Check out places Spin-Off celebrated its 25th anniversary. Enjoy a special excerpt from Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns. Admire a recreated mechanical spinner. Admire the Handspun Gallery of SOAR Scholarship recipients.

Enjoy a bunny bag inspired by and spun and knit from angora bunnies. Learn how to dye from avocados. Learn how to use you own handspun thread for sashiko, an ancient Japanese form of quilting. Discover the dedication it takes to spin and weave a king-size blanket. Learn how to adapt a pasta maker into a cotton gin. Knit with unspun roving. Learn how to spin for Victorian knitting. Play with feathers in your spinning and knitting. Go on a journey with Margaret O. Carter and learn how to dehair cashmere yourself.

Magazine published in August 2002 by Long Thread Media LLC

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