
When I first learned to spin, I wanted to love handcarding. My life was full of sheep, and I had visions of charging through entire fleeces, leaving a trail of tidy rolags in my wake. But for me, like many spinners, handcarding felt slow and tedious at first. What I found frustrating was that even…

Books have a life of their own. The book I carefully crafted (The Practical Spinner’s Guide: Wool Interweave, 2015) is out in the world in the hands of people I have never met, in places I have never been. Isn’t that amazing? I just sent a signed copy to my friend Anett in Budapest, Hungary, and…