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Spin Untamed Natural Fibers FOLLOW A SPINNER’S WINTER ON THE MONGOLIAN STEPPE the art & craft of spinning yarn WINTER 2020 Into the Wild Spin Untamed Natural Fibers Wild Silks Blending Beyond Bombyx Milkweed and Monarchs Spin Floss, Save Butterflies Can This Fleece Be Saved? Fix & Fall in Love with Filthy Fleeces EUGENE TEXTILE CENTER Weaving, Spinning, Dyeing, & Felting Indie-dyed Merino Silk Roving Fostering the Fiber Arts since 2008 We have Expert Staff & OUTSTANDING Customer Service! We sell new & used Spinning Wheels Eugene Textile Center is a unique space dedicated to the fi ber arts. We support handspinners of all sorts through workshops, books, DVDs, equipment, supplies, and our ever-expanding online presence. 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VERMONT Designed and hand-built by Seth, they both offer the “Fleur de Lys” signature Golding spinning experience, but at a more Spinning Wheel affordable price than our full size wheels. Handcarved from Select Walnut with Ebony & Walnut accents Ratios up to 33:1 “Golding Glory” Micro Kate Celtic Flower Model Designed for plying yarn spun on our Handcarved Cherry 2” Micro RingSpindles™. 4 easy to change Handcrafted from Select Cherry. ratios up to 25:1 “Primavera” “Golding Gossamer” Lazy Kate I Handscrolled Cherry For plying “Starfish” 4 easy to change spindle ratios up to 17:1 spun yarn “Celtic Spinning Goddess” 70 Contents Vol. XLIII No. 4 Winter 2020 Photo by Matt Graves INTO THE WILD FEATURES 38 Not Your Typical Alpaca: 54 American Bison: 18 Spinning the Steppe: How to Spin Paco-Vicuña Fiber Modern Fiber from a Native Species Camel Fiber and Firebox Spindles By Deborah Held By Cecil, Ron, and Theresa Miskin By Hannah Maxson A spinner explores spinning paco- The Miskin family is dedicated to Follow a spinner through the winter in vicuña on supported and suspended spreading the word about the Mongolia and learn a traditional, tool- spindles, aided by advice from fiber resurgence of the American bison. free fiber-preparation method. producer Jane Levene. Learn how this rugged animal’s deli- ciously soft down fiber is gathered 24 Wild Silk: 46 A Lesson in and processed. Blending Beyond Bombyx Handspun Lace Repair The Great Fleece Makeover By Heavenly Bresser By Galina A. Khmeleva 62 What are wild silks? Heavenly wanted When Russian-lace expert Galina By Emonieiesha Hopkins to know more, so she sourced several Khmeleva discovered a dreadfully Burrs, breaks, and stains—oh my! Can types and created three fabulous fiber damaged scarf made by her teacher a filthy fleece be saved? Meet a spin- blends using these exotic fibers. and mentor, she set to work repair- ner who’s thrilled at the idea of fixing ing the gossamer lace. the saddest fleece around and hear 34 Jefferson Farms: how she does it. The Search for Wild Luxury By Deborah Held 70 Monarchs, Milkweed, and You Paco-vicuñas offer a unique com- By Kathy Augustine bination of wild and domesticated Milkweed plants not only support characteristics. Learn more about this threatened monarch butterfly popula- e n fascinating camelid and a Colorado e tions, they produce several types of v e family smitten with wild luxury fibers. L spinnable fiber! Learn how milkweed e n a floss has been used in the past and J y b methods for blending it to create your o t o own pro-butterfly blends. h P 34 Lux laces for old boots. s e v a r G t t a M y b e g a p s i h t s o t o h 84 30 P 76 Wild Core Spinning: PROJECTS 58 Trekking Socks Tips from a Texture Lover 30 Luxury Laces By Amy Tyler By Ashley Martineau By John Mullarkey Amy was inspired to try socks with Ashley walks you through several core- Step off the beaten path with a pair an unusual natural fiber blend. The spinning tutorials that focus on control- of handsome new shoelaces. John result was as long-wearing and ling texture, allowing you to create a shares a reversable tablet-woven squishy soft as she hoped! range of yarns from smooth to wild. pattern. 84 Local Bast: Adventures DEPARTMENTS in Wild Retting 40 Orenburg Spinning with a 4 Editor’s Letter North American Twist: Valentina’s By Karlissa Keller Reviews Polushawl to Knit 6 Are there bast fibers growing in your 8 Get This backyard? Karlissa took a new look at By Galina A. Khmeleva; handspun As the Whorl Spins an invasive weed and began retting— version by Valentina Federova 12 see what happened! Put a new spin on traditional Russian 16 Your Finished Object lace. Spin and knit your own wild 96 I Am a Spinner gossamer-lace warm shawl. 90 The Joy of Spinning Florida Native Cotton By Elizabeth Prose Take a peek into one Florida spinner’s local wild-cotton adventure. Russian lace with a North American twist. On the cover: Heavenly Bresser's wild silk blends. Learn more on page 24. Photo by Matt Graves www.spinoffmagazine.com • Calls for Entries • Corrections • Index of Past Issues 40 EDITOR’S LETTER When I began developing this issue of Spin Off more than a year ago, I never anticipated ® all the changes that would take place before Vol. X LIII No. 4 Winter 2020 I would see it on printed pages. Little did I know that the Into the Wild issue would be EDITORIAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Anne Merrow brought forth as Spin Off broke new ground EDITOR Kate Larson and blazed new trails. MANAGING AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR Elizabeth Prose TECHNICAL EDITORS Karen Frisa, Deanna Deeds COPY EDITOR Katie Bright On August 1, Spin Off, Handwoven, and PieceWork magazines settled PROOFREADER Nancy Arndt EDITORS EMERITAE Anne Bliss, Anne Merrow, into their new home at Long Thread Media. I’m eager and excited to Amy Clarke Moore, Deborah Robson see what the future holds for these publications and the community of EDITORIAL ADVISORS Halcyon Blake, Maggie Casey, Sophia Gfroerer, Elisabeth Hill, Sara Lamb, Amy Norris, makers they support! Sarah Wroot CREATIVE SERVICES The heady question that flows through this annual natural fiber issue is, ART DIRECTOR Kit Kinseth PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mark Dobroth “What is wild?” In our spinner-centric world, does “wild” always mean PHOTOGRAPHER Matt Graves fiber gleaned from nature? Not necessarily. What connects the work of VISUAL STYLIST & ILLUSTRATOR Ann Sabin Swanson the authors in this issue is the intention, diligence, and joy in turning the resources they encounter into beautiful handspun yarn. Learn how the Miskin family has worked to connect fiber artists with the American bison. Follow Karlissa Keller’s retting adventure with local FOUNDERS Linda Ligon, Anne Merrow, John Bolton bast fiber. 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