Welcome to a new issue of tinyStudio magazine, and we are turning 21 this time! To celebrate this coming of age, we are actually looking into the past a little, exploring some of our spinning history, starting with a DIY project for making a medieval spindle. I love all those beautiful ancient images of the women in their long robes, strolling along with their distaffs poised and their spindle in hand, gathering weight with the yarn they are creating. In
Oh Batty, How Many Ways Shall I Spin Thee?
Right on the heels of our newest online course “Dymanic Colour Blending: Carding” which covers a range of ways to card fiber into batts and rolags, here is a post that’s going to help you spin up your lovely lofty fibres and continue the colour management learned through the course. If you haven’t done the course yet you can still use these ideas! During the five videos I created for the course, and also given as exercises in the workbook