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The Sheepspot Podcast

Sasha Torressheepspot.podbean.com
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.

Episodes

Episode 12: Be Kind, Rewind

Mentioned in this episode: 6 inch bobbins from Schacht Bobbin winder from Louet Bobbin winder from Schacht Handcrafted Maple Weavers' Shuttle Bobbin Winder DIY bobbin winder Rachel Smith's video on winding bobbins The Sheepspot Newsletter...

Feb 16, 201810 minEp. 12

Episode 11: Plying for consistency

Mentioned in this episode: Sarah Anderson's DIY Lazy Kate The Sheepspot Podcast Episode 10 Subscribe to The Sheepspot Newsletter

Feb 09, 201814 minEp. 11

Episode 9: Breed spotlight: Rambouillet

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about one of her favorite wools, Rambouillet. Mentioned in this episode: Rambouillet at Sheepspot

Jan 26, 201811 minEp. 9

Episode 6: Why prep your own fiber?

Mentioned in this episode: Judith Mackenzie, Three Bags Full Kate Larson, The Practical Spinner’s Guide: Wool Beth Smith, The Spinner’s Book of Fleece Ashford flick carder Schacht fine wool cards Clemes and Clemes wool cards Blue Mountain Handcrafts two pitch hand combs Valkyrie superfine hand combs Louet mini-combs Esther Rogers, Fiber Preparation for Spinning Beth Smith’s handcarding video for Schacht The Sheepspot Fleece Club...

Jan 05, 201836 minEp. 6

Episode 5: Do your creative projects find you?

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about whether our creative projects find us, or we find them. Mentioned in this episode: How to Survive the End of the World, "Let the Ancestors Speak" Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk ; the part of I mention in the podcast is at 10:11....

Dec 29, 201713 minEp. 5

Episode 4: Woolen? Worsted?

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about woolen and worsted yarns, how to spin yarns in either style, and when you might choose a woolen yarn over a worsted one and vice versa. Additional resources on the woolen-worsted continuum: Jacey Boggs Faulkner's Craftsy class, From Woolen to Worsted Judith MacKenzie's dvd/video download, The Spinner's Toolbox Abby Franquemont's video download, Drafting: The Long and the Short of It Download your free worsted/woolen cheat sheet at http://www.shee...

Dec 22, 201721 minEp. 4

Episode 2: Wool Types—An Introduction

Mentioned in this episode: The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook , by Deborah Robson and Carol Ekarius The Spinner's Book of Fleece , by Beth Smith To download your wool types cheat sheet, go to www.sheepspot.com/podcast/episode2.

Dec 14, 201716 minEp. 2
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