Spin-Off

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

Spin-Off • Vol. L No. 2 Summer 2026

How Should I Spin My Braid? • Creating a Roadmap

TOOLS & ACCESSORIES

Beth Gorishek • The Adaptive Knitter

Stone Soup Carding

Yvonne LaHare

Bounce Back • Can Opposing Plies Add Elasticity to Inelastic Fibers?

Summer Reading (and Watching) List

Silver River Center for Chair Caning

Can You Spin Cosmetic Cotton?

Spin to Win

One Handpainted Braid, Five Ways to Spin It

Scale Up Your Handcarded Roving for Consistent Blending

S and Z Studies • A Shaker Twisted-Weft Runner

Shaker Twisted-Weft Runner

Spin What Grows in Your Neighborhood

Color Splash Brioche Beanie

Carding Clouds • Make the Most of Colorful, Hand-Dyed Locks

Making Skeins Stretch • Notes from a Plus-Size Spinner on a Budget

Deloa Granny-Square Bag

Elasticity in Jacob Wool • A Micro Experiment

Hooke’s Law and Stretching Wool

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