Spin Off, Winter 1986 Digital Edition

There’s no shortage of fibers in this issue. Discover Corriedale, silk crepe, cotton, flax, cashgora, and even caribou! There’s also discussion of the benefits of overtwist and ways to ease a beginner’s fears. Projects include a warm wool sweater.

Table of Contents:

• Is there American fleece in your future? by Ron and Teresa Parker
• Spinning Teachers Extraordinaire by Deborah Chandler
• Show and Tell
• A cozy afghan by Debra Beetem
• What the well-dressed baby will wear this season by Judy Green Davis
• Spinning with down and knitting with feathers by Helen von Ammon
• Reversible cardwoven hanging by Susan Bradshaw
• Breeds of sheep for spinners: Corriedale by Signe Nickerson
• Evolution of a project by Laurel de Grassi
• Easing the beginner's fears by Bobbie Irwin
• Ringlets and waves: undulations from overtwist by Mary Frame
• From SOAR to Rendezvous by Dale Pettigrew
• Experimenting with silk crepe by Celia Quinn
• Confessions of a cotton spinner by Carol Clivio
• The impatient spinner's way to spin flax by Carol Gordon
• Profile: Spinning in Stehekin by Patricia Fridlund
• A new fiber for spinners: Caribou by Robin Goodfellow & Keith Slater
• A closer look at cashgora by Fran Presser

Departments

• Editor's Desk
• Letters
• Guild News & Views
• Calendar
• Tips and Techniques
• Product News

Projects

• A Warm Wool Sweater by Marilyn Livingston