SPIN-OFF Magazine Back Issue, winter 1985

The magazine for hand-spinners.

Projects include:

• turquoise angora pullover

Articles include:

• the emergence of a specialty wool industry in the u.s.
• wool on a small scale: a large success
• Christmas tree dye - a natural!
• fine, finer, finest
• another look at wool scouring: ingredients, problems and techniques
• using the fibers of native plants
• angora fiber spinning
• winter elegance
• spinning australian cashmere and cashgora
• exotic fiber blends
• fiber foray: getting started with line flax
• my friend, mrs. olds
• dementia
• a spinner's knot

Show and tell:

• gray topcoat
• variations on a midnight rainbow
• ice in shadow sweater
• silk shawl