Spin-Off Magazine

Articles

2019

  • “Sheep on the Move,” vol 43, no. 2 (Summer 2019), 54-60.

2018

  • “Wooltripping: What’s Inside the Not-So-Familiar Wool Fiber?” vol. 42, no. 1 (Spring 2018), 62-67.
  • “Manx Loaghtan Sheep and Their Wool,” vol. 42, no. 1 (Spring 2018), 84-87.

2016

  • “Welcome to the Sheep Barn.” Spin-Off’s Spin and Knit special publication, 42-50.

2015

  • “Crimp =/≠/≈ Fiber Diameter,” vol. 39, no. 2 (Summer 2015), 58–62.
  • “Shetland Wool Week,” vol. 39, no. 1 (Spring 2015), 30–34.
  • “The Down Wools: Quiet and Unsung Heroes of the Fiber World,” vol. 38, no. 4 (Winter 2015), 70–74.

2014

  • “Saving Rare Breeds of Sheep, One Bobbin at a Time,” vol. 37, no. 4 (Winter 2014), 54–59.

2012

  • “Relating to Comfort, Fiber Diameter, and Crimp: A Few Woolly Mysteries and Guidelines,” vol. 36, no. 2 (Summer 2012), 56–60.
  • “Fiber Basics: Lincoln,” vol. 36, no. 1 (Spring 2012), 70–74.

2011

  • “Fiber Diameter: Almightily Important and Easy to Misunderstand,” vol. 35, no. 4 (Winter 2011), 64–69.
  • “Fiber Basics: Soay Sheep—Connecting Today’s Spinners with Thousands of Years of Heritage,” vol. 35, no. 1 (Spring 2011), 86–91.

1999

  • “Ruana” (article/design), vol. 23, no. 2 (Summer 1999), 2, 70.
  • “Rare Wools from Rare Sheep, Part 2: Why Endangered Sheep Matter to Spinners,” vol. 23, no. 1 (Spring 1999), 90–94.

1998

  • “Rare Wools from Rare Sheep, Part 1: A Focused Tour of Breeds and Fiber,” vol. 22, no. 4 (Winter 1998), 54–60.
  • “The Electronic Spider,” vol. 22, no. 3 (Fall 1998), 92.

1997

  • “Okay, Who Were the Anasazi?” vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 1997), 58–59.

1996

  • “The Charkha Road,” vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996), 74–80.
  • “Diné bé ’Iiná’: The Navajo Lifeway,” vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996), 82–84.
  • “Sheep is Life: A Celebration of Navajo-Churro Shepherds and Weavers,” vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996), 85.

1995

  • “A Spinner at Play: Elizabeth Barnes’ Blended Fiber Samples,” vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 1995), 60–63.

1988

  • “General Thoughts about Equipment Reviews,” vol. 10, no. 4 (Winter 1988), 38–39.
  • “A Brief History of Spinning,” vol. 10, no. 3 (Fall 1988), 34–37.

1987

  • “Reading History in the Classifieds,” vol. 9, no. 3 (Fall 1987), 20 ff.

Written with Rita Buchanan:

Spring 2001 (vol. 25, no. 1)

  • “Essentials: Basic Ideas, Tools, and Terms,” pages 24–25.

Summer 1999 (vol 23, no. 3) and Spring and Winter 2000 (vol. 24, nos. 1 and 4)

  • “Essentials: Making Yarn and Finishing Wool Yarn,” pages 19 & 22 (Summer 1999), 17–18 (Spring 2000), and 20–22 (Winter 2000).

Spring 2000 (vol. 24, no. 1)

  • “Spinner’s Question,” pages 35–36.

Spring and Winter 1999 (vol. 23, nos. 1 and 4)

  • “Essentials: Starting with Wool,” pages 15 & 19 (Spring) and 21 & 23 (Winter).

Written with Judy Kettner:

Summer 1999 (vol. 23, no. 2)

  • “Expanding Our Comfort Zones: Unusual Textile Techniques,” pages 78–81.

Editorials and tributes

  • “Alden Amos: In Honor and Remembrance, October 3, 1938 – November 28, 2015,” vol. 39, no. 1 (Spring 2016), 4-5.
  • In Honor of Deborah Pulliam, vol. 31, no. 3 (Fall 2007), 42.
  • Tribute to Allen Fannin, vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2004), 17.
  • In Memoriam Bernice Bonner (written with Dale Pettigrew), vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 2003), 14.

Editorials—page 2 unless otherwise specified: 1988 (Fall, Winter), 1989 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, all p. 3), 1990 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1991 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1992 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1993 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1994 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1995 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1996 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1997 (Spring (p. 4), Summer, Fall, Winter), 1998 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 1999 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), 2000 (Spring).

Book reviews

Fall 2012—The Master Weavers: Celebrating One Hundred Years of Navajo Textile Artists from the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills Weaving Region, by Mark Winter (Newcomb, New Mexico: Historic Toadlena Trading Post, 2011), vol. 36, no. 3, page 25.

Winter 2007—Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art, by Susan Strawn (Saint Paul, Minnesota : Voyageur Press, 2007), vol. 31, no. 4, pages 21, 23.

Summer 2007—Invisible Threads in Knitting, by Annemor Sundbø (Kristiansand, Norway: Torridal Tweed, 2007), vol. 31, no. 2, page 19.

Summer 2007—Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning, by Judith Mackenzie (Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2007), vol. 31, no. 2, page 16.

Winter 2006—Stitch ’N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker, by Debbie Stoller (New York: Workman, 2006), vol. 30, no. 4, page 24.

Summer 2004—Stitch ’N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook, by Debbie Stoller (New York: Workman, 2003), vol. 28, no. 2, page 23.

Spring 2004—Dances with Wool: Celebrating 100 Years of Woven Images from Southwestern Mythology, by Mark Winter (Newcomb, New Mexico: Toadlena Trading Post, 2002), vol. 28, no. 1, pages 11–12.

Summer 2003—The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds, by Janet Vorwald Dohner (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2001), vol. 27, no. 2, pages 19–20.

Summer 2002—Adventures in Fleece, by Buhnne Tramutola (Peapack, New Jersey: self-published, 2001), vol. 26, no. 2, pages 19–20.

Winter 1996—Knitting in America: Patterns, Profiles, and Stories of America’s Leading Artisans, by Melanie D. Falick (New York: Artisan/Workman, 1996), vol. 20, no. 4, page 8.

Winter 1994—Combs! Combs! Combs!, by Susan McFarland (Columbus, Wisconsin: Calnin Press, n.d.), vol. 18, no. 4, page 127.

Winter 1994—Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens, by Karen Casselman (New York: Dover, 1993), vol. 18, no. 4, pages 37, 112.

Winter 1994—Spinning Llama and Alpaca, by Chris Switzer (Estes Park, Colorado: SwitzerLand, 1994), vol. 18, no. 4, pages 126–127.

Winter 1994—Your Goats: A Kid’s Guide to Raising and Showing, by Gail Damerow (Pownal, Vermont: Storey, 1993), vol. 18, no. 4, page 127.

Spring 1994—Song of the Muskox, by Kathy Sparks (Unionville, Indiana: The Hand Maiden, 1993), vol. 18, no. 1, pages 20–21.

Fall 1993—The New Fiberworks Sourcebook, Being an Essential Mail-Order Guide to Supplies and Services for the Fiber Arts, by Bobbi A. McRae (Austin, Texas: Fiberworks Publications, 1993), vol. 17, no. 3, pages 11, 114.

Summer 1992—Charts for Colour Knitting: A Designers’ Source Book from the Personal Collection of Alice Starmore, by Alice Starmore (Isle of Lewis, Scotland: The Windfall Press, 1992), vol. 16, no. 2, page 12.

Winter 1990—Nursery Rhyme Knits: Clothes, Toys, and Accessories from Birth to Six Years, by Sue Locke (North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square, 1990), vol. 14, no. 4, pages 26–27.

Winter 1989—Knitting Around, or Knitting without a License, by Elizabeth Zimmermann (Pittsville, Wisconsin: Schoolhouse Press, 1989), vol. 13, no. 4, page 8.

Spring 1988—The Handknitter’s Handbook, by Montse Stanley (New York: Sterling (David & Charles), 1986), vol. 10, no. 1, page 9.