Color In Spinning - Book Review - Spinning
Deb Menz has done a great service to the fiber arts community by writing this book and the good folks at Interweave Press have packaged it beautifully. As usual with books from Interweave Press, the illustrations are clear and helpful, the ... [... more]
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Designer Dyeing with Kool Aid - Spinning
Spinners everywhere have probably dyed with Kool Aid drink mix at some time or another. The recipe is so easy and the ingredients are safe for even children to use. It is also a very attractive and consistent way to dye fibers. For those who ... [... more]
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Oven Dyeing - Spinning
Oven dyeing gives the fiber artists another avenue for making very colorful yarns, rovings or batts. It takes only a few inexpensive pieces of equipment and is suitable for even a beginning dyer. With just a pinch of this and a squirt of that, ... [... more]
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Rainbow Crock Pot Dyeing - Spinning
Rainbow dyed roving has been a favorite of spinners for many years and it is easy to do in a crock pot. The same technique can be used with yarns as well. While you could dye uncarded fibers this way, it defeats the purpose as the colors would be ... [... more]
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Single Color Crock Pot Dyeing - Spinning
Crock pots are a wonderful invention. They make meal preparation easy for people who work and still enjoy a good home cooked meal. The inventor, however, probably never envisioned their crock pot as a handspinner's tool. But they sure can be! In ... [... more]
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Using A Niddy-noddy - Spinning
The niddy-noddy is an odd looking piece of spinning equipment used for winding yarn into skeins. It's appearance what with it's straight shaft and 2 crosspieces set at right angles to the shaft and to each other tends to leave even experienced ... [... more]
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Making & Using Control Cards - Spinning
We all have many demands on our time: jobs, family and social obligations. We have errands to run and appointments to keep. With our busy life styles, it's not always easy to find the time to simply sit and spin. Many of us have only a few ... [... more]
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Conditioning Your Hand Cards - Spinning
While we expect new equipment to work well right away, this is not always the case with a new pair of hand cards. The wire teeth of the carding cloth may have tiny burrs on the cut ends of the wire and these little burrs will catch the wool ... [... more]
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I Don't Need Another Hobby - Spinning
Back when I decided to learn how to spin, wheels were not very common outside of museums. "Choice" was limited, no one in my area knew of anyone selling wheels, shops did not carry them, books were limited to older used ones which could not be . [... more]
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Space Dyeing Yarns in Your Microwave - Spinning
Space dyeing yarn in the microwave is a fun an easy project that is safe for children and pets, and can be done in your kitchen with no fear of contaminating your kitchen equipment with harmful chemicals. Children should be supervised when ... [... more]
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