Spinner’s Question explains blocking. Explore beaded yarns with Stephenie Gaustad. Learn about Peruvian spinning tools and techniques. Then, dive into silk. Rita Buchanan, Nancy Morey, and Celia Quinn do a survey of silk for handspinners. Then, make a silk Peacock’s Tail Shawl, Tunisian crochet a Blouse, knit a lacy stole, make a red scarf, knit a Peruvian hat, make a tussah silk vest, knit a silk sweater, make a silk blouse, or crochet a vest. Discover a Fair Isle favorite. Alden Amos discusses “left-handed” spinning wheels. Read Charlene Anderson-Shea’s story of the Cat’s Paw Shawl and make a Cat’s Paw square. Get an introduction to color territory and develop your color skills in dyeing on fiber. Discover the spinning dress. See the results of a fiber exchange.

Magazine published in April 1997 by Long Thread Media LLC

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