All Episodes
The Sheepspot Podcast — 162 episodes
Episode 157: Breed School is Back
Episode 156: Encore Episode: Meet the Multicoated Breeds
Episode 155: Encore Episode: Get to Know the Down Breeds
Episode 154 Encore Episode: Meet the Longwools
Episode 153 Encore Episode: Getting to Know the Fine Wools
Episode 152: Encore Episode Wool Types - An Introduction
Episode 151 Big Spins: 5 Tips for Plying and Finishing
Episode 150 Big Spins: The Singles
Episode 149:Big Spins: Sampling and Setting up
Episode 148: Big Spins: Two Approaches
Episode 147: Common Plying Problems and How to Solve Them
Episode146: Why I Never End Up with Leftover Singles When I Ply
Episode 145: Are Cabled Yarns Worth the Work?
Episode 144: Common Yarn Structures: The Whys and Wherefores
Episode 143: Creativity Lessons from Denise Love
Episode 142: My Missing Mojo
Episode 141: How to Keep Track of Your Spindles
Episode 140: My Favorite Drop Spindle for Beginners
Episode 139: Great Spindle Spinning Resources
Episode 138 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Sasha and Jillian at Madrona 2012
Episode 137 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Talking Color with Deb Menz
Episode 136 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Maryland Sheep and Wool 2011
Episode 135 | SpinDoctor Flashback: An Interview with Deb Robson
Episode 134 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Reporting from Rhinebeck 2010
Episode 133 | SpinDoctor Flashback: Buying Fleece with Beth Smith
Episode 132: Working With Value
Episode 131: Learning to See Hue
Episode 130: The Continuum of Blendiness: Color Management Basics
Episode 129: Color in Spinning: Understanding Optical Mixing
Episode 128: A Color Story
Episode 127: Reviewing the Clemes and Clemes Lock Pop
Episode 126: Product Review: Louet Mini Combs
Episode 125: Four Things to Consider When Shopping for Hand Carders
Episode 124: Tools for Worsted Prep
Episode 123: Can Spinning Heal the World? A Post-Retreat Reverie
Episode 122: 10 Pitfalls of Teaching Yourself to Spin
Episode 121: Three Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Spinning
Episode 120: I'm a Knitter/Crocheter/Weaver: Why Should I Learn to Spin?
Episode 119: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
Episode 118: The Spinner's Journey
Episode 117: Five Great Wools for New Spinners
Episode 116: Plying for consistency
Episode 115: Spinning More Consistent Singles
Episode 114: Spinning Commercial Fiber Blends with Mixed Staple Lengths
Episode 113: 4 Tips on Creating Wool/Silk Blends with a Drum Carder
Episode 112: An Easy Fiber Blending Project: My Chemo Hat Recipe
Episode 111: Get Started Blending Fiber
Episode 110: Spinning and mental health II: a conversation
Episode 109: Community as a Source of Inspiration, or The "Scenius"
Episode 108: What to look for in a healthy spinning community
Episode 107: Spinning Communities as Learning Communities
Episode 106: What I learned about plying from my e-spinners
Episode 105: How to be sure your yarn has even ply twist throughout the skein
Episode 104: How Much Ply Twist? The Plyback of the Ply and the Question of Balance
Episode 103: To rest or not to rest (your singles)
Episode 102: Spinning and Mental Health
Episode 101: Combination Drafting vs. Combination Spinning
Episode 100: The Woolen Drafts
Episode 99: Drafting with Your Feet?
Episode 98: How I learned to stop worrying and love predrafting
Episode 97: When Handspun Attacks!
Episode 96: How to Use Ravelry to Make Better Projects with Your Handspun
Episode 95: Three Tips for Knitting with Handspun Yarn
Episode 94: Why New Spinners Should Start Using Their Yarn Right Away
Episode 93: What Is Spin School?
Episode 92: From The Guild: The Benefits of a Regular Spinning Practice
Episode 91: How to Make Creating a (Spinning) Habit Easier
Episode 90: Clearing the Decks for a Healthy Spinning Habit
Episode 89: Why You Should Make Spinning a Habit
Episode 88: My Three Favorite Wheels for New Spinners
Episode 87: Wheel Mechanics Mysteries Solved!
Episode 86: The Pillars of Skillful Spinning™
Episode 84: She’s Baaaaack
Episode 85: Strategy, Tactics, and Why Spinners Need Both
Episode 83: Spinning a (Deliberately) Thick and Thin Yarn
Episode 82: Five Great Resources for Spinning Art Yarns
Episode 81: Bridget’s Spinning Journey
Episode 80: Vicky's Spinning Journey
Episode 79: Nenette’s Spinning Journey
Episode 78: Allyssa’s Spinning Journey
Episode 77: Sandy’s Spinning Journey
Episode 76: Five Great Wools for New Spinners
Episode 75: Three Tips for Self-Taught Spinners
Episode 74: I love you. How are you?
Episode 73: Is your Knitting Style Changing your Ply Twist?
Episode 72: Handspun on a Simple Loom
Episode 71: Fiber Has Two Jobs
Episode 70: Breed Spotlight—North Ronaldsay
Episode 69: Meet the Multi-coated Breeds
Episode 68: A Review of Kate Larson's Finishing Up
Episode 67: Twist for the Measurement-Phobic
Episode 66: Twist is a choice
Episode 65: Creative Seasons
Episode 64: Become Besties with your Wheel
Episode 63: The Spinner’s Journey
Episode 62: Why a Membership?
Episode 61: Five tips for big spinning projects
Episode 60: Spinning Batts
Episode 59: Sampling for a Project
Episode 58: Preparing Fiber for Viajante
Episode 57: My Spinning Story, Part 2
Episode 56: My Spinning Story
Episode 55: Dyeing for a Project
Episode 54: Choosing a color palette for a project
Episode 53: Choosing fiber for a project
Episode 52: Designing yarn for a project
Episode 51: PlyAway and what's next
Episode 50: Fiber choice and color management
Episode 49: Using the color wheel
Episode 48: Color Theory for Spinners
Episode 47: Make spinning a habit
Episode 46: Find more time to spin
Episode 45 | Breed Spotlight: Southdown
Episode 44: Meet the Down Breads
Episode 43: Spinning for Socks IV (Plying for Socks)
Episode 42: Spinning for Socks III (Spinning Fine Singles)
Episode 41: Spinning for Socks II (Opposing-Ply Yarns)
Episode 40: Spinning for Socks I (Preliminary Considerations)
An announcement
Episode 39: 25 patterns to knit with your handspun
Episode 38: Are you using your handspun?
Episode 37: Getting the most out of your next spinning class
Episode 36: Bobbin Winder Review
Episode 35: Getting Organized (2)
Encore Episode: Get to know your default yarn
Encore Episode: Spinning more consistent singles
Encore Episode: Woolen? Worsted?
Encore Episode: Wool Types—An Introduction
Episode 34: Getting Organized
Episode 33: Five Things I Love About PLY Magazine
Episode 32: How breed study makes you a better spinner
Episode 31: Top ten tips for successful fleece sale shopping
Episode 30: Breed Spotlight | Perendale
Episode 29: Meet the longwools
Episode 28: Why rare sheep breeds matter
Episode 27: Sheepspot's Mission
Episode 26: Self-Care for Creatives
Episode 25: Getting Ready for a Fiber Festival
Episode 24: Tools
Episode 23: Wheels
Episode 22: Get to know your default yarn
Episode 21: Six Ways to Bust Your Spinning Rut
Episode 20: Your Spinning Mindset
Episode 19: PlyAway!
Episode 18: Washing Fleeces
Episode 17: Buying Fleeces
Episode 16: A Week in the Life
Episode 15: All About Sampling
Episode 14: Make your own spinning toolkit
Episode 13: Wheel Maintenance
Episode 12: Be Kind, Rewind
Episode 11: Plying for consistency
Episode 10: Spinning more consistent singles
Episode 9: Breed spotlight: Rambouillet
Episode 8: Getting to know the fine wools
Episode 7: Behind the scenes: The Sheepspot fiber club
Episode 6: Why prep your own fiber?
Episode 5: Do your creative projects find you?
Episode 4: Woolen? Worsted?
Episode 3: A review of the Lendrum DT
Episode 2: Wool Types—An Introduction
Episode 1: Getting Started