Introduction I am slightly biased here as I have been spinning on an Ashford Traditional for nearly 20 years. I was lucky enough to try out a good selection of wheels while I was learning to spin and in common with many hand spinners in the world, one of the wheels I learned on was […]
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Artists such as painters and illustrators utilise sketchbooks and engage in daily creative practice to refine their abilities. Fibre artists can also enhance their skills and expand beyond basic techniques through consistent practice. In this article, I will give you six practical suggestions to cultivate a daily creative practice to help improve your hand spinning.
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I have been messing around with dying since I was a teenager. My first introduction to home dying was changing the colour of a dress I had bought from a jumble sale with a little pot of dylon cold dye that you had to add salt to. The result was not quite what I had
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