The Rewards of Spinning

It’s been a while since we’ve offered a spinning class. In October during the Weekend Fiber Getaway, our students explored taking fiber from fleece to fabric, making their own lap looms and weaving with yarn they spun and dyed themselves.

The Vicuña- Golden Maiden of the Andes

www.peruvianconnection.com I inherited a beautiful simply-woven scarf from my mother, camel-color, rough on one side and soft on the other. When I started weaving at TAC, that scarf (woven in plain weave with a loose sett) became the ultimate woven

SHOP: Hello Mello Yarns

Heather Love taught me how to knit my very first in-the-round knitting project: a very fine pair of wool mittens. She is an all around fiber artist: spinner, knitter, teacher, designer working out of Brooklyn. She has a great line

Fiber Fanatic

I made a blog post about chiengora a little over a year ago now, and since then, I have had more time to expand my knowledge and experience of it, not to mention my collection. Here are 2 bags of

Spin, Spin, Spin

I’m currently taking the Spin + Dye class, and am in love. Not only is the process of spinning fun and relaxing, but it’s absolutely rewarding being able to choose the fibers you want to use, the thickness of your

Dyeing to Knit

One of the biggest pleasures of knitting your own garments is being able to chose the color palette you want to use. The world doesn’t need to be black and white, unless you want. However, if you’re a control freak

Spin, Spun, Spun

Our Spinning class started a couple of weekends ago, at full capacity. I’m not taking the class but I wished I was. I had a great time ordering the spindles and the different kinds of fibers. And I’m sure there’s