Here we are with the last issue for 2024 already! This has been a wonderful year for exploring and celebrating art yarns and art yarn artists, with all the wonderful variety of textures and colours you can imagine. I would like to continue with this theme of creative experimentations next year as well, with a particular focus on stories and story telling through our yarn and fibre crafts. In this issue you will enjoy some really stunning fiber work and
Welcoming tinyStudio Issue 24!
I am very pleased to bring you Issue 24 of TinySTUDIO Creative Life magazine! I am excited to be continuing our focus on art yarns and the myriad of things that can be made with them. I hope you will find articles that inspire you to create something unique and special, made with some unusual yarns. In this issue we have yarn making – from the preparation of batts through to gorgeous yarns, with Lora Jones. The vibrant colours throughout
Corespinning basics
Suzy Brown (WoolWench) for tinyStudio Magazine This year I have chosen to focus on art yarns! While still filling tinyStudio magazine with a wonderful range of fiber arts, am I certainly also paying additional attention to the spinning of art yarns and the uses fiber artists are making of these wonderfully expressive yarns. As a long-time spinner of artistic and textured yarns (check out my Gallery of works here) this is a subject very close to my heart. I love
tinyStudio Issue 23 Is With Us!
I am very pleased to be bringing you the latest issue of tinyStudio Creative Life magazine, in both print and digital! For 2024 my goal is to focus on art yarns, the spinning of them and also all the various ways to put them to use in our projects, and this issue is full of arty inspiration. Even if you are not a focussed art yarner, there is plenty to keep you entertained and informed as well. In this issue
Issue 22 is among us!
Let us spread our wings and soar into a new year, filled with inspiration, in a very TinySTUDIO way. This first issue of the year is themed; ‘Birds’, and pays tribute to the endlessly varied colours, characters, and beauty of the avian world. Our day begins with the amazing sounds of the ‘dawn chorus’ as the birds wake up and sing to the rising sun. Louise Cook takes this inspiration and relates it to her Saori weaving practice, there are
Issue 21 is Here!
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
To Thwack, or Not To Thwack
I often see discussions on social media about the benefits (or not) of thwacking yarns as part of the ‘finishing’ process. People seem to be quick to condemn, with the idea that it is a terrible way to treat a yarn, or only done to compensate for a ‘badly spun’ yarn. I wanted to bust this myth 🙂 So for Issue 19 of tinyStudio magazine I researched and wrote an article, this was published in May 2023. Felt that since
tinyStudio Issue 20: Out now!
This issue marks a milestone for me, as it slowly sinks in that I have been publishing this quarterly magazine now for 5 years! In many ways it still feels as though I am just getting started, that I have so much more I want to do with tinyStudio, and I also look back with pride and gratitude on what we have achieved and the wonderful issues since 2018 that never grow old, that continue to be as inspirational, motivational,
In Print – tinyStudio Issue 19 Available Now!
I am very pleased to announce that all tinyStudio Members issue 19 priority print purchases are printing and/or shipping, and I am now about to offer this gorgeous magazine in PRINT to everyone! This issue is just stunning, with so many inspirational articles, I just cannot choose a favourite 🙂 Here is a quick flipthrough so you can see for yourself just how much fibery magic this issue contains, 120 pages! I love the digital version of tinyStudio so much,
tinyStudio magazine – Back in print!
Big news from tinyStudio magazine – we are back in print! Find out about the awesome new Eco Format and availability!