Spin-Off Magazine (Making Yarn By Hand) 2010 Collection Issues Digitized on CD

Enjoy all four issues of Spin-Off Magazine exactly as they were printed in 2010. 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 2010
Techniques: Spin fine yarns, get wheel maintenance tips, spin plump and silky singles. 
Fiber Focus: Ramie, Merino, and alpaca. 
Projects: Crochet cozy cuffs, knit a frosty mornings cowl, inkle weave a ramie necklace and earrings, and knit button-up neck warmers. 

Summer 2010
Techniques: Learn to finish manufactured fibers, drafting techniques, spin a boucle yarn, and warp with singles. 
Fiber Focus: Cotton, silk, and bamboo. 
Projects: Make an undulating scarf, a summer lace scarf, a bamboo scarf, Horseshoe caps, and use up leftover handspun by knitting modular shells. 

Fall 2010
Techniques: Learn how to do core spinning and dye with black walnuts and other natural dyes. 
Fiber Focus: Corriedale. 
Projects: Make mittens for texting in cold weather, spin and knit a Friends Shawl, make a Corriedale double-knit cap, and knit a pass-through scarf. 

Winter 2010
Techniques: Learn about natural fiber, how to spin top, and raise angora rabbits. 
Fiber Focus: Angora, Polypay, qiviut, cotton, suri and huacaya alpaca. 
Projects: Knit Norwegian-inspired headband and gloves, a qiviut shawlette, Polypay cuffs, and half gloves.