The Sheepspot Podcast

By Sasha Torres

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Episodes: 188

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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.

Episode Date
Episode 102: Spinning and Mental Health
May 03, 2024
Episode 101: Combination Drafting vs. Combination Spinning
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 100: The Woolen Drafts
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 99: Drafting with Your Feet?
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 98: How I learned to stop worrying and love predrafting
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 97: When Handspun Attacks!
Mar 29, 2024
Episode 96: How to Use Ravelry to Make Better Projects with Your Handspun
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 95: Three Tips for Knitting with Handspun Yarn
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 94: Why New Spinners Should Start Using Their Yarn Right Away
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 93: What Is Spin School?
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 92: From The Guild: The Benefits of a Regular Spinning Practice
Feb 23, 2024
Episode 91: How to Make Creating a (Spinning) Habit Easier
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 90: Clearing the Decks for a Healthy Spinning Habit
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 89: Why You Should Make Spinning a Habit
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 88: My Three Favorite Wheels for New Spinners
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 87: Wheel Mechanics Mysteries Solved!
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 86: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 85: Strategy, Tactics, and Why Spinners Need Both
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 84: She’s Baaaaack
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 83: Spinning a (Deliberately) Thick and Thin Yarn
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 82: Five Great Resources for Spinning Art Yarns
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 81: Bridget’s Spinning Journey
Mar 20, 2021
Episode 80: Vicky's Spinning Journey
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 79: Nenette’s Spinning Journey
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 78: Allyssa’s Spinning Journey
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 77: Sandy’s Spinning Journey
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 76: Five Great Wools for New Spinners
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 75: Three Tips for Self-Taught Spinners
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 74: I love you. How are you?
Apr 10, 2020
Episode 73: Is your Knitting Style Changing your Ply Twist?
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 72: Handspun on a Simple Loom
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 71: Fiber Has Two Jobs
Feb 07, 2020
Episode 70: Breed Spotlight—North Ronaldsay
Jan 24, 2020
Episode 69: Meet the Multi-coated Breeds
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 68: A Review of Kate Larson's Finishing Up
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 67: Twist for the Measurement-Phobic
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 66: Twist is a choice
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 65: Creative Seasons
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 64: Become Besties with your Wheel
Sep 23, 2019
Episode 63: The Spinner’s Journey
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 62: Why a Membership?
Sep 06, 2019
Episode 61: Five tips for big spinning projects
Aug 30, 2019
Episode 60: Spinning Batts
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 59: Sampling for a Project
Aug 16, 2019
Episode 58: Preparing Fiber for Viajante
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 57: My Spinning Story, Part 2
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 56: My Spinning Story
Jul 26, 2019
Episode 55: Dyeing for a Project
Jun 29, 2019
Episode 54: Choosing a color palette for a project
May 31, 2019
Episode 53: Choosing fiber for a project
May 24, 2019
Episode 52: Designing yarn for a project
May 21, 2019
Episode 51: PlyAway and what's next
May 10, 2019
Episode 50: Fiber choice and color management
Mar 25, 2019
Episode 49: Using the color wheel
Mar 16, 2019
Episode 48: Color Theory for Spinners
Mar 13, 2019
Episode 47: Make spinning a habit
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 46: Find more time to spin
Feb 18, 2019
Episode 45 | Breed Spotlight: Southdown
Feb 09, 2019
Episode 44: Meet the Down Breads
Feb 02, 2019
Episode 43: Spinning for Socks IV (Plying for Socks)
Jan 26, 2019
Episode 42: Spinning for Socks III (Spinning Fine Singles)
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 41: Spinning for Socks II (Opposing-Ply Yarns)
Jan 12, 2019
Episode 40: Spinning for Socks I (Preliminary Considerations)
Jan 04, 2019
An announcement
Nov 11, 2018
Episode 39: 25 patterns to knit with your handspun
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 38: Are you using your handspun?
Oct 01, 2018
Episode 37: Getting the most out of your next spinning class
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 36: Bobbin Winder Review
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 35: Getting Organized (2)
Sep 07, 2018
Encore Episode: Get to know your default yarn
Aug 31, 2018
Encore Episode: Spinning more consistent singles
Aug 24, 2018
Encore Episode: Woolen? Worsted?
Aug 17, 2018
Encore Episode: Wool Types—An Introduction
Aug 10, 2018
Episode 34: Getting Organized
Aug 03, 2018
Episode 33: Five Things I Love About PLY Magazine
Jul 20, 2018
Episode 32: How breed study makes you a better spinner
Jul 07, 2018
Episode 31: Top ten tips for successful fleece sale shopping
Jun 29, 2018
Episode 30: Breed Spotlight | Perendale
Jun 23, 2018
Episode 29: Meet the longwools
Jun 16, 2018
Episode 28: Why rare sheep breeds matter
Jun 08, 2018
Episode 27: Sheepspot's Mission
Jun 01, 2018
Episode 26: Self-Care for Creatives
May 25, 2018
Episode 25: Getting Ready for a Fiber Festival
May 18, 2018
Episode 24: Tools
May 11, 2018
Episode 23: Wheels
May 05, 2018
Episode 22: Get to know your default yarn
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 21: Six Ways to Bust Your Spinning Rut
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 20: Your Spinning Mindset
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 19: PlyAway!
Apr 07, 2018
Episode 18: Washing Fleeces
Mar 30, 2018
Episode 17: Buying Fleeces
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 16: A Week in the Life
Mar 16, 2018
Episode 15: All About Sampling
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 14: Make your own spinning toolkit
Mar 02, 2018
Episode 13: Wheel Maintenance
Feb 23, 2018
Episode 12: Be Kind, Rewind
Feb 16, 2018
Episode 11: Plying for consistency
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 10: Spinning more consistent singles
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 9: Breed spotlight: Rambouillet
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 8: Getting to know the fine wools
Jan 19, 2018