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.
Episodes
Aug 2, 2019
Aug 2, 2019
13 min
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
Jul 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019
23 min
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.
Jun 29, 2019
May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019
18 min
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.
May 24, 2019
May 21, 2019
May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019
29 min
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.
Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019
13 min
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.
Mar 16, 2019
Mar 16, 2019
13 min
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 wonderful game that helps you get better at color blending
A blog post about adding a touch of a complementary color to a colorway
Mar 13, 2019
Mar 13, 2019
18 min
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.