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SPINNING IN THE HIMALAYAS — Plying with a pole! Really!

Wheel Round up

All you need to know

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Baby Surprise

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C ONTENTS

F e atures

24 Behind the Scenes: At Watson Wheels

38 Armchair Traveler: Southeastern Iowa

by Amanda Berka

41 The Great Spinning Wheel Roundup

62 Home of the Polwarth: A Visit to Tarndwarncoor t

by Diane Mulholland

70 Spinning in the Himalayas by Tracy Hudson

74 Fiber Basics: Pygora by Carol Huebscher Rhoad es

84 Handspun Gallery of Baby Surprise Jackets

112 Finding My Wheel by Linnea Tippett

H o w to

27 Spinning Tips: Worsted, Woolen, or

Semi-Something by Rudy Amann

30 Spinning Basics: Drumcarding by Robin Russo

Projects

52 The Cloisters Sweater by Sarah Swett

46 Book Excerpt: Start Spinning by Maggie Casey

56 Angela’s Wedding Shawl by Kaye D. Collins

64 On Washing Fleece by Judith MacKenzie McCuin

60 Isobel: A C rocheted Cap by Diane Mulholland

82 Plush Pygora Scarf by Carol Huebscher Rhoades

On the cover:

Sarah Swett designed a

sweater for next-to-

the-skin, everyday use,

page 52.

On the Web:

• Spinning in the Himalayas—

videos by Tracy Hudson

• Spinner’s Connection

• More of Your Yarn—New

toYou!

Departments

2 Editor’s Page

6 Letters

12 As the Whorl Spins

by Stefanie Berganini

14 Reviews

22 Get This! by Stefanie Berganini

95 Abbreviations

99 Calendar

104 Classiﬁ ed Ads

111 Advertisers’ Index

Volume XXXII

Number 3

Fall 2008

by Cindy Hill

34 Your Yarn: New to You Ya r ns

E DITOR’S PAGE

third birthday party, Jackie, the mother of one

of Hannah’s friends from day care, asked me what

I do for work. I told her that I am an editor. She

asked what I edit, and I replied with my standard,

“A magazine about spinning” and explained

further, “It’s about making yarn by hand,” to avoid

confusion with the spinning associated with exercise

bicycles. In most cases, when people ask me what

I do, the thread of conversation stops at this point,

and we go on to other topics. But this time, Jackie

said, “Oh! No way! I’ve

always wanted to learn

how to spin!” I stopped

dead in my tracks. I brieﬂ y

considered uncovering the

bins of ﬁ ber, spindles, and

yarn that had been neatly

tucked away to make way

for the rampaging three-

year-olds but then came

back to reality—besides, I

didn’t want to scare away

this potential spinning

buddy with over-eager

enthusiasm bordering on

fanaticism. Calmly, I said, “I’d love to teach you

how to spin—why don’t you and Gina come over

for a playdate/spinning lesson soon?”

So a couple of weeks later, while our daughters

ran around the backyard chasing butterﬂ ies

(seriously), Jackie made her ﬁ rst yarns on a CD

spindle with newly washed Corriedale ﬁ ber that

I had scoured the day before (see page 64) and

prepared in big ﬂ uffy batts using the fur drum

on my Patrick Green drumcarder (see page 30).

Hannah and Gina helped us drumcard another

batt—carefully supervised, of course. They also had

spindles and a bit of ﬂ uff to play with, but in the

end the swing set was more captivating for them.

Jackie drafted while I kept the spindle spinning—

it didn’t take her long to catch on to the process.

She had a natural feeling for how the ﬁ ber should

draft apart and the twist should enter the drafted

ﬁ bers. Before we knew it, it was nap time (for the

girls), and Jackie had a length of beautifully bumpy,

cohesive yarn on her spindle. Armed with a bunch

of carded wool and the CD

spindles to practice on at

home, Jackie and Gina left,

and Hannah and I were a bit

wistful in the absence of our

new buddies.

Jackie reports that she’s

getting the hang of spinning

and that Gina likes helping her

make yarn. While at our home,

Hannah has been turning

everything into “her knitting

needles,” occasionally wants

to treadle, and has requested

several articles of clothing for

her animals (all named Lucy, b y the way), and I am

dreaming of a Polwarth ﬂ eece (see page 62) and

trying to ﬁ gure out if I mostly spin semiworsted or

semiwoolen yarn (page 27). We’re looking forward

to another spinning playdate.

Happy spinning!

P HOTO BY A MY C LARKE M OORE

Corriedale ﬁ ber—scoured and drumcarded—

ready to spin.

Amy Clarke Moore, Editor

aclarkemoore@interweave.com

Volume XXXII

Fall 2008

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Lee Raven, Deborah Robson

CREATIVE SERVICES

D ESIGNER Jason Reid

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Nancy Arndt

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