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Spin-Off Magazine
Interweave Press

$7.99
Winter 2011
112 pages.

Spin Off - It's about making yarn by hand.

Features include:
* Behind the Scenes: At Ashland Bay
* Armchair Traveler: Kansas City
* Hair or Wool: What's in a name?
* Fiber Diameter: Almightily important and easy to misunderstand
* After the Earth Shook
* The Molo Wool Project: From farmers to fiber artists
* Spindle-Spun vs. Wheel-Spun Yarn

"How to" articles:
* Spinning Tips: Underplying is not a mistake
* Spinning Basics: Spinning with the crimp in mind (Cover Story)
* Autowrap (textured yarn)
* Developing Your Skills: Purchasing fibers, choosing and sorting a fleece
* Making Fine Bouclés (Not quite from scratch)
* Fiber Basics: Yak

Projects:
* Two caps
* Yak Scarf: Simple luxury
* Handspun Gallery of Color-Block Vests

Plus all the regular departments like letters, calendar classifieds and more!