
Spin Off, Summer 1985 Digital Edition
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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:
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
- The Editor's Desk
- Letters
- Spinning Guild News & Views by Ann W. Klinect
- Tips & Techniques
- News Clips
- Calendar
- Product News ibc
- Felt Vest, Hat and Mittens by Diane Betts
- Knit Tabard by Diane Betts