Spin Off, Spring 1983 Digital Edition

Explore an amazing fiber from the north, Musk Ox (qiviut). Learn how to spin on a Charkha. Cultivate flax from seed to linen and weave a towel. Pick up your knitting needles and give reversible two-faced knitting (aka double knitting) a try.

Table of Contents:

• The Musk Ox by Helen Griffiths Howard
• Some Hints on Spinning Musk Ox Wool by E. Marguerite Cornwall
• Musk Ox Projects
• Spinning on the Charkha by Lee Raven
• The Continuous Thread: From Flax Seed to Linen Cloth by Wheeler Calhoun & Lee Kirschner
• Handspun Linen Towels by Celia Quinn
• Spanish Colonial Spindle Whorls: The History and the Art by JL Spradley
• Fiber Properties: Tenacity by Lee Raven
• Reversible Two-Faced Knitting by Carol Thilenius
• Summary of Wool Bureau Report on Musk Ox Fiber by Fran Reed
• Sweatshirt with Options by Ann W. Klinect

Departments:

• The Editor's Desk
• Letters
• Spinning Guild News & Views by Ann W. Klinect
• Calendar
• Spinner's Forum
• Tropos—Part 3 by Stanley Bulback
• A Consideration of Professionalism by Donna Reynolds