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Behind th e Scenes: At the Merlin Tree by Laura Silverman Of Sheep and Shipwrecks by Kale Langan Teaching the Craft by Randy Chelsey Fiber Basics: Coopworth by Carol H. Rhaades

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Handspun Gallery of Shawls When th e Wheel Speaks by Angela Butera Dickson

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Spinning Basics: Plying Chained Singles by Dadie Rush

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Spinning Sock Yarns by Merike Saamiit

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A Spinner's Cast-On by Rebecca Harmon

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Park City Poncho by Carolyn Greenwood

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Mother Nature's Footstool by Pal Davis

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A Study in Zig by Amy Tyler

Coopworth Lap Rug by Carol H. Rhaades

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DEPARTMENTS

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Editor's Page

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What's Going On Here?

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by Marilyn Murphy

As th e Whorl Spins by Amanda Berka

Letters Reviews Your Yarn! Charkha-Spun Yarn!

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Abbreviations and Glossary Spinner's Connection by Peg Caffey page 54

Calendar Product News by Vicki Yast

ON THE COVER: Amy Tyler created six scarves using energized singles as the unifying design

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'm writ ing t his at th e end of February, and, wh ile outs ide ou r Colora do spring weathe r is t inged with winte r, inside there is th e wa r m t h of ca maraderie; I feel a se nse of fell owship fr om th e call to ac t io n issu ed by Step ha n ie Pearl-McP hee-the Knitting Olympi cs. Stephan ie is a lso known as th e Ya rn Harl ot (www.ya rn ha rlot. ca/b log/) . You m ay rem emb er h er fr om th e articl es she wrote for Spin-Off'

I've had a chance to watch a little of the Olympi cs, I feel un it ed , n ot jus t wit h th e millions of people watc h ing th e Olympi cs, but wit h fiberists around the world wh o have challenged th emselves to foll ow th e Olym pic spirit. Two of this issue's contributors, Dodie Rush and Carol Rhoades, are parti cipating. Dodie, a long wit h th e sp in n ing offshoo t of th e Philad elphia Guild of Handweavers, is or, if you're online, pa rt icipat ing by spi nnin g a two-pl y ya rn you 've probabl y run (19 wra ps pe r inch ) ac ross th e blog in I which she capt ivates from a Merino/Tencel her audience with hiblend. Ca ro l is wo rklar ious acco unts of ing on a millspun Fair her knitting and spinIsl e baby sweate r an d ning obsessions . I had cha lle nged h erself to knit only in th e Contit o resist the u rge t o part icipate beca use nental style. I'm lookStephani e's challenge ing forward t o seeing and h earing ab ou t starte d with th e openwh at they, an d everying ceremo nies of the one else , ac h ieve as a Winter Olympics (you result. had to cast on by Febru ary 10 at 2 p.m .) What really inspires a n d en ds wit h th e While I didn't participate in the Knitting m e ab out thi s ca ll t o closing ce re mo nies. Olympics, I did spin and knit a onesie for act ion is that knitters Th is directly coincides my daughter, Hannah . The instructions of all skill levels are inare on our website, www.interweave.(om with the final weeks of vited to partici patef spi nf projecIs_arlieles.asp. the idea is to challenge m akin g th e Spri ng issue of Sp in'Off- and 1 fi gured you'd oneself. Working agains t a deadline for prefer a magazine rath er than an image spinning and knitting projects isn't a new on my blog of a finished project. Call m e idea-if you stop to think about it, we do crazy, but t he re it is. it all th e tim e: th e bab y blanket for th e Even though I wasn't one of the 4,000 newborn, th e ves t you wa nt t o wea r to knitters to participate (Yes- 4,000! And Convergence, t he care fu lly hand craft ed th ose a re jus t th e folks who n otifi ed gifts you make during the holidays. What makes thi s cha llenge truly beautiful is Stephan ie ab out th eir pla ns t o parti cipate; many m ore are sim ply doing it on th e alignment wit h the winte r Olymp ics their own), I was keeping an eye on my and t he athletes who have dedicated their clock a t 2 p.m. on Friday February 10, lives t o being th e bes t that they ca n be th inking about eve ryo ne with th eir in a way that crosses boundari esneedles poised for action. And every time boundaries that a re ofte n so-so-well, divisive. Here we have an opportu nity to 1 See the Sp ri ng 2004 issue of Spin·Off. page 120, enjoy th ese at h letes doing wha t they do and t he Sum mer 2004 issue, pages 38-40.

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best. while we enjoy what we do best. And, sure, th ere is a healthy dose of competition in the Olympics, but there is also a lot of coming together. Stephanie is the perfect person to make all of thi s happen, because she already has a knack for helping fib erists come together through her blog. I'm looking forward to meeting Stephanie in person thi s fall-she is going to be a guest speaker at Spin-Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR) 2006 in Tahoe City, California (see page 88). I'm hoping to hear about her Olympic experience firsthand, and maybe I'll find out more about the squirrel that kept stealing her fl eece from th e backyard. In light of all this, we thought we'd tryout a blog for SOAR-we'll have a link on our webpage

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Props On page 30, Dodie Rush is spinning on a Little Grace Special. made by Mike and Maggie Keeves, of Nelson, New Zealand. The inch gauge on page 47 was made by Rod Stevens of Taos, New Mexico. The Emily spindle on page 67 (and on page 58) was made by Adam Mielke of Rudolph, Wisconsin . The light tan spindle on page 58 was made by Magpie Woodworks of Grand Junction, Colorado. Kaye Collins of Fort Collins, Colorado, graciously loaned the Rick Reeves wheel on page 80 for the photo shoot.

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Spinning Draws Attention and Crowds Right after the article ran, we atte nded The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA) tradeshow in San Diego, Califo rni a. Sp in-Off 's assistant edito r, Amanda Berka, staffed the Spinning and Weaving Association's trade booth and spun on a handspindl e throughout the show. Many knitting shop owners stopped by the booth asking all sorts of questions.

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We love opening Your Yarn! packages and reading the details you include. We have found that handling yarns can be tricky and were so pleased by the submissions sent in on bits of cardboard that we would like to encourage everyone to send in their entries like this.

Charkhas can be a great tool for short staple fibers, While 75 percent of the entries submitted contained cotto n, readers prove that many other fibers can be successfully spun on a charkha. Some of you that plied on a drop spindle or wheel commented that plying on your charkha was not optimal. Still, only 18 percent of th e ent ries we re singles yarns, while 65 percent we re two-ply. Several other yarn structures are represented as well. Charkha spinners gather onli ne at the charkha group hosted by Yahoo! (http://group s.yahoo.com/group/charkha/). Many entries we re spun using cigar-box charkhas built following instructions in Marilyn Rishel Suit 's article, "Cigar-Box Charkha," in the Winter 1996 issue of Spin -Off. We have had so many requests for this sold-out back issue that we have made Marilyn's article available on our we bsite at www.interweave.com/spin/projects_articles.asp. The Your Yarn! department will be on summer vacation next issue. Your Yarn! will return in Fall 2006 featuring cabled yarns; the deadline to submit is June 15, 2006. Please send a five-yard len gth of handspun ya rn labeled with your name, mailing address, phon e number, e-rnail address (if you have one), and fiber content. Mail your yarn, and any comments you may have, to Spin 'Off Your Yarn, 201 E. Fourth St., Loveland, CO 80537-5655. Call or e-rnail us with questions at (970) 61 34672 or [email protected]. The yarn won't be returned, but it will be used to raise money for a worthy cha rity. See page 95 to learn more about Sp in -Off charity auctions.

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.. Helen Seguln Spring City, Pennsylvania

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Laurel Wnght ~ Salt Lake City, Utah Pill bottle cotton, 13 w.p.i.

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Maureen Yukl >Clifton Park , New York Cotton, 17 w.p.i.

Judy Gilchrist » Duxbury, Massachusetts Cotton, 22 w.p.i.

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Queen Creek, Arizona Yak down, 17 w.p.i.

Juti Winchester >Cody, Wyoming Cotton, 23 w.p.i.

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Carol Phillpott » North Canterbury, Kent, England Tussah silk, 20 w.p.i.

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Kate Flynn » San Mateo, California Cotton/rayon, 25 w.p.i.

Centralia, Missouri Peruvian cotton, 20 w.p.i.

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Newtonville, Massachusetts Persian feline, 25 w.p.i .

Crown Point, Indiana Cotton, 20 w.p.i. Vivien Wright » Bridgnorth . Shropshire, England Cotton, 20 w.p.i.

Martha Janzen >Louisville, Kentucky Cotton/milk silk, 26 w.p.i.

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Lori Gayle » Arlinaton, Massachusetts Cotton/cotton denim, 26 w.p.i.

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ur spin ning grou ps are impor-

last year. Ai, she thought about it, what

ta nt in cou ntless ways. Meetings give us exposure to the accumu lated knowledge of all those present. Members are on hand to solve problems, encourage growth , witness t rium phs, and inspire new goals. A

came to min d were n ot "visions of

leadership an d holding the rein s of power (a good thing or I wo uld have been a bit disappointed), bu t the simple fact that it was my turn." Con" trary to her expectations, she found it ~

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opportu nities much more readily than solo attempts made outside of it. These benefits exist becau se m embers co nscio us ly take an active part in providing for the good of the whole. A small piece of pr inted glass hanging in my kitchen window quotes Maya Ange lou, "Whe n you get, give; when you learn, teach." How especially appropriate to han dspinners! Here are several stories about making th is

a pleas ure to organ ize th e meetings, help pro cess newsletter issues, and

: ::;< represent the guild in the larger ~ com m u n ity. With ove r one hun dred ~ membe rs, the group has a number of < ~ tale nte d artisa ns, and "just about ;: a nythi ng you wa n t or nee d to learn o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... ~ about fiber arts can be learned fro m a fe llow member." At her last executive The llama pictured here is one of 15,000 animals meeting, discussions and plans for the that were registered for various exhibits and competilions al the 100th National Western Stock Show, coming year were forming and Diana Denver's largest festival, held January 7- 22, 2006. fe lt a st rong cohesio n among the This year's show set record attendance of 726,972 membe rs. A shift from serving their co ntribut ion. and included both a sheepshearing contest and Tami Cole of the Las Aranas Spin- judging of wool for handspinning. For more inforown needs to first addressing the ners & Weavers Guild (New Mexico) learning needs of new members grew mation, visit www.nationalwestern.com. Please keep learned to spin by sitting each evening sending us photos or hiqh-quality digital images of out of the realization that this was how next to a woman volunteeri ng her time your fiber-bearing animals to Spinner's Conn ection, they had become artisans themselves. She reported, ".. . people came forat a small agricultural fair in New Jersey. 201 E. Fourth St., Loveland, CO 80537, or e-mail us at [email protected]. Make sure to send Tami joined her current guild after a copy (not the original) as we will keep all the ward . .. who would like to teach these watching member Ruth Ronan working photos for possible use in a future issue. classes. These a re exci ti ng tim es, as at a loom in a sheep-to-shawl booth. the men tored becom e mentors and Ruth, who obviously enjoyed de monst rat ing, gave passionate the learning goes on [with] our own experts .. . willing to share answe rs to Tami's questions and urged Tami to join the group. their time, energy, and observations of the craft with us." As time we nt on Tarni's excuses for declining meetings or for not Teaching what we have learned and givi ng back to othe rs keeps groups alive and often is the attraction for nonspinners volunteering for events gave way to parti cipating. Tami eventually signed up for the required shifts at a guild booth in exchange to join our guilds. Your newsletters also attest to creating longlasting friendships that begin with spinning and carry over into for the opportunity to sell items from her farm . "Full blown anxiety prevailed!" she says, "as all of my experience [in spinning other areas of our lives. These newsletters help keep all of us and dyei ng] was in th e privacy of my own home." Though she in touch. Barbara Kramer of th e Slalen Island Handspinners was clearly out of her comfort zone, members stepped in to guide (New York) sent me an e-mail afte r she read abo ut Karen Amble's journey to Scotland and subsequent quest to spin in he r and ma ke h er pe rforma nce a success. He r perspective "Spinner's Connection" in the Spring 2005 issue. Barbara said, completely changed after her experience of helpi ng and be ing helped . She rearranged her schedule to ensure she would not "I am the spinne r Karen got in touch with as I was presiden t miss another guild meeting. In fact, when her sister and her famof the guild. I just resign ed after fourteen years. The new president is Karen Am ble! " To find a group near you, visit ily visited from Oregon, Tami sent them to a pizza parlor with a frie nd to ensure that she was free to attend the guild's meeting. www.interweave.com/spin/resources/spinninUu ilds.asp. Some Diana Twiss of the Langley Weavers & Spinners Guild guilds are fo rmal or traditional with elected officers and dues, (British Columbia, Canada) was asked to serve as guild president while others meet at impromptu gatherings as lifestyles allow.

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from you. Mail newsletters to m e at the address below. To read more ne ws than can be printed here, send a self-addressed legal-size enve lope with postage for two ounces to Peggy Coffey, 7297 N. Range Road, LaPorle, IN 46350. Seve ral peopl e t akin g trip s have requested n ews from gro ups in the a reas th ey will visit, and I am happy to send you what is available. There is fun and adventure wait ing

activities through a state-wide newsletter. "A Thread Run s Through It" is the theme for their annual confe rence next Augu st, and class offe rings will reflect th e number of fiber and knitt ing gro ups tha t have sprung up and en larged their attendance . Recent newsworthy activities include the foll owin g. In th e Billings area, th e Montana Fiber Crafters are engaged in a Shaw l Knit Al ong. All participants follow th e same free online pattern using yarn

of th eir cho ice. Th ey m eet wee kly at a local bookstore to learn and guide eac h other until th e project is com pleted. The

Alpine Weavers and Spinners used up their thrums to prepare 200 seven-strand braid kits for a demonstration for second gra de rs at an ele me nta ry sc h ool. Th e

Yellowslone Weavers and Sp inners (Wyom ing) install ed a m onth-long di splay at th e Cody Library. Items included a handspun , knitted scarf to be

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Guild News

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Happy Anniversary to the Twisl o'Wool Guild (Vermont) celebrat ing its twentysixth year. The New Year was ush ered in with th e "Best & Worst Show & Tell" and a potluck on Rock Day. Hand-d yed carded batts were passe d out to m embers to be spun, plied, and th en used for an afgha n project to be sold in May at an annual auction ben efiting the local hospice. Members of the Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild (Arizona ) became te levision sta rs whe n they volu ntee re d for a phone pl ed ge dri ve for a local TV sta t ion. Members of the gu ild we re invit ed to bring their projects and were featured live during m ost of th e pled ge breaks. This oppo rt u n ity to talk abou t the group and inform the viewing public

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of th eir presence in town was so much

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fun th at m emb ers hav e al re a dy vo lu n t eered for the next drive. Enthusiasm for Mother Earth an d literature about the great outdoors forms th e latest desi gn cha lle nge for th e Peachlree Handspinners Guild (Geo rgia). "Fashion Flora and Fauna" calls for proj ects u sing fiber to depict a nature th eme. Any m edium is acce ptable, but no com me rc ia l patterns may be u sed . Each year's project results are exh ibited at th e Dekalb Main Library in Decatur, a nd items mad e wit h woo l are later displayed at the Georgia National Fair.

eece Camel Rides Pelting Zoo Door Prizes Food Vendors Flax to Linen Demo Youth Competition Kids Fiber Animal camp

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Llama - Alpaca - Silk - Angora - Mohair - Linen - Col/on and various types ofSheep 's Wool in natural & dyed colorslll! Also: Spinning & Weaving Supplies, Books, Handmade Items, Sheep & Fiber related Craft Items, Yarn & Knitting Supplies, Alpaca Rugs, Hom emade Soap, Roving, Blankets, Sheep Hides, Baskets and sooooo much more!!!!!

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E XH IBI T S , S HO WS , AND SA LES COLORAOO Through April 15 (Closed for spring break, March 16--27). Material Witness, featuring the flbers program, at Colorado State University. Colorado College Coburn Art Gallery, Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 809 03. (71913 89-6797. OISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Through July 30. Seldom Seen: Director's Choice from the Museum's Collections. March 17-September 3. Harpies, Mermaids, and Tulips: Em broidery of th e Greek Islan ds and Ep irus Region. Exhibits at The Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW, Washington, DC 20008.(202) 667-0441; fax (202) 483-0994 ; info@textilem useu m.org; www.textilemuseum.org. MASSACHUSETTS .t\larch 21 -l\"lay 6. Folks in Fiber, invitational exhib itio n, at Cahoon Museum of American Art, 4676 Falmouth Rd., PO Box 1853, Cotuit , MA 02635 . (508) 42 8-7581; fax (508) 420-3709 ; www.cahoonmuseu m.o rg.

MICHIGAN June 23 -July 21. High lights of the Fiber Department, exhibit fro m Wayne State Univer sity, at Community Arts Gallery, 150 Communi ty Arts Bldg., Detroit. OHIO June l f -July 28. Focus Fiber: 2006 , regional juried exhibit, in Cleveland, at The Textile Art Al-

liance of Cleveland Museum of Art. Send SASE to Christine Maurersberger, 1286 W. 112th St., Cleveland, OH 44102; focusfi [email protected]. OREGON May 5-7. Handwovens Plus, Portland Handweavers Guil d Annual Sale, at t he Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., Portlan d. Margaret Zeps, (503) 638-5430; zepsm @ hevanet.com : Laurie Brown, (503) 635-6520; [email protected]. PENNSYLVANIA May 27-August 26. Exhibit of nineteen th -centu ry caps, clothing, and household textiles, at th e Ho me Textile Tool Museum on SR 1036 , Orwell. Home Textile Tool Museum, PO Box 153, Rome, PA 18837. in forc ehttm.org. v..........w.home textiletoolmuseum.org.

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INST RUCT ION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA George Hewitt l\"lyers: An American Original, June 8, lec t ure by Dan iel Walke r. Oriental Rugs , Ju ne 15, lect ure by Daniel Walker. Southeast Asian Textiles , June 22, lect ure by Mattiebelle Cittinger, Western Hemisphere Textiles, June 29, lecture by Ann Pollard Rowe. Islamic Textiles, Ju ly 8, lect u re by Sumru Belger Krody. Lunchtime Textile Talks. at The Textile Museu m , 2320 S St. NW, Washi ngto n, DC 20008. (202) 66 7-044 1; fax (20 2) 483-0994 ; info@ textilemuseu m.org: www.textilemuse um.org.

MAINE Knitter's Retreat/Workshop, August 7-1 3, at Medomak Camp and Retrea t Center, Wash ington. (866) 633-6625; \....ww.medomakcamp.com. Dyeing as if the Earth Mattered, August 25-27, Works hop wit h Michele Wipplinger, at Hope Spinnery, 725 Camde n Rd., Hope, ME 04847 . (207) 763-4600; www.hopespinnerycom; Earthues, (206) 789-1065; \....ww.eatthues.com.

Nor t hern New Mexico Com munity College, El Rito . Karen Martin ea, (505 ) 58 1-41 13; [email protected]; ww\.....fiberartsprogram .squarespace.com.

NORTH CAROLINA S pin n in g: Magic with Dyeing and Plying, April 2- 7, with Patsy Zawistoski. Spinning and Dyeing: From Garden to Yarn , April 9- 15, wit h Carla Owen. Additiona l fiber- re lated classes throughout the year. Jo hn C. Campbe ll Folk Sc hool, 1 Folk School Rd., Brasstown, NC 28902. (800) 365-5 724; www. fol kschool.org.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Ever So Lightly Felted Vest, July 13- 14. Strip Felt Vest, Ju ly 15- 16. Workshops with Polly Stirling , at Th e Fiber Stud io, 9 Foster Hill Rd ., Hennike r, NH 03242. (603) 428-7830; www .fiberstudio.com.

OkLAHOMA Master Spinners Program , Level 1, April 24-28. Levels 1 and 2. October 16- 20. In Davis, pre sented by Olds College of Alberta, Canada. (800) 661-653 7; Sherry, [email protected] .ok.us; ww,..... oldscollege.ab.ca.

NEW MEXICO Twill Saddle Blanket Weave, April 3- 7, with Liesel Orend. Int r o to Rio Gra nde Weaving, April 17- 20, with Karen Mart inez. Upholstery Weavin g Ch imayo Style, May 1-4 , with Karen Marti nea. Shadow Weave Chenill e Scarve s, May 1- 5, with Liesel Orend. Rag Rug Weaving, May 15- 18, with Karen Martinez. Navajo Weaving, May 22-25. Natural Vegetal Dyes, Ju ly 14- 16, with Liesel Orend . In tens ive workshops, at

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TRAVEL Ch ina. May. Silk Road and silk production tour. Mary Fletcher, PO Box 61228, Denver, CO 80206. Phone/fax (303) 632-9255; [email protected]. Finland and Sweden. Jun e 9- 26. North ern Lights: Textile Arts Tour, sponsored by The Textile Museu m. (800) 323- 7600; tp [email protected]. Guatema la, July 21-30. Textile, weaver's and craft tour, with Karen Searle. Liza Fourre, Art Workshops in Guatema la, 4758 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55419. (612) 825-0747; fax (612) 825-6637; fourrecoartguat.org.wwwart

guat.org. .Maine, August 4-6. Maine Fiberarts tour, with self-guided map to locate artists'

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HAVE TO ADMIT t ha t whe n I fir st ope ne d th e box of my n ewest fiber t rade acqu isit ion-two pounds of whi te and one pound of bl ack Navajo Ch u rro rov ing- my h eart san k, and I instantly aba n doned my dreams of using the roving in the ru g I planned to locker hook. I had expected someth ing st rong, but the fibers looked positively ironclad ! The loosely roll ed balls of roving seemed too coarse for th e durabl e but soft bedside rug I had envisione d. In fact, at first gla nce th e fiber looked ve ry mu ch lik e the hay I feed m y Angora rabbit. I even co ns ide red feed in g the coarse roving to Cocoa Puff thinking that she would have a much better chance of avoi ding woo l block if she learn ed t o eat thi s fib er instead of hay. I told myself, "I'd eat my hat before I'd use this fi ber for anyth ing

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Then I looked close r. The wh ite roving, th ough coarse a nd ha iry, had a sprinkling of cocoa cola red, sing le fibers a ll thr ou gh it. It was n ot eno ug h t o cha nge the gene ral calor from whi te but was a very lovely surprise additio n. When I picked it up , I realized that th e rovin g was light and airy an d drafted wit h no effort a t all , and then some t h ing in expli cable happen ed-I sta rted to fee l the pu ll of m y spinn ing wheel, a soft beck oning to just sit and sp in a little of the sturdy wool. "For the expe rie nce of it," th e whee l suggested. "All righ t, just a littl e and only t o add it t o m y m ental list of fibers co nque red," I gru mped to m yself, full y prepared to keep not e of a ll th e reaso ns I did n't t h in k thi s fib er u sabl e for anything except an imal ro ughage. Using m y bi ggest who rl, I spu n a worsted-weight, sem i-woolen singles. As

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An hour la t er I ha d one full bobbin and an ot he r bob bin halfway there. If I had been wea ring a hat, I'd have been forced to choke it down-to the last piece of felted fuzz. Whil e I spu n m y m ind buzzed wit h th e possi biliti es of this st ro ng an d appealing fi ber, "A chu nky vest, dip-dyed into va rying shades of th e same calor," th e soft whi rring of the wheel seeme d to say. "Leg gaite rs to keep the snow out of Ben's pa n t legs this winte r," it purred . "Mitten s wit h ext ra-lo ng ga u n tle ts, t o keep Alay na's sm a ll han ds wa rm wh ile she insists on smooth ing the last bum p from her snowman," the wheel promised. As I sat and spu n th e fiber, I realized th at a challenge had been issued. I needed to look beyond my ass umpt ions and first impressions and to see th e fi ber for what it was-a t ool m eant t o kindl e my creativ ity. I had fir st seen the qualities of the fi ber as a collection of glaring flaws, rather than recognizin g that the beau ty, personality, and individuality of Navajo Ch u rro fiber was as inheren t as its st re ngth. My three pounds of roving qu ickl y found itself twisted int o gorgeo us yarn, and my knitting fever began in earnest. Bu t st ill my spin ning whee l wh ispe rs to me . . . "Buy mo re Navajo Churro roving, and we will explore m ore possibilit ies," it says. "Soon," I whisper back. . . .

ANGELA BUTERA DICKSON is an award-winning

novelist and textile artist who lives in southern Maine with her husband, Bob, their two homeschooled children, and a bullmastiffnamed "I Love Lucy. "You can write to her at [email protected].

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