Learn how to spin silk with Sara Lamb. There’s a special excerpt from The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning. Explore The Home Textile Tool Museum in Pennsylvania. Take a look at Gandhi?s message of nonviolent resistance through spinning and weaving. Read a brief history of Old World crochet by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts. See the amazingly useful ch?cara (handspun string bags made from plant fibers) of the Ng?be women of Panama. Learn about Viking sails, which were entirely handspun. Find the right drumcarder for you with Susan McFarland. Read about some of Liz Gipson?s adventures on the fiber trail.

Admire a gorgeous knitted tunic made from spindle-spun yarn. Make three different handspun ombre scarves. Crochet a bag in the old world style. Weave a lovely silk shirt with advice from Sara Lamb.

Magazine published in June 2001 by Long Thread Media LLC

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