The annual Spin Off tool issue turns the spotlight on spinning wheels. Discover the often-missed measurements that can help you choose the best wheel for your body, find out if 3D printing could be the solution for broken or missing parts on antique wheels, and tackle wheel adjustments for spinning a blend of cotton and cottonised hemp. Learn how the Coast Salish peoples adapted traditional spindles into treadle spinners, influencing wheels that might be in your house today.
Contents of Spin Off Fall 2022
- Spinning Comfortably: Choosing and Using the Best Wheel for Your Body, by Carson Demers
- The Ultimate Tweedy Sock Yarn for Active Feet – spin a strong, tweedy yarn and knit the ultimate shorty socks, by Deborah Held
- The Salish Spinner: Innovation, Evolution, and Adaptation, by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa
- Quebec Wheel Song, by Joanne Seiff
- Mechanics Made Easy: Making Friends with Your Spinning Wheel, by Elana Goodfellow
- 3D Printing & Antique Wheels: A Spinner Explores Replacement Parts, by Meagan Condon
- Machine Knitting with Handspun: Would the Luddites Approve? by Mary Renstrom
- Spinning Symbols: Three Embellished Tools with Stories to Tell, by Riley Kleve
- An Ode to Onion Skins: Modifying a Humble Dyestuff, by Madeline Keller-King
- The One Acre Exchange Blend: Spinning Cotton and Cottonised Hemp, by Kerry Bullock-Ozkan
- Toe-Up Tweed and the Sporty-Shortie Socks, by Deborah Held
- Handy Dandy Denim Card Cover – sew a custom denim cover for your hand carders, by Susan Bradshaw and Angela K. Schneider
- Autumn Forest Scarf: Silk Hankies and Undulating Twill, by Malynda Allen
