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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 77: Sandy’s Spinning Journey Feb 19, 2021

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In this episode, Sasha talks with student and Sheepspotters’ Society member Sandy Silver about her spinning journey.

Mentioned in this episode:

Stripes, by Andrea Mowry
Carson Cooper’s beautiful spinning wheels. Carson’s studio was destroyed last year in the massive CZU Lightning Complex fires in the Santa Cruz mountains. Please click here if you can donate toward helping him rebuild.
The Sheepspotters’ Society
Swatch Mitts, by Clara Parkes

Episode 76: Five Great Wools for New Spinners Feb 12, 2021

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In this episode, Sasha talks about five beginner-friendly wools that new spinners can use to build their spinning skills.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Sheepspot Podcast, Episodes 56 and 57 (My Spinning Story)
The Sheepspot Podcast, Episode 44 (Meet the Down Breeds)

Check out The Flock, our free online community for inquisitive handspinners!

Episode 75: Three Tips for Self-Taught Spinners Feb 05, 2021

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The audio podcast is back! In this episode Sasha talks about three tips to help self-taught spinners find community, get their questions answered, and make more yarns they love.

Plus: some catching up, a new freebie, and info about our free online community, The Flock.

Mentioned in the episode:

Sheepspot’s Journal of the Plague Year videos

The Sheepspot Podcast, video version

The Flock: Join us here!

Spinning classes on Craftsy

Spin-Off Magazine on Long Thread Media

Episode 74: I love you. How are you? Apr 10, 2020

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In this episode Sasha offers some resources for those of you wanting to make the most of this time to improve your spinning--as well as lots of love to those of you still working!

Mentioned in the episode:

I’m live on Instagram weekdays at 1

You can still #groomyourstash. Find all the resources here.

You can access all the spinning and weaving resources at Long Thread Media (formerly Interweave) and get a subscription to Spin-Off for $99 USD. Here’s my (affiliate) link: https://bit.ly/2yJcDdM.

The Sheepspotters’ Society will be open to new members from April 20-April 23, and we’ve retained January’s price of $29/month. Sign up here for more information and a reminder.

Episode 73: Is your Knitting Style Changing your Ply Twist? Mar 27, 2020

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In this episode, Sasha talks about how your knitting style affects your ply twist when you’re knitting with your handspun yarns.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Crafting With Compassion Podcast

Esther Rodgers, Expressive Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom

Sheepspot’s #groomyourstash Challenge

Follow Sasha on Instagram

The Stitch Sampler Shawl

Jillian Moreno, Picking and Grinning

Jillian Moreno, Yarn Detective: Twist And Knitting Style, Part 2

Episode 72: Handspun on a Simple Loom Mar 20, 2020

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In this episode, Sasha talks about a great way to use your handspun yarn stash and learn something new at the same time.

Mentioned in the episode:

Jane Patrick, The Weaver’s Idea Book

Jane Patrick, Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom (video download)

Liz Gipson, Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom

Esther Rodgers, Expressive Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom (video download)

Schacht Spindle Company’s Cricket Loom

Schacht Spindle Company’s Flip Loom

Episode 71: Fiber Has Two Jobs Feb 07, 2020

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In this episode, Sasha suggests a small shift in how you think about fiber that can really help your spinning.

Mentioned in the episode:

Episode 44: Meet the Down (And Down-like) Breeds

Episode 9: Breed Spotlight: Rambouillet

Episode 4: Woolen? Worsted?

Episode 15: All About Sampling

Episode 59: Sampling for a Project

Episode 70: Breed Spotlight—North Ronaldsay Jan 24, 2020

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In this episode, Sasha tells the amazing story of North Ronaldsay sheep, a story encompassing everything from boom to bust (in the potash industry) and from war to wool. Mostly, though, it’s the story of some very resilient sheep and the similarly resilient people with whom they share a tiny island in the North Sea.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust

A Yarn from North Ronaldsay

The Orkney Sheep Foundation, dedicated to “securing the future of the native seaweed-eating sheep on the foreshore of North Ronaldsay”

Orkney Sheep Foundation YouTube channel

Patterns for North Ronaldsay

Episode 69: Meet the Multi-coated Breeds Jan 17, 2020

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In this episode, Sasha talks about breeds of sheep that produce wonderfully useful and complex fleeces: the multi-coated breeds.

Mentioned in the episode:

Episode 18, on washing fleece

Episode 68: A Review of Kate Larson's Finishing Up Jan 10, 2020