You control the colourway of your life.

You make and break the rules.

Spinolution Wheels

Spinning wheels as versatile and magical as you are.

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SPIN Books

The SPIN books are my love letter to you.

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SPIN Series

Inspiring and supporting your fiber practice through videos.

Are you stuck in a two-ply rut?

Do you feel like you are stuck with the dyer’s design choices?

Are you afraid to ruin beautiful fiber?

Do you feel like your fluffy fire has gone out?

The SPIN Series is my love letter to you.

Each book is written in as a unique and visually beautiful, choose your own ending recipe book. Each word and image is designed to support and encourage you as you step into the driver’s seat of your fiber practice. 

Want to see the videos I’ve made for each technique in the books? Check out these playlists!

See the spins unfold.

 

The SPIN Series was created to demonstrate the techniques I wrote about in the SPIN books. After I finished making videos inspired by the books, I went rouge and starting filming loads of different projects!

That was almost 4 years ago.

The SPIN Series Community grew into a beautiful supportive force through the SPIN Patreon family. The voice over version of each episode is now available exclusively to Patrons.

The SPIN Series Patreon Family is a big equal opportunity love festival. All Patrons, no matter their pledge level, gains access the videos.

The music only version of the videos, and early episodes, are available for FREE on Youtube forever.  

 

Meet the wheels you’ve been dreaming about.

 

In the Winter of 2017 my husband bought me a Pollywog, it was the beginning of a deep, hands on, adoration for Spinolution wheels.

These wheels have a magical way about them, from their design to their abilities to their raw personality.

Each wheel starts with smooth as melting butter mechanics and fine to bulky spinning abilities. Everything else is extra.

If you are looking for a wheel that support your fiber practice and make your heart soar, these are the wheels for you.

Let’s find the wheel of your dreams.

 
Secret sauce project?! Why yes. Yes indeed...
Ready to block. Slightly different sizes because handspun. Slightly different thumbs because gradient fractal is hard to manipulate into thumbs for a rookie. I only knit these mittens 4 times before I got here ;) I have plenty plenty of extra yarn left. I am gonna save it for something else I think since these are going to a friend. Maybe an Elsie b semi solid mashup?! ;)
I was tagged by @sewperfectpurls for the #spin15adayaboutme challenge! Thank you for thinking of me! :) This photo is of my recent #ebonydress from @closetcase.patterns. I handstitched it using the @alabamachanin methods. I have a video that will go about about it in awhile ;) Anyway! On to my five things! 1: I am totally self taught, but that's a bit of a misnomer. I'm totally self directed, however I followed sooo many talented people via books and videos. Most of my hardcore learning was much prior to my participation/knowledge of Instagram otherwise I'd include that! 2: I started off with a crochet hook and unspun acrylic yarn. Then spin a pound get a pound (I don't recommend...) on a babe pinkie wheel. Then I began slowly to build my business and afford serious tools and fiber. 3: My favourite fiber is BFL. But I don't use it much because I don't want to be a one trick pony... I want to use it more! 4: My favourite colours are deep, cool, rich, Edwardian colours. 5: My 2019 fiber goal is to spin and knit for mastery. Really push myself to complete the "to shawl" aspect of my craft. To actualise my dreams of a totally handmade wardobe and family home. Which you know involves the "to shawl" bit I've been hiding from since I learned to spin 10 years ago.... 😅🙄😅😐😳 I would love to read and see more about @thefarmersdaughterfibers @snerbyarn @designsbyamberfibers and @dnali.thestudio 🥰😍🥰
I have laid out the next parts of the yarn I'm spinning for my sweater! These rare swedish wools come from the incredible and generous @hulitant and I am so honoured to be able to wear them! Hopefully ;p My plan is to spin woolen and my regular two ply weight. That will also allow me to fade up better the brown. I'm thinking of doing some creative carding to get a nice gradient as well as some strategic yarn holding. My original Hanukkah SAL spin ended up more like a bulky weight and was a pain in my bum to spin at that weight. I'm gonna ditch what will surely kill my gauge now haha. That yarn is enough for a cute cowl ;)
Throwback to my early photography of fiber featuring an og @nessalandfibers batt! She's always been talented! Seriously. Her batts are indescribable. However my photography has morphed into mediocre. I used to pride myself in taking beautiful photos, but my vision changed and I couldn't focus my lens anymore (but didn't have vision insurance). I did get a vision exam recently, that plus these old photos I'm going through as I edit CARD into a print book, I've got the bug for photography again!
I couldn't stand another stitch, I had to go back and frog at least to the thumb section. It was too tight. I needed an extra couple rounds of increases or maybe I counted badly, the later probably more likely :p But! My frogging is a great example of how much yarn a large mitten took. The whole skein is a 4 oz fingering weight handspun of @createdbyelsieb. The little pile is the thumb. Pretty cool eh?! I'll have lots leftover!
BLEND is the perfect guidebook for those of you on a tool budget. I love how diverse the preps you can get off a blending board are. BLEND is designed to bring all the unique prep styles I do on camera into your studio and on to your blending boards :) It's also the most popular book of the year according to my end of year data! Woo! Grab your copy via the link in my bio!
One mitten is finished, though clearly not in this photo :p I does anybody have any good ideas for softening the cord on a circular needle? These fixed knitpicks are stiff as stone and a hot water dip didn't help.
I am happily working through the @chestnutschoolherbs immersion course. I'm on the first module still, though I think I'm thissss close to taking the test! My flashcard game is on point ;) These little guys were started a few months ago when I was budgeting for the course. I made them based on the free YouTube videos on the folk method of tincture making. For Christmas my parents got me a fancy set of bottles and labels. They look so pretty! Just like the ones *my* midwives gave me!
Crafting to your own beat. I've written extensively about my early spinning experience with people largely ignoring me both in person at fiber gatherings and online, with one exception: to criticize everything I did. I felt really looked down on and judged for taking apart fiber and manipulating the way I drafted or delt with colour and texture. Over time people started to interact with me in an increasingly positive and helpful light. Now I am secure in about my technique and especially my community of supportive peeps. Fast forward to recently, my blossoming new knitting practice. My community is incredibly supportive, as noted above, but again my unique perspective and drive to do things unusually makes people feel like correcting it. Out of a desire to help (please don't take this as a call to not send tips and hints to me!). It's been a super interesting exploration on how culturally we stop and correct vs stopping to watch and see if someone has a unique perspective on a craft. How many innovations are living in beginners that we clip in our need to shape "good" makers? I'm curious what you think? Do we kill innovation in the pursuit of perfection? Have we made mistakes "anything out of the accepted norm"? Even us, the fringe of makers who don't follow rules need to explore this occasionally!