Long Thread Media Library

Getting Started with Wool Combs

Learn how to comb with confidence and transform fleece into high-quality top, ready for spinning into beautiful yarns.

Course · Spin Off

Field Lines Shawl

This asymmetrical crescent shawl combines short rows, simple texture, and marled color changes to evoke the look of patchwork farm land in early spring

Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits

Decatonic Scarf

While looking for a way to use a mini skein collection, Gabi found inspiration in the decatonic scale, playfully combining 10 colorways into a showstopping scarf.

Pattern · Little Looms

Singing in the Sun Scarf

Bold warp stripes combined with a gently gradated double-stranded weft create a plain-weave scarf that begs you to look closer.

Pattern · Little Looms

Osprey Shetland Lace Cloud Stole

Soar in style with Anne Carroll Gilmour’s Cloud Stole, perfectly combining a Van Dyke lace pattern with a traditional Cypress edging.

Pattern · PieceWork

Country Linen Towels

Featuring the classic combination of linen and lace, these heirloom-quality towels are as durable as they are beautiful.

Pattern · Little Looms

Summer Breeze Towels

Light, textured, and fresh, these handwoven towels combine soft cotton and crisp linen for a supple hand that only improves with use.

Pattern · Little Looms

Sheaves of Wheat Table Runner

Sturdy hemp and delicate lace combine to create an heirloom-quality runner.

Pattern · Little Looms

Spin Off Spring 2026

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

Blazing Star Mitts

Inspired by Liatris in bloom, these adaptable mitts combine ribbed stretch and 100% wool yarn for an easy, resilient fit.

Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits

Coordinating Handpaints: The No-Frill Method to a Cohesive Spinning Mashup

Discover combo spinning to create unique and colorful yarn.

Article · Spin Off

Autumn Jewel Scarf

Three fabric weights and many colors combine to make up the plaid in this stunning diversified plain weave scarf.

Pattern · Spin Off

All the Colors of the Wind

Combine planned pooling and clasped weft to create your own stunning design!

Pattern · Spin Off

Virga Towels

Three colors of cottolin yarn and a clasped-weft design combine to suggest the sometimes-stormy, sometimes-lacy virga cloud.

Pattern · Little Looms

Beehive Pillow

While honeycomb from the hive is a wonderful treat, honeycomb from the loom is just as delightful—and perfect for sweet pillows like this one.

Pattern · Little Looms

Crochet Traditions, Fall 2012

This special issue from PieceWork magazine, explores the rich variety and techniques of crochet with 28 patterns for mittens, a skirt, hats, a shawl, bags, socks, and more.

Spin Off Fall 2018

Enjoy this digital issue of Spin Off Fall 2018.

Magazine · Spin Off

Knitting Traditions, Spring 2015 Digital Edition

Many compelling stories and twenty-one stand-out knitting projects—socks, sweaters, mittens and gloves, hats and balaclava, a scarf, and a shawl—await you.