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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.
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Episode 157: Breed School is Back
In this episode, Sasha breaks down Breed School; what it is, where it came from, and details about the newest bring-your-own-fiber version of Breed Sc...
Episode 156: Encore Episode: Meet the Multicoated Breeds
In this episode, Sasha talks about breeds of sheep that produce wonderfully useful and complex fleeces: the multi-coated breeds.
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Episode 155: Encore Episode: Get to Know the Down Breeds
In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about the ‘Down’ breeds: the Southdown, the Suffolk, the Dorset Down, the Hampshire, the Oxford and the Sh...
Episode 154 Encore Episode: Meet the Longwools
In this episode, Sasha talks about the longwools - breeds to look for, prep suggestions, and tips and tricks for spinning these fibers.
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Episode 153 Encore Episode: Getting to Know the Fine Wools
In this episode of the podcast, Sasha talks about one of her favorite wools, Rambouillet.
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Episode 152: Encore Episode Wool Types - An Introduction
In this encore episode Sasha talks about different types of wool and their uses.
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Episode 151 Big Spins: 5 Tips for Plying and Finishing
In this episode, Sasha offers 5 tips for plying and finishing a big spin.
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Episode 150 Big Spins: The Singles
In this episode Sasha dives into the essential strategies for staying motivated and consistent during your big spinning projects. Based on her own exp...
Episode 149:Big Spins: Sampling and Setting up
In this episode Sasha dives into what it takes to set herself up for a successful spin of 16 ounces or more. Sampling is a crucial part of the process...
Episode 148: Big Spins: Two Approaches
This episode is the first in our series focusing on the "Using Your Handspun" pillar of skillful spinning. In this episode Sasha discusses two approac...
Episode 147: Common Plying Problems and How to Solve Them
In this episode, Sasha dives into the frustrating experience of leftover singles after plying, a common headache for spinners. She shares three effect...
Episode146: Why I Never End Up with Leftover Singles When I Ply
In this episode, Sasha dives into the frustrating experience of leftover singles after plying, a common headache for spinners. She shares three effect...
Episode 145: Are Cabled Yarns Worth the Work?
In this episode Sasha explores cabled yarns, which require multiple plying steps but which have a distinct look and texture and are fantastically dura...
Episode 144: Common Yarn Structures: The Whys and Wherefores
In this episode of The Sheepspot Podcast, Sasha dives into the various yarn structures, focusing specifically on singles, two-ply, and three-ply yarns...
Episode 143: Creativity Lessons from Denise Love
In this episode Sasha takes what she has learned from abstract painting classes and suggests how we might use those lessons in our spinning practice.<...
Episode 142: My Missing Mojo
In this episode, Sasha searches for her missing mojo and talks about the steps she's taking to get it back.
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Episode 141: How to Keep Track of Your Spindles
In this episode, Sasha shares her system for keeping track of her ever-growing spindle collection.
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Episode 140: My Favorite Drop Spindle for Beginners
In this episode, Sasha shares her favorite spindle for beginners.
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Greensleeves Spindles: Bare Bones Spindles
Episode 139: Great Spindle Spinning Resources
In this episode, Sasha shares three of her favorite spinning resources.
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Maggie Casey: Getting Started on a Drop...
Episode 138 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Sasha and Jillian at Madrona 2012
In this episode from 2012, Sasha and Jillian Moreno report from their shared hotel room at the Madrona Winter Fiber Arts Festival (now the Red Alder F...
Episode 137 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Talking Color with Deb Menz
In this episode from 2011, Sasha interviews colorist extraordinaire Deb Menz. Deb is the author of Color in Spinning, which is sadly out of print. It'...
Episode 136 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Maryland Sheep and Wool 2011
In this episode from 2011, Sasha tells you all about a field trip to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.
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Episode 135 | SpinDoctor Flashback: An Interview with Deb Robson
In this episode from 2010, Sasha interviews Deb Robson about the process of creating her magnum opus, The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook.
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Episode 134 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Reporting from Rhinebeck 2010
In this episode from 2010, Sasha talks about the insane buying spree that was her one and only trip to Rhinebeck.
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Episode 133 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Buying Fleece with Beth Smith
In this episode, from 2010, Sasha interviews Beth Smith about buying fleeces.
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Episode 132: Working With Value
In this episode, Sasha talks about the importance of value as it relates to color.
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Deb Menz: Color Works
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Episode 131: Learning to See Hue
In this episode, Sasha explores the difference between "blue" and "blue-green" and the relationship between different hues.
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Episode 130: The Continuum of Blendiness: Color Management Basics
In this episode, Sasha explains the "continuum of blendiness," a rubric for understanding different ways to control optical mixing.
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Episode 129: Color in Spinning: Understanding Optical Mixing
In this episode, Sasha explains optical mixing.
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Episode 128: A Color Story
In this episode, Sasha talks about her color journey and how she went from being massively color challenged to becoming a dyer.
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Episode 127: Reviewing the Clemes and Clemes Lock Pop
In this episode, Sasha reviews her brand new fiber-preparation tool, the Lock Pop from Clemes and Clemes.
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Episode 126: Product Review: Louet Mini Combs
In this episode, Sasha reviews the Louet two-pitch mini-combs. Spoiler alert: she loves them!
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Episode 125: Four Things to Consider When Shopping for Hand Carders
In this episode, Sasha talks about what you should consider when you are choosing hand carders.
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Etsy Shop: Fell...
Episode 124: Tools for Worsted Prep
In this episode, Sasha discusses a variety of ways to prepare fiber for worsted spinning.
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Episode 123: Can Spinning Heal the World? A Post-Retreat Reverie
In this episode, Sasha indulges in a little post-retreat reflection on how spinning enables human connection.
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Episode 122: 10 Pitfalls of Teaching Yourself to Spin
In this episode, Sasha talks about some of the downsides of going it alone when learning to spin.
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Episode 121: Three Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Spinning
In this episode, Sasha talks about the three things she wishes she had known at the start of her spinning journey.
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Episode 120: I'm a Knitter/Crocheter/Weaver: Why Should I Learn to Spin?
In this episode, Sasha encourages knitters, crocheters, and weavers to give spinning a try, and discusses some of the ways learning to spin will enhan...
Episode 119: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
Spinning Fundamentals Encore Episode
In this episode, Sasha talks about what she calls The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™, and how they can help...
Episode 118: The Spinner's Journey
Spinning Fundamentals Encore Episode
This week’s episode of The Sheepspot Podcast, on The Spinner’s Journey, will help bring you clarity on whe...