Our Fall 2013 issue of Spin-Off magazine has a special focus on the spinning tools we spinners love. Our authors have shared stories of the spinning tools they’ve loved:

• Elizabeth Fahey tells the tale of spinning wheel maker Norm Hall
• Peter Teal delves into his discoveries about wool combs in the 1960s that brought them back into spinning practice
• Judith Helton went to great lengths—traveling through time and space—to learn the back-story of the antique spinning wheel she purchased from a thrift store
• Debbie Ellis had a chance to spin on Mahatma Gandhi’s charkha
• Marion Wheatland took her spinning wheel to Antarctica for a special project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sir
• Douglas Mawson’s Australian Antarctic Expedition

There are also spinning tips on how to use your tools better, from how to stop a spindle from wobbling, to how to use a flick carder, to how to adjust your spinning wheel so that you can spin fine yarns.

And if you are looking for a spinning wheel, this issue includes an updated and expanded Great Wheel Roundup complete with most commercial spinning wheels and their stats.

Magazine published in August 2013 by Long Thread Media LLC

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