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EDITOR Amy Clarke Moore

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1 Choosing a Fleece

8 On Washing Fleece

13 Spinning Pleasantly Plump and Silky Singles

18 The Art of Plying

23 Wet Finishes for Yarn

28 Cables: Demystifying the Mysterious Yarn

33 Beaded yarns

38 Spinning the Wild

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C O N T E N T S

Judith MacKenzie has been enthralling us for decades with her soothing voiceand storytelling magic via many a mediumclasses, video, and the written word.You dont have to be a spinner to be under her spell, either. Even my seven-year-old

daughter (alas not yet a spinner) will sit mesmerized when I put in one of her DVDs

while Im spinning and just listen to Judith talk about sheep, spinning a woolen

yarn, washing woolanything. But when I talk about these things, she wrinkles her

nose and says, Oh, momwhy is it always spinning? I counter that spinning is ineverythingit is the fabric of our lives whether were aware of it or not.

And this is how Judith MacKenzie approaches spinning. At the same time that she

gives us practical information to make our spinning better, shes also talking about

the rich history of spinning and how spinning helps us connect to ancient fabric-

making traditions. Some of these traditions live on because spinners like Judith are actively involved

in helping maintain them. I am always fascinated with where a conversation with Judith takes my

understanding of spinning.

In this eBook, youll find articles about how to select a fleece, how to wash it, how to make a pleas-

antly plump singles, how to ply, how to spin a beaded yarn, how to cable, how to spin fine fibers and

unusual fibers, and how to wet-finish your yarn. All of these topics are very practical and neededbut what youll also find is Judiths narrative that connects the mundane with the magical. When you

spin a thread from a disorganized puff of fluff, you are, in essence, making something from nothing

what could be more enchanting?