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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.

Copyright: ©Sasha Torres

Latest Episodes:

Episode 12: Be Kind, Rewind Feb 16, 2018

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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

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Episode 11: Plying for consistency Feb 09, 2018

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Sarah Anderson's DIY Lazy Kate

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Episode 10: Spinning more consistent singles Feb 02, 2018

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Spinning Consistent Singles Workshop at The Sheepspot Studio

Episode 9: Breed spotlight: Rambouillet Jan 26, 2018

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about one of her favorite wools, Rambouillet.

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Rambouillet at Sheepspot

Episode 8: Getting to know the fine wools Jan 19, 2018

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Episode 2 of the Sheepspot Podcast

Tuille Sausages

Episode 4 of the Sheepspot Podcast

Sasha on Instagram

Episode 7: Behind the scenes: The Sheepspot fiber club Jan 12, 2018

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In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about what's involved in getting a fiber club shipment ready to go out to members.

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The Sheepspot Fiber Club

Episode 6: Why prep your own fiber? Jan 05, 2018

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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

Episode 5: Do your creative projects find you? Dec 29, 2017

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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.

Episode 4: Woolen? Worsted? Dec 22, 2017

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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.sheepspot.com/podcast/episode4.

Episode 3: A review of the Lendrum DT Dec 15, 2017

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Sasha reviews her new spinning wheel.

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