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Catalog : Books : Spinning & Felting

Spin-Off Magazine
Interweave Press

Magazine, $7.99
June 2009
112 pages.

Create 5 small projects for summer, including an inkle woven handbag. The armchair traveler visits Sweden. Two wonderful breeds of sheep are featured, the California Variegated Mutant (CVM) and the ancient Norwegian breed, Villsau. Learn techniques without tools, using your body instead. Spin Control covers the merits and drawbacks of pre-drafting. Th Gallery covers quants as shown on the cover.

Biomimicry by Judith Mackenzie McGuin is my favorite pick in this issue. Biomimicry is when human inventors imitate nature to create new products. Judith tells it so much better than I do. What does that have to do with spinning? Lots! Check it out yourself.
-Ursula