Reader Test: Spinning Fabric Twine on a Spinning Wheel
Remember last week’s post about making your own awesome scrap fabric twine? CRAFT reader M. K. Lawrie took the next logical step and incorporated her spinning wheel into the process!
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How to Make Scrap Fabric Twine
Saving sewing scraps for a rainy day? Check out this brilliant tutorial for making your own scrap fabric twine!
Spinning Cassette Tape
Twitter user miquraffreshia uploaded this image of cassette tape being spun into yarn.
Colorbomb Fibers
At Maker Faire 2009 I had the pleasure of meeting Velma of COLORBOMB Creations. Velma is a colorful explosion of enthusiasm and fiber arts. She has a great etsy shop with amazing offerings, and yesterday on her blog VelmasWorld, she announced a new product, called SmorgasBombs. They will be launched at SOAR, the Spin-Off Autumn […]
Herb Garden Handspun Yarn on Etsy
I love the way certain colors play off each other, and this week I am loving lavender and green. Herb Garden Yarn from Beck and Call Girl on Etsy
Meet Mathieu of Manspun
i also breath and eat and drink and play guitar and video games. many people are confused when they think of “man” and “yarn” in the same sentence, but they do in fact go together.
Refresh Wool Roving with a Flick Card
It’s a simple Ashford Flick Card. I have had my eye on a pair of $60 hand carders for a while, but this flick card was less than $20, so I went for it. The card is basically a brush with thin, sharp, bent teeth. I found the tool at my local feed store, not the craft store.
