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
It has been my pleasure to share my ‘Fun With Spikes’ hackle pattern system available for free here on my website for a couple of years, in the form of a downloadable 50 page workbook plus half hour video with demonstration and instruction. I am pleased to now present to you a Second edition of “Fun With Spikes: How to use a hackle to design unique yarns’, in PRINT, with additional content and images! The new book is now available
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
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
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,
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,
Big news from tinyStudio magazine – we are back in print! Find out about the awesome new Eco Format and availability!
TinyStudio is now into its fifth year of publication; I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. It is truly a testament to the phrase ‘time flies when you are having fun’. This issue is all about paying tribute to time, in fact this IS the ‘Timey Wimey’ issue, packed with articles to help boost your creativity, and stories linking what is past with what is still to come. Inspiration can be drawn from learning about spinners who
Welcome to the latest instalment of fibery inspiration, creativity, information, and of course, fluffy eye candy! The underlying theme of this issue is ‘Reflections”. I came to this concept via one of my most treasured memories; a moment when I found myself in the middle of the most incredible reflection. I was travelling the west coast of the South Island (Te Waipounamu) of my homeland Aotearoa New Zealand. This is an incredible part of the country; wild, sparsely populated, and everything
It’s true! One whole year dedicated to publishing this awesome new fiber arts magazine! There are now FOUR issues published and this month marks the beginning, when I opened up subscriptions and started building the very first Issue 🙂 Since then Evanita and I have made loads of big changes to the website, streamlined it and added content. I have made LOTS of tinystudioTV episodes that now reside in the library for all subscribers too! The activity of finding just