The Sheepspot Podcast
By Sasha Torres
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Episodes: 250
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The Sheepspot Podcast offers quick, actionable tips that you can use right away to make better yarn, use that yarn in ways that delight you, or otherwise enrich your practice as a fiber artist by deepening your knowledge of spinning techniques or materials.
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Episode 157: Breed School is Back
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Episode 156: Encore Episode: Meet the Multicoated Breeds
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May 31, 2025 |
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Episode 155: Encore Episode: Get to Know the Down Breeds
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May 23, 2025 |
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Episode 154 Encore Episode: Meet the Longwools
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May 16, 2025 |
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Episode 153 Encore Episode: Getting to Know the Fine Wools
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May 09, 2025 |
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Episode 152: Encore Episode Wool Types - An Introduction
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May 02, 2025 |
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Episode 151 Big Spins: 5 Tips for Plying and Finishing
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Episode 150 Big Spins: The Singles
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Episode 149:Big Spins: Sampling and Setting up
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 148: Big Spins: Two Approaches
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 147: Common Plying Problems and How to Solve Them
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Episode146: Why I Never End Up with Leftover Singles When I Ply
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Episode 145: Are Cabled Yarns Worth the Work?
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 144: Common Yarn Structures: The Whys and Wherefores
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 143: Creativity Lessons from Denise Love
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Episode 142: My Missing Mojo
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 141: How to Keep Track of Your Spindles
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Episode 140: My Favorite Drop Spindle for Beginners
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Episode 139: Great Spindle Spinning Resources
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Episode 138 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Sasha and Jillian at Madrona 2012
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Episode 137 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Talking Color with Deb Menz
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Episode 136 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Maryland Sheep and Wool 2011
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Episode 135 | SpinDoctor Flashback: An Interview with Deb Robson
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Episode 134 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Reporting from Rhinebeck 2010
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Episode 133 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Buying Fleece with Beth Smith
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Episode 132: Working With Value
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Episode 131: Learning to See Hue
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 130: The Continuum of Blendiness: Color Management Basics
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Episode 129: Color in Spinning: Understanding Optical Mixing
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 128: A Color Story
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Episode 127: Reviewing the Clemes and Clemes Lock Pop
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Episode 126: Product Review: Louet Mini Combs
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Episode 125: Four Things to Consider When Shopping for Hand Carders
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Episode 124: Tools for Worsted Prep
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Episode 123: Can Spinning Heal the World? A Post-Retreat Reverie
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 122: 10 Pitfalls of Teaching Yourself to Spin
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Episode 121: Three Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Spinning
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Episode 120: I'm a Knitter/Crocheter/Weaver: Why Should I Learn to Spin?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 119: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Episode 118: The Spinner's Journey
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Episode 117: Five Great Wools for New Spinners
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode 116: Plying for consistency
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Episode 115: Spinning More Consistent Singles
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Episode 114: Spinning Commercial Fiber Blends with Mixed Staple Lengths
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Episode 113: 4 Tips on Creating Wool/Silk Blends with a Drum Carder
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 112: An Easy Fiber Blending Project: My Chemo Hat Recipe
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Episode 111: Get Started Blending Fiber
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Episode 110: Spinning and mental health II: a conversation
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Episode 109: Community as a Source of Inspiration, or The "Scenius"
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Episode 108: What to look for in a healthy spinning community
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Episode 107: Spinning Communities as Learning Communities
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Episode 106: What I learned about plying from my e-spinners
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May 31, 2024 |
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Episode 105: How to be sure your yarn has even ply twist throughout the skein
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May 24, 2024 |
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Episode 104: How Much Ply Twist? The Plyback of the Ply and the Question of Balance
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May 17, 2024 |
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Episode 103: To rest or not to rest (your singles)
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May 10, 2024 |
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Episode 102: Spinning and Mental Health
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode 101: Combination Drafting vs. Combination Spinning
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode 100: The Woolen Drafts
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 99: Drafting with Your Feet?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Episode 98: How I learned to stop worrying and love predrafting
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 97: When Handspun Attacks!
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Episode 96: How to Use Ravelry to Make Better Projects with Your Handspun
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Episode 95: Three Tips for Knitting with Handspun Yarn
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode 94: Why New Spinners Should Start Using Their Yarn Right Away
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Episode 93: What Is Spin School?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 92: From The Guild: The Benefits of a Regular Spinning Practice
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 91: How to Make Creating a (Spinning) Habit Easier
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode 90: Clearing the Decks for a Healthy Spinning Habit
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Episode 89: Why You Should Make Spinning a Habit
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Episode 88: My Three Favorite Wheels for New Spinners
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 87: Wheel Mechanics Mysteries Solved!
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 86: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 85: Strategy, Tactics, and Why Spinners Need Both
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Episode 84: She’s Baaaaack
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Episode 83: Spinning a (Deliberately) Thick and Thin Yarn
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 82: Five Great Resources for Spinning Art Yarns
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 81: Bridget’s Spinning Journey
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Episode 80: Vicky's Spinning Journey
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Nenette’s Spinning Journey
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 78: Allyssa’s Spinning Journey
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Sandy’s Spinning Journey
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Five Great Wools for New Spinners
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Three Tips for Self-Taught Spinners
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 74: I love you. How are you?
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Episode 73: Is your Knitting Style Changing your Ply Twist?
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Episode 72: Handspun on a Simple Loom
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Episode 71: Fiber Has Two Jobs
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Episode 70: Breed Spotlight—North Ronaldsay
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Episode 69: Meet the Multi-coated Breeds
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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Episode 68: A Review of Kate Larson's Finishing Up
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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Episode 67: Twist for the Measurement-Phobic
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Episode 66: Twist is a choice
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Episode 65: Creative Seasons
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Episode 64: Become Besties with your Wheel
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Episode 63: The Spinner’s Journey
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Episode 62: Why a Membership?
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Episode 61: Five tips for big spinning projects
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Episode 60: Spinning Batts
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Episode 59: Sampling for a Project
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Episode 58: Preparing Fiber for Viajante
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Episode 57: My Spinning Story, Part 2
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Episode 56: My Spinning Story
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Episode 55: Dyeing for a Project
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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Episode 54: Choosing a color palette for a project
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May 31, 2019 |
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Episode 53: Choosing fiber for a project
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May 24, 2019 |
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Episode 52: Designing yarn for a project
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May 21, 2019 |
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Episode 51: PlyAway and what's next
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May 10, 2019 |
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Episode 50: Fiber choice and color management
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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Episode 49: Using the color wheel
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Mar 16, 2019 |
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Episode 48: Color Theory for Spinners
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Episode 47: Make spinning a habit
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Episode 46: Find more time to spin
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Episode 45 | Breed Spotlight: Southdown
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Feb 09, 2019 |
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Episode 44: Meet the Down Breads
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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Episode 43: Spinning for Socks IV (Plying for Socks)
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Jan 26, 2019 |
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Episode 42: Spinning for Socks III (Spinning Fine Singles)
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Episode 41: Spinning for Socks II (Opposing-Ply Yarns)
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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Episode 40: Spinning for Socks I (Preliminary Considerations)
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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An announcement
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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Episode 39: 25 patterns to knit with your handspun
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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Episode 38: Are you using your handspun?
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Episode 37: Getting the most out of your next spinning class
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Episode 36: Bobbin Winder Review
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Episode 35: Getting Organized (2)
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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Encore Episode: Get to know your default yarn
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Encore Episode: Spinning more consistent singles
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Encore Episode: Woolen? Worsted?
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Encore Episode: Wool Types—An Introduction
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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Episode 34: Getting Organized
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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Episode 33: Five Things I Love About PLY Magazine
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Episode 32: How breed study makes you a better spinner
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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Episode 31: Top ten tips for successful fleece sale shopping
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Episode 30: Breed Spotlight | Perendale
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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Episode 29: Meet the longwools
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Jun 16, 2018 |
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Episode 28: Why rare sheep breeds matter
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Episode 27: Sheepspot's Mission
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Episode 26: Self-Care for Creatives
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May 25, 2018 |
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Episode 25: Getting Ready for a Fiber Festival
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May 18, 2018 |
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Episode 24: Tools
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May 11, 2018 |
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Episode 23: Wheels
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May 05, 2018 |
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Episode 22: Get to know your default yarn
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Episode 21: Six Ways to Bust Your Spinning Rut
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Episode 20: Your Spinning Mindset
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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Episode 19: PlyAway!
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Apr 07, 2018 |
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Episode 18: Washing Fleeces
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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Episode 17: Buying Fleeces
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Episode 16: A Week in the Life
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Mar 16, 2018 |
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Episode 15: All About Sampling
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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Episode 14: Make your own spinning toolkit
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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Episode 13: Wheel Maintenance
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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Episode 12: Be Kind, Rewind
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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Episode 11: Plying for consistency
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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Episode 10: Spinning more consistent singles
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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Episode 9: Breed spotlight: Rambouillet
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Episode 8: Getting to know the fine wools
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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Episode 7: Behind the scenes: The Sheepspot fiber club
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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Episode 6: Why prep your own fiber?
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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Episode 5: Do your creative projects find you?
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Dec 29, 2017 |
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Episode 4: Woolen? Worsted?
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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Episode 3: A review of the Lendrum DT
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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Episode 2: Wool Types—An Introduction
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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Episode 1: Getting Started
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Dec 13, 2017 |