Spin Off Spring 2026

Type	Magazine
From	Spin Off
Author	Spin Off Editorial Staff
Published	March 5, 2026
Format	PDF

Discover new ways to play with color in spinning, revisit the combo spin, and unlock your personal color story.

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Redefine your connection to color through playful exploration and creative discovery!

For spinners who want to dip into dyeing, Stefanie Johnson adapts hapazome techniques to create unique speckled yarns and spinning fiber, while Andrea Deck and Theresa Hornstein explore new and unusual sources for natural dye materials. Katherine Augustine shares easy ways to dye with food-safe dyes—no special equipment needed!

If already-dyed fiber is more your style, Ladianne Henderson walks you through foolproof ways to identify your favorite color relationships, and Deborah Held revisits the combo spin with new tips for a successful spin.

Travel through time and across the world with projects and articles that are sure to inspire you. Elise Young helps you show off precious handspun yarn with a pattern for micro-crochet earrings inspired by sericulture and natural dyeing traditions in Oaxaca. Tom Knisely uses a twist on a centuries-old technique for making simple woven cloth look complex, and Irene Waggener delves into an intriguing archaeological find.

Join us as we embrace color with joy and confidence with this issue of Spin Off magazine.

Articles:

Before the Lazy Kate: A Six-Spouted Plying Vessel from Germany by Irene Waggner
Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico by Elise Young
Telling Your Color Story: Find Color Inspiration in Your Photo Album by Ladianne Henderson
Primary Shift: A Simple Method to Make Complex Color by Pamela K. Schultz
Dyeing in the Baking Aisle by Katherine Augustine
Spinning the Right Way—and the Left by Linda Ligon
The Woodworker’s Daughter by Andrea Deck
Using Invasive Plants as Natural Dyes by Theresa Hornstein
Revisiting the Combo Spin by Deborah Held
Mock Fractal: Controlling Color with Drafting Choices by Stephanie Daugherty

Projects:

Crocheted Silk Drop Earrings by Elise Young
Color-Block Socks by Summer Lee

Tutorials:

Exploring S- and Z-Twist by Tom Knisely
Speckles and Tonals: Hapazome Dyeing Techniques on Fiber & Yarn by Stefanie Johnson

Spin Off Spring 2026