Spin Off, Winter 1984 Digital Edition

In this issue, find inspiration in a handspun wedding gown, lace shawl, and ikat kimono in show and tell. Learn how to knit from a paper pattern. Discover how to spin knitting yarns for traditional ethnic sweaters. Find out how to spin yarns that pill less. Explore spinning with ramie, a bast fiber.

Table of Contents:

• Show & Tell
• A handspun wedding gown
• A fine lace shawl
• A prize-winning suit
• An ikat-spun kimono
• Making gloves that fit
• A tale of two knitteds by Maureen Preen
• Knitting from a paper pattern by Betty Keeler
• Spinning traditional knitting yarns for ethnic sweaters by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts
• My wonderful llamas and their wool by Marian Oyen Thormahlen
• A soft pink throw by Betty Keeler
• Spinning unique and useable yarns by Sandra Donohue
• Rx: Pills by Dawn Leggett
• Whither pills? by Elizabeth Zimmermann
• A practical approach to the great wheel by Donna Reynolds
• Two heads are better than one, or A story with a good twist by Lee Kirschner
• Fabric of the Lake District: Herdwick Sheep by Andrew B. Humphries
• Mohair: a multimillion dollar industry for Australia by Isabel Gray
• Ramie by Celia Quinn
• Profile: Carol Clivio, wizard of spinning by Phyllis Rossiter

Departments:

• Editor's Desk
• Letters
• Spinning Guild News & Views by Ann W. Klinect
• Books
• Calendar
• Product News