Bitten
The effervescent Mary Scott Huff
“Ebbtide,” from Elizabeth Doherty’s Blue Bee Studio
Toots LeBlanc‘s merino/angora yarn:
The Haul
Woolgatherings (“bright, but not clownish”):
You can find the Woolgatherings’ Etsy shop here.
Goth Socks, from Rainy Days and Wooly Dogs:
(Jillian’s above, Sasha’s below)
Loft, from Brooklyn Tweed
Lucy Neatby’s DVDs
Information on the Abstract Fiber club
Sasha’s three-ply sock yarn haul:
Ravenswood
Opening Chatter
The donation incentive for the months of November and December is two bumps (8 oz.) of an 80/20 blend of Merino and silk in the colorway “Ravenswood” from Into the Whirled. To be entered into a drawing to win this fiber, just donate $5 or more to the podcast by the end of December. There’s a donate button in the left-hand column of the page that will take you right to PayPal. You can find more goodies from Into the Whirled here; my review of Into the Whirled is here.
I’ll be at the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat in Tacoma from February 15-20.
Big Girl Knits and More Big Girl Knits
The Knitty blog
Out for a Spin
Julia Farwell-Clay’s article on custom wheel makers in Spin-Off.
Beth’s blog on the dream wheel weekend
Julia’s blog entry (in her blog, Moth Heaven) on the dream wheel weekend
Equipment
Andrew and Susan Forsyth’s website
YouTube
Amanda Hannaford’s combing videos
I couldn’t get the embedding to work, so here are the links:
Amanda’s website and Etsy store
DVD
Maggie Casey, Spinning Big and Lofty Yarns
Out for a Spin
The special chemo-cap yarn
Three Waters Farm “Spring Baby”
Black Bunny Fibers “Hibiscus”
Frabjous Fibers “Moulin Rouge”
Ashland Bay “Holly Berry”
Abstract Fiber “Big Girl Pink”
DVD Review/Interview with Deb Menz
Deb’s website
Deb Menz, Color in Spinning
Deb Menz, ColorWorks
Deb Menz, Color Works for Spinners
Deb Menz, Color and Yarn Design for Spinners
Fiber Review: Dicentra Designs
Dicentra Designs’ Etsy store
The Organized Spinner: Setting up a Dyeing Studio
Deb Menz, Color in Spinning
Gail Callahan, Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece
Barbara Parry, Teach Yourself Visually Hand Dyeing
Lynne Vogel, The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook
Opening Chatter
This month’s podcast donation incentive is a beautiful top-whorl spindle from Wildcraft:
If you donate $5 or more to the podcast before the month of May, you’ll be entered in the drawing. Or, support the podcast by shopping in the SpinDoctor Amazon or Printfection stores.
SpinDoctor Tees, now available in black with a super-cool white logo!
Prizes for the Wool Breeds Challenge contest have been donated by Storey Publishing, Spirit Trail Fiberworks, and Spinatude.
The Massachusetts Sheep and Wool Fair
Out for a Spin
The Wall o’ Wool in my studio
Festival Review
Jennie the Potter’s Etsy store
Jennie the Potter’s blog
Breed-specific yarns from Solitude Wool
Fiber Review
Email Shepherd’s Hey Farm, Comus, MD: LLangstaff at earthlink dot net
Opening Chatter
This month’s donation incentive from Wildcraft (and my review of my Wildcraft spindle):
The SpinDoctor Amazon store
The SpinDoctor Printfection store, for SpinDoctor swag
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, May 7 & 8
The Maryland Sheep and Wool thread in the Ravelry group
Three Waters Farm (and my review)
The Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair, May 28 & 29
The Massachusetts Sheep and Wool thread in the Ravelry group
The Black Sheep Gathering, June 24-26
The Black Sheep Gathering thread in the Ravelry group
Details on the Spinning Loft retreat and Miriam Felton’s classes
Out for a Spin
This American Life, “Squirrel Cop“
The To Eyre shawl
Jared Flood’s yarn, Shelter
Blue Mountain Handcrafts comb and hackle set (and my review)
Fiber Review
Fat Cat Knits website and Etsy store
Fat Cat Knits Ravelry group
Equipment Review
Jenkins Turkish Delight, Ebony with Maple shaft
Wanda’s video on the half-hitch
Wanda’s video on making a leader for a Turkish spindle
Wanda’s video on winding on with a Turkish spindle
My Applewood Lark
The video of Ed Jenkins making the knitting needle, and two other videos of Ed making a crochet hook, and a spindle shaft.
Book Review
Anne Field, Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics
Jane and Nola Fournier, In Sheep’s Clothing (and my review)
Deb Robson and Carol Ekarius, The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook
Clara Parkes, The Knitter’s Book of Wool (and my review)
Judith MacKenzie, Popular Wheel Mechanics (and my review)
Abby Franquemont, Drafting: The Long and Short of It (and my review)
Judith MacKenzie, A Spinner’s Toolbox
Opening Chatter
Donate $5 or more to the podcast before May 30 to be entered in a drawing to win this beautiful spindle from Wildcraft.
Just click on the “Donate” button in the left-hand column and it will take you right to PayPal.
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, May 7-8
The Black Sheep Gathering, June 24-26
The Spinning Loft retreat with Beth Smith and Anne Hanson of Knitspot, May 11-14
The Organized Spinner
Pictures coming soon!
Wool Scour Smackdown
DVD Review
Deborah Robson, Handspinning Rare Wools
Deborah Robson and Carol Ekarius, The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook
Judith MacKenzie, in class
First off, dear spinsibs, it’s the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat, not Festival. Duh. And you can find the website here.
Sally Melville’s website
Judith MacKenzie’s DVD, The Spinner’s Toolbox
And, last but not least, the wonderful Woodland Woolworks, from whom I rented my ladybug for classes
Under $25
Goodies Unlimited Solid Lotion Bars
Greensleeves Bare Bones Spindle
$25-$50
Dyed Fiber
Crown Mountain Farms Corriedale pencil roving
Spunky Eclectic Organic Merino
Susan’s Spinning Bunny Polwarth
Three Waters Farm Blue Faced Leicester/Tussah Silk
FBN Plastics spinning wheel cup holder
Instructional spinning videos from Interweave
$50-$100
Spinning Loft super fiber sampler
$100-$200
Schacht bobbin winder and storage bobbins
Greensleeves Flagship Lizzy Kate
$200-$400
Blue Mountain Handcrafts Comb and Hackle set
Woolee Winder and three bobbins
Two pounds of cashmere/tussah top from Crown Mountain Farms
$400 and up
A wheel (this I can’t help you with).
A drum carder. Check out the Pat Green and Strauch brands.
A trip to a fiber festival. There’s a list of them here.
Opening Chatter
Donate $5 or more to the podcast in the month of January and you’ll be entered to win the podcast donation incentive for the month of January, a bump of stunning fiber from Bee Mice Elf. It is 80% Merino and 20% silk; the colorway is called “Land of Snow.”
You can see a picture of the bump here.
Check out my review of the Bee Mice Elf fiber club here.
Out for a Spin
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Things I Learned from Knitting . . . Whether I Wanted to or Not
Manx Loughtan yarn
Manx Loughtan swatch
Cotswold yarn
Cotswold swatch
Hand-combed Shetland top
Shetland yarn
Shetland swatch
Leicester Longwool on the combs
Leicester Longwool hand-combed top
Leicester Longwool yarn
Equipment Review
The Bosworth’s website
My cedar Maxi
Fiber Review
Carol Sulcoski’s books: Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn; Knit So Fine
Magazine Review
The Organized Spinner
Above are the “medium size” comforter bags from Cleaner’s Supply, the larger size I use.
They will hold about 5 lbs of unprocessed fleece.
Medium size bags on the bottom, “extra small” bags on the top
My sweater drying rack. It’s like a hammock for your wet fleece.
A groovy three-tier sweater drying rack from Amazon, great if you’re short on space
Beth Smith’s Knitty article on washing locks
Opening Chatter
The donation incentive for the month of January is this stunning fiber from Bee Mice Elf (check out my review of the Bee Mice Elf fiber club here). It is 80% Merino and 20% silk; the colorway is called “Land of Snow.”
Photo © Bee Mice Elf, used with permission
Donate $5 or more to the podcast in the month of January to be entered in a drawing to win this lovely stuff. There’s a button in the left-hand column that will take you right to PayPal.
SpinDoctor Rare Breeds Challenge thread on Ravelry
Equipment Review
Fleece and Processing Review
Foxhill Farm: P.O. Box 6, 380 Maple St., Lee, MA 01238; (413)243-2558
Fleece a la Topaz
Topaz’s fleece, processed into roving by Morning Sun Fiber Barn
Some yarn from Topaz
Fiber Review
North Ronaldsay yarn
North Ronaldsay swatch
Gulf Coast yarn
Gulf Coast swatch
Manx Loaghtan roving
Portland Roving
Boreray roving
DVD Review
Rita Buchanan, How I Spin in the SpinDoctor Amazon store
Pattern Review
Laura Chau’s Simple Yet Effective Shawl
The pattern page on Ravelry, where you can see lots of different versions
My version:
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