Spin-Off Magazine (Making Yarn By Hand) 2009 Collection Issues Digitized on CD

Enjoy all four issues of Spin-Off Magazine exactly as they were printed in 2009. The full-color electronic versions of these magazines allow you to explore making yarn by hand with easy-to-navigate tabs and printable articles. 

With this CD, you’ll have spinning inspiration at your fingertips. You can also search each issue by keywords of your choosing such as:

• Names of masters of spinning
• Specific or general techniques
• Favorite projects
• Products or equipment such as spindle, wheel, yarns, etc. 
• Challenges and results
• Keywords like color, wheel mechanics, cashmere or any other areas of interest

Spring 2009
Techniques: Use high whorl or low whorl spindles, spin on a track wheel, spin for needlepoint, and spin the perfect sock yarn. 
Fiber Focus: Clun Forest. 
Projects: A 3-in-1 scarf, Clun Forest hat and mittens, and Maine Morning Mitts. 

Summer 2009
Techniques: Spin medium yarns, use your body as a spinning tool, understand S- and Z-twist, and predraft. 
Fiber Focus: Villsau and California Variegated Mutant (CVM). 
Projects: Slip-stitch mittens, inkle-woven handbag, Villsau mittens, button-up neck warmer, and a CVM hat. 

Fall 2009
Techniques: Grow cotton, raise silk worms, and wash wool. 
Fiber Focus: Scotch Mule, silk, cotton, and wolf fiber. 
Projects: Fall Leaves Shawl, Scottish Mule Socks, natural fiber scarves, and a cowl. 

Winter 2009
Techniques: Seven ways to draft, spin big yarns, make center-pull balls, Andean plying, and make coils. 
Fiber Focus: Milkweed, dogbane, nettle, and Polwarth. 
Projects: Polwarth socks, Feather and Fan Cowl, Tahoe Hat, and the Oatmeal Cardigan.