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**The Sheepspot Podcast**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 57: My Spinning Story, Part 2 Aug 02, 2019

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In this episode, Sasha picks up where last episode left off, and offers some advice to new spinners.

Mentioned in the episode:

Abby Franquemont, Drafting: The Long and Short of It

Judith MacKenzie, The Gentle Art of Plying

The SpinDoctor Podcast: Reviews for Handspinners

Episode 56: My Spinning Story Jul 26, 2019

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In this episode, Sasha tells the story of how she learned to spin.

Mentioned in this episode:

Abby Franquemont, Choosing Your First Spinning Wheel (blog post)

Check out the show notes for pics of Sasha’s early yarns: sheepspot.com/podcast/episode56.

Episode 55: Dyeing for a Project Jun 29, 2019

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Episode 54: Choosing a color palette for a project May 31, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about creating a color palette for a particular project.

Mentioned in this episode:

Viajante by Martina Behm

Deb Menz, Color in Spinning

Deb Menz, Colorworks: The Crafter’s Guide to Color

Deb Menz, Color and Yarn Design for Spinners

Deb Menz, Color Magic: Color Families

Deb Menz, Color Magic: Value & Harmony

Deb Menz, Color Works for Spinners

Full disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means that I will earn a small commission if you use the link to buy the item. Your price does not change, and I never recommend anything I don’t love.

Episode 53: Choosing fiber for a project May 24, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about choosing fiber with a particular project in mind.

Mentioned in this episode:

Viajante by Martina Behm

Episode 52: Designing yarn for a project May 21, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about designing yarn with a particular project in mind. And she accidentally swears once.

Mentioned in this episode:

Viajante by Martina Behm

Episode 51: PlyAway and what's next May 10, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about her trip to PlyAway, her recent time off, and what’s next on the podcast and for Sheepspot.

Episode 50: Fiber choice and color management Mar 25, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about how fiber choice impacts color.

Also: a couple of announcements:

"A Dyer's Guide to Spinning Multicolored Braids" is now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who bought a ticket! I can’t wait to see you in the workshop!

The podcast will go on hiatus for the month of April. We’ll have one more episode next week, and then we’ll start up again May 4.

Episode 49: Using the color wheel Mar 16, 2019

Show notes

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about using a color wheel in spinning multicolored braids.

Mentioned in this episode:

A good basic color wheel, if you can get past the fonts (affiliate link)

A good basic color wheel app

A wonderful game that helps you get better at color blending

A blog post about adding a touch of a complementary color to a colorway

Episode 48: Color Theory for Spinners Mar 13, 2019

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about how color theory can be useful to spinners

Mentioned in this episode:

Upcoming live workshop! “The Dyer’s Guide to Spinning Multicolored Braids,” Saturday, April 6 at 1 pm Eastern. Learn more and sign up to be notified when tickets become available here.

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