I tell all about my recent class with Deb Menz, plus and interview with Deb and reviews of her recent DVDs. Also, I review fiber from Dicentra Designs, and The Organized Spinner sets up a dye studio.
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Oct 022011
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
I review the Black Sheep Gathering (and tell what I ate and what I bought), fiber from Into the Whirled, and Judith MacKenzie’s A Spinner’s Toolbox. Plus, craftygirl83 reviews Smoky Mountain Spinnery in Gatlinburg, TN, and I reveal the winners of the SpinDoctor Wool Breeds Challenge.
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Jul 242011
Festival Review: The Black Sheep Gathering
The Anatomy of Knitting podcast
The Knitcents podcast
The Knitmore Girls podcast
The Knit Wits podcast
The Outlier podcast
The Yarnings podcast
The Bar-Maids
Fiber Review: Into the Whirled
DVD Review: A Spinner’s Toolbox
Judith MacKenzie, A Spinner’s Toolbox
Abby Franquemont: Drafting: The Long and Short of It
LPO: Review of Smoky Mountain Spinnery by craftygirl83
The Just One More Row podcast
We go out for a longer spin than usual, and I review the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair.
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Show notes for these episodes coming soon!
May 232011
I tell all about my trip to Maryland Sheep & Wool and the fleece I bought there. Plus, Zora takes over the outro.
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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
I review fiber from Fat Cat Knits, spindles from Jenkins Woodworking, and Anne Field’s Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics.
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