Choosing Your First Spinning Wheel
If you’re ready to buy your first spinning wheel, you may be feeling more overwhelmed than excited. Here’s my advice: Relax.
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Life of a Professional Weaver: Laura Fry
When I sat down at a floor loom for the first time, I got the distinct sensation that I had finally come home.
Stash-Busting Handspun Scrap Yarns on The Rigid Heddle Loom
Want a sure-fire way to use up those precious scraps of handspun yarn, without investing dozens of hours into pattern scrolling? Get yourself a rigid…
Clear Sight: How to Use a Pick Glass
Don't let eyestrain keep you from your craft. Learn how to use a pick glass!
Colour & Value in Crochet
Due to the textural properties of crochet, colour interacts differently than in other fibre arts. Let's look at colour and value in crochet
Healing with Knitting: An Interview with Louise
Learning is hard when it’s new, but what about when you have to learn it all over again? That becomes not only physically hard, but…
Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Breakdown
Top-down vs. bottom-up sweaters is one of the most passionately debated topics in the knitting world. Which is right for you?
What is a Diz and Why Do You Need One?
What is a diz, and why do you need one? It may be one of the cheapest and more useful fibre prep tools you can get. They are versatile and extremely c…
Getting Bulky: How to Spin A Thicker Yarn
If you’ve ever analyzed a chunky or bulky yarn, be it as a singles or a plied structure, you’ve likely noticed its airy, low-twist attributes.…
Twist And Shout: Why Twist Direction Matters In Your Making
Let’s have a look under the hood to see how and why the twist direction of our yarns can make or break a project.
Essential Spinning & Fibre Prep Tools
We can make yarn with a stick and some wool. Pretty incredible, really! Then some people made a wheel. And we saw more balanced and…
Learning to Spin Silk Yarns
For the longest time, I felt intimidated by the idea of learning to spin silk yarns. It felt like the epitome of luxury fibres for…