Spring 2011
Techniques: Spin multicolored yarn from solid-colored roving, learn about scotch tension brake bands, spin cocoons, discover how to prepare your fiber the pseudorolags way.
Fiber Focus: Wensleydale, camelids, and paper.
Projects: Knit a Tricera Tops hat, a Wensleydale scarf, and happy socks or crochet a spring scarflette.
Summer 2011
Techniques: All about wheel ratios, learn the ins and outs of felting, and discover how to revive sleeping twist.
Fiber Focus: Felt, silk, Soay sheep.
Projects: Make your own stacked spindle, knit a gift card bag, needlefelt an adorable fairy doll, weave a bed-sized blanket on a small loom, and make a prefelt inlaid table runner.
Fall 2011
Techniques: Learn about spinning wheel orifices of all types and styles, plus all the tips and tricks you need to keep your spinning wheel running smoothly.
Fiber Focus: Stansborough Grey and silk.
Projects: Stansborough fleece snood, neckties, a scarf inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
Winter 2011
Fiber Focus: This issue is all about fiber, so examine crimp and diameter in detail with us. There’s a special focus on yak plus the largest ever special Natural Fiber Directory.
Techniques: Learn how to buy fiber, make bouclés from fine yarns you have on hand, and learn to spin with the crimp.
Projects: Two caps, yak scarf, and color-block vests.
