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Vol. XLIII No. 3 Fall 2019

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One of Kate’s favorite fi ber tools is her spinner’s notebook.

If you were stranded on a desert island

and could only have one f iber tool, what

would it be?

Soon after I first learned to spin, I moved into

a tiny cabin on a farm in northern Vermont

with my husband. In our 12' square unplumbed

cabin, we made space for my most important

possession: a new Ashford Traveller spinning wheel. I adored that wheel

and still do; it’s the wheel that made me a spinner.

In the Desert Island Tool issue, we asked what you just couldn’t do without or

leave behind. Authors from around the world answered this question in many

ways. Amy Tyler and Emily Wohlscheid both shared ways they are adapting

their favorite blending tools to expand the fiber effects they can create.

A beloved “tool” can manifest in different ways. Josefin Waltin explores

the tool that connects us all: twist. After all, twist is the fundamental tool

we use to create strength, shaping wool as a woodworker might use a chisel.

But how we sit while spinning is also important. Mary Egbert discusses the

significance of posture to help you find a seat that is right for you.

Some of us become attached to our fiber tools, while some spinners are

more focused on the process and product. However, I think most of us are

connected by the contentment we feel when holding a tool that fits perfectly

in our hand and whose use feels like an extension of our own bodies.

What’s your desert island tool?