Laura Ten Eyck explains why you would want to keep sheep. Learn how to spin soft yarns with a handspindle. Discover fiber in an unexpected place--milkweed plants--and learn how to prepare and spin them and what you can make from milkweed. Carol Rhoades will teach you about natural colored mohair and walks you through knitting a pair of lace cuff mohair mittens.

Enjoy a Handspun Gallery of Sweaters. Then, jump into this issue’s special projects. Learn basic soumak weaving with Joanna Gleason. Knit specially designed double mittens that have an inner layer of soft angora and an outer layer of Border Leiceser and silk. Celebrate friendship with handspun and knitted Sister Sweaters. Judith MacKenzie introduces beaded yarns and shows you how to incorporate them into a little scarf.

Magazine published in November 2003 by Long Thread Media LLC

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