / Fiber Arts on 4th

The Grain Bag

Farmer’s Doubleweave Bread Bag

Small-Space Natural-Dye Experiments

Natural-Dye Tips & Tricks

Knitting Nature and Technology Together • Plant-Dyed Tops, Knitted Afghans, and Digital Mosaics

Foraged Dyestuff

Growth Pattern Shawl

An Interview with Andrea Mowry • For spinners who knit, it’s always delightful to discover knitwear designers who spin. Recently, I sat down with designer Andrea Mowry to talk about how she got into spinning, choosing handspun yarn to pair with a knitting pattern, and more. Enjoy!

Bringing Nature into View • An Endangered Species Challenge for Spinners and Weavers

The Nova Scotia Tam • Spinning a Story

Estes Park Wool Market • From Sheep to Shawl — A Mountain Tradition of Craft, Community & Creativity

Twist in Twining • How to Spin for Two-End Knitting

Versatile Twined Headband

The Teachings of Mutton

The Teachings of Fibre

Should You Dehair Llama Fiber? And How?

Rug Hooking with Handspun Yarn

Rug Hooking Basics

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