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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.

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GETTING STARTED WITH STORAGE BOBBINS

Norah Gaughan • Spindlepuff Cardigan

Rock & Roll Hap

Balance Basics • A Troubleshooting Guide

Plying Your Craft

Audrey Costruba • Got Weaver Fever

More than WPI • Using Yarn Measurements to Become a More Balanced Spinner

Pearl Lace Cowl

Melody Lukens • Four Rivers Yarn & Fiber

Never Say Never • Learning to Love Wool, Silk & Flax Blends

Gathering Flax, Sharing Stories • How Antique Flax Can Connect Us to the Past

Blue Diamond Braid

“Ugly” Braid, Beautiful Skein

From Braid to Blend

Overplying, That’s the Point

Nepps and Milling Breakage • A Lesson on Imperfection

Even Your Odds • A Rigid-Heddle Overshot Project for Handspun Odds and Ends

Energized Singles • Texture, Shape & Woven Cloth

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