Explore the Two Grey Hills weaving museum. Knit a merino/silk lace shawl. Rita Buchanan explains wet-spinning flax. She also shares an easy and accurate way to compare yarns. Learn about Dorset down. Prepare raw wool in 30 minutes with Harley Bruce Stevens’ “Heat ‘em, Harley” device. Read a Spinner Profile on Ann Ducker. Enjoy a knitted tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Gold Rush in the Yukon and a poem called “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” Learn how to spin alpaca for knitting, specifically Huacaya alpaca. Discover ways to avoid pills. Expand your textile comfort zone with a needle-tatted hat, cross-stitching with handspun threads, and bookbinding with handspun. Make a ruana like Deborah Robson’s.

Magazine published in June 1999 by Long Thread Media LLC

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