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Spinner’s Gift Suggestions, 2014

  • Abby Franquemont
  • Dec 3, 2014
  • 7 Comments So far
  • Articles | Book Reviews | Equipment | Fiber | Fiber Arts At Large | Getting Started | Links | Other Stuff | Reviews | Whatcha Doin'?

Abby’s Spinning Gift Guide 2014 Do you have a spinner in your life for whom you’d like to buy a gift, but you aren’t sure what he or she would like? I’ve pulled together a list of some favourite items in various price ranges to help, followed by a few tips on shopping for spinners […]

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Summer Q&A: The Wheels — Why, and Which?

  • Abby Franquemont
  • Jun 27, 2008
  • 38 Comments So far
  • Equipment | Fiber Arts At Large | Handspinning | Other Stuff | Spinning Tech | Spinning Wheels

Allright, I’m going to do a few questions relating to my wheel collection, because it’s been a long week and that’s what I think I have the cycles to do. Ok, devil’s advocate here: Why do you have so many? Are certain wheels better for spinning certain kinds of yarns? And how do you justify […]

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Guess Who’s Hanging With Me For A Few?

  • Abby Franquemont
  • Apr 10, 2008
  • 15 Comments So far
  • Articles | Equipment | Handspinning | Spinning Wheels

Some boxes got here just after dinner last night. Hrmmmm… says Louet all over those boxes. Let’s look closer. In case you can’t tell, that says S-11 Julia. What I have here is a prototype/demo of Louet’s latest spinning wheel, the first round of which are due to arrive at US and Canadian dealers who’ve […]

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Batt Club: Update!

  • Abby Franquemont
  • Aug 23, 2007
  • 7 Comments So far
  • Articles | Fiber | Other Stuff | Shop With Abby

For those of you who have been wondering about Batt Club, and if there’ll be another, and what you have to do to get in, here’s a quick update. First, I have decided to do Batt Club again for Winter 2007. Maybe I should have called it Fall 2007 — but perhaps, with another day […]

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Review: Louet Victoria

  • Abby Franquemont
  • Dec 31, 2006
  • 25 Comments So far
  • Articles | Handspinning | Other Stuff | Reviews | Spinning Tech

Louet’s new unbelievably tiny portable powerhouse is also finally a flyer lead scotch tension wheel, robust enough to fit almost every need! Read the details in my real-world test report.

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  • Office Hours 28 June 2022 at 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tuesdays 3 pm Peru TimeQuestions for Office Hours should be submitted in advance. If there are not enough Qs to hold an OH, it may be cancelled and replaced with social spinning on Discord.See your discord channels for the zoom links for live Office HoursSee your class channel for the YouTube playlist with recordings from…
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