Spin Off Summer 2026

Dive into the Summer 2026 issue of Spin Off and ignite your passion for spinning, with stash-busting projects, fascinating experiments, and inspiring stories.

Whether you have lots of little bits of fiber or piles of short lengths of already-spun yarn, you’ll get ingenious stash-busting techniques that make the most of what you have on hand. Discover expert tips for maximizing your fiber, and stretch your skills with fun projects like the Color Splash Brioche Beanie and the Deloa Granny-Square Bag.

This vibrant edition is also packed with hands-on experiments in elasticity. You’ll find out why skeins made on the same niddy-noddy look like they’re different lengths, whether different colors of wool from the same fleece have different characteristics, and how to make inelastic fibers such as Angora behave like the bounciest wools.

Plus, don’t miss inspiring stories about spinning fibers that grow in your own backyard and tips for making your handspun skeins stand out in spinning competitions.

Join us as we stretch our stash, skills, and tools in this issue of Spin Off magazine.

Articles:

• How Should I Spin My Braid?: Creating a Roadmap by Kate Larson

• Stone Soup Carding by Jennifer Miller Comstock

• Bounce Back: Can Opposing Plies Add Elasticity to Inelastic Fibers? by Melanie Shelton

• Can You Spin Cosmetic Cotton? by Naomi Paskin-Parsons

• Spin to Win by Joan Sheridan

• Spin What Grows in Your Neighborhood by Mieke Harinck

• Making Skeins: Stretch Notes from a Plus-Size Spinner on a Budget by Laura McLean

• Elasticity in Jacob Wool: A Micro Experiment by Holly Callahan-Kasmala

• Hooke’s Law and Stretching Wool by Amy Tyler

Projects:

• S and Z Studies: A Shaker Twisted-Weft Runner by Tom Knisely

• Color Splash Brioche Beanie by Sarah Rothwell

• Deloa Granny-Square Bag by Rachel Lamb

Tutorials:

• Carding Clouds to Make the Most of Colorful, Hand-Dyed Locks by Deborah Held