Spin Off, Summer 1985 Digital Edition

In this issue, learn about spinning alpaca fiber, working with cotton, spinning yarn for knitting machines, finishing woolen knitting yarn, Navajo plying techniques, and more. Projects include a felt vest, hat and mittens, and a knitted tabard.

Table of Contents:

• Let's go for a spin by Lillian Byerly
• An appeal from the American sheep farmers by Ingrid Painter
• Show and Tell
• Planning a Spinning Demonstration by Donna Reynolds
• Handspinning for a knitting machine by Catherine Cartwright-Jones
• A closer look at Alpacas by Elayne Zorn & Juan Cutipa Colque
• Alpaca in the Raw by Ann Asman
• Fiber Foray: Ginned Cotton by Celia Quinn
• A Croatian Shirt by Stephenie Gaustad
• Mercerizing: Not for everyone by Alden Amos
• Why spin cotton? by Ella Baker
• Hooked Stick by Celia Quinn
• Notes on Navajo Plying by Wendy Bateman
• Finishing a Woolen Knitting Yarn by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts
• A Feltmaking Experience by Diane Betts
• Working with Lincoln lamb's wool by Diane Betts
• Wool as a Cottage Industry by Paula Simmons
• Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? by Stanley Bulbach
• Craft to College Credit by Cora Bowman
• A Selected Bibliography for Handspinners by Sue Lacey
• Profile: Mabel Ross by Lee Raven

Departments

• The Editor's Desk
• Letters
• Spinning Guild News & Views by Ann W. Klinect
• Tips & Techniques
• News Clips
• Calendar
• Product News ibc

Projects

• Felt Vest, Hat and Mittens by Diane Betts
• Knit Tabard by Diane Betts