Yarnmaker Magazine

Yarnmaker magazine is a UK magazine for hand spinners.

Each issue has over 40 pages and around 20 articles on topics ranging from sheep breeding to patterns for knitting your handspun, reviews of wheels, spindles and other equipment, history and techniques, letters, competitions, news and events.

It comes out every two months. The current January / February 2012 issue (number 9) is available below. I also have back issues - numbers 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

The current issue (number 8) includes:

Steep Learning Curve in the Atlas Mountains, Pam Austin
Beautiful Batts and Husky Hats, Elizabeth Lovick
Fleece Variations, Sue Blacker
My Polwarth Sheep, Jackie Webb
There are Other Things to do with Woodchips than Putting them into Wallpaper: Part 2, Logwood, Judith Beckett
Art Yarn, Alison Daykin
Textiles in Sussex: The 2011 Exhibition of the East Sussex Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, Lydia Hill
Spinning and Weaving in the Shaky City, Sandra Dain
Spinning Tales from the Dawn of Time..., Angie and Jo Corbett
FibreFest - August 20th & 21st 2011, Terri Bate
Statement from the FibreFest 2011 Organisers
Is There a 'Wheel' Doctor In The House?, Joan Jones
Cultural Exchange from Scotland to Estonia, Innes Carmichael
Supplier and Product News
Events for your diary
Reviews
Fibre-East: Supporting the Guild of Longdraw Spinners, Dorothy Lumb
Why Does the Guild of Longdraw Spinners (GOLDS) want their own Great Wheel?, Janet Jackson and Pam Austin
YarnMaker Directory of Guilds and Spinning Groups
Competition - win a book - Spin Art by Jacey Boggs or Hand Spun by Lexi Boeger
Reader Offer - chance to win tickets for Wonderwool Wales
YarnMaker Directory of Businesses

Yarnmaker magazine issue 9, January / February 2012

Yarnmaker magazine is a new UK-based magazine for spinners. Each issue is packed with articles on all aspects of spinning such as wheels, spindles and other equipment, art yarn, dyeing, sheep breeding, patterns, as well as letters, directories of guilds and businesses, news and events.

Cover price £4.90 post free

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