Jillian’s Spinning: New Knittyspin Column and Rhinebeck!

The new Spring+Summer Knitty is live!

I have a new column, called Knittyspin. I’ll be writing about spinning yarn for knitting. The first column is about why I knit with handspun and all of the things I think about when I make yarn to knit with. I’ve gotten many big email hugs from spinners who’ve read it. I have to say it feels wonderful. I was nervous. I think a lot about spinning and knitting, sometimes too much. I was worried I was rehashing things all spinners knew already or just twirling in mental circles. Whew! Now I can start working on the next column.

Yarnhollow BFL, colorway Chai – spun 7 ways

 

I have big news – I’m teaching at Rhinebeck this year!

Workshops aren’t up yet, but here’s a list of what I’ll be teaching:

Yarnitecture: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want
Color Play: Stress-free Ways to Spin with Color
Square Peg in a Round Hole: Using Your Handspun for Knitting Patterns Written for Commercial Yarn
The Difference a Ply Makes: Choosing the Right Ply for Your Knitting Project
Straw into Gold: Knitting with Handspun
I Like Big Yarn and I Cannot Lie : Spinning Big Lofty Yarn

I hope I get to meet a bunch of you in person!

 

My Hansen miniSpinner and I are getting to know each other. I spent a while just spinning little bits of a lot of things in a bunch of different ways. It was my version of opening all of my birthday presents all at once – fiber flying everywhere, spinning woolen, worsted, fat, skinny, thick and thin all only for a yard or two. It was a blast.

First miniSpinner spun yarn.

What are you spinning this week?