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Get More Spun: Spinning For Sale

Join handspinning expert Abby Franquemont and delve into the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a small business.

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Weaving Well

The instructor for Weaving Well, Madelyn van der Hoogt, has heard her fair share of tips for weaving well.

Get More Spun: Spinning to Knit Large Projects

Join internationally-acclaimed handspinning teacher Abby Franquemont as she shares tips and techniques for staying on track, and gives you the confidence you need to tackle spinning for big projects.

Designing with Weaving Software - OUTDATED DON'T USE

Weaving is an investment of time and yarn. One of the greatest modern innovations in weaving is the availability of software that enables weavers to quickly create and test their designs before committing them to the loom.

Block Weaves

Madelyn van der Hoogt designed Block Weaves specifically as an overview of all of the possibilities that you can use to create with block weaves.

Knitting Lithuanian Socks

In Knitting Lithuanian Socks Part 1, you'll learn about the rich history of Lithuania and how it's knitting culture has been translated into contemporary culture.

Wet Felting with Sharon Costello

Felting is fun! Just take wool, water, and a bit of soap, and you can make instant fabric in any color and shape you can imagine. Make a purse or a hat, slippers or a garment.

Big and Lofty Yarns: How to Spin Bulky Yarn with Ease

Start Spinning

In Start Spinning the talented Maggie Casey guides Eunny Jang through the basic techniques and common problems of spinning yarn. Maggie will show you how to pre-draft your fiber, adjust your spinning wheel, ply and finish a good skein and much more.

Learn from My Spinning Mistakes

Much as we hate to think about it, every spinner makes mistakes . . . In her new video workshop, Maggie Casey opens her trove of finished projects (and unfinished ones!) that didn't come out as planned and discusses where she went astray.

Boutonné

Delve into the rich history of Canadian coverlet weaving and give a modern twist to the craft of boutenné (often misspelled boutenné, boutenne, or boutonne).

Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson

In Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson, Sarah teaches the building blocks you need for a lifetime of successful spinning—twist, draft, and control—and takes us on a tour of the yarn universe to see what you can create.

Spinning Energized Yarns

In Spinning Energized Yarns, Kathryn Alexander will show you how to really liven up your yarns with brilliant handspun knits.

Creative Weaving: Designing with Hemstitching

In this video, Sara Bixler will show you how you can use hemstitching to add interest to the body of your fabric, as a way to enhance handwoven lace, as a lace technique in itself, and as a way to add color and graphic elements to your weaving.

Creative Weaving: Clasped Weft Patterns

Join expert weaving instructor Sara Bixler to learn the unique Clasped Weft technique, an impressive way to enhance and customize your woven projects.

Creative Weaving: Brooks Bouquet with Sara Bixler

In her Creative Weaving series, weaver and teacher Sara Bixler shows how you can make exciting, attractive cloth on a rigid-heddle loom or any loom.

Creative Weaving: Leno Lace

Join weaving expert Sara Bixler and learn an easy yet impressive technique for your rigid heddle loom or any floor loom. Create open weave lace patterns by physically manipulating individual threads to change their orientation and appearance.

Creative Weaving: Six Fringe Finishing Techniques for Weavers

Learn creative and practical techniques for finishing your fringe! This video will teach you six different fringe finishing techniques – each one with unique properties and visual appeal.

Andean Knitting

In Andean Knitting with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez you'll explore a culture of knitting from the highlands of Peru that has recently experienced a resurgence throughout the world.

Spinning Exotic Fiber Blends

Do you have a small collection of precious or exotic fibers you’ve been waiting to spin? Join handspinning and fiber blending expert Sarah Anderson and learn to prepare, blend, and spin silk, cashmere, cotton, sari silk, and more.

Andean Spinning with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez

In Andean Spinning expert spinner and native Peruvian, Nilda Callañaupa Alveraz will take you through the Andean spinning techniques that she is known for preserving in her country.

Know Your Wheel

In Know Your Wheel, you'll follow along with two master wheel makers, Alden Amos and Cindy Lair, as they show you how to keep your spinning wheels in good working order.

Weaving Summer and Winter with Madelyn van der Hoogt

Felt It! Needlefelt Mini Gnomes