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SOAR 2007: 25th Annual Spin-Off Autumn Retreat will be held at Shanty Creek Resort & Club in Bellaire, Michigan from October 7 – 14, 2007.

Interweave Press Presents:
An Interview With The Yarn Harlot,
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Interviewed by Amy Clarke-Moore, editor of Spin-Off magazine
SOAR 2006 Podcast

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee | Amy Clarke Moore | SOAR | Spin-Off Magazine | Knitting Daily

Spin-Off magazine editor Amy Clarke Moore catches up with witty author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee at Spin-Off’s 2006 Autumn Retreat (SOAR) to talk spinning—how Stephanie caught the spinning bug, what she loves to spin, and how she spent her time at SOAR.

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Interview Highlights (in order of discussion)

Learning to Spin: Falling Down The Rabbit Hole
Spinning on the Road
Guilty, Furtive Pleasures: Spinning in A Hotel Room
Wool Speaks To Her (But She Will Also Listen to Bison and Mongolian Cashmere)
Save The World: Dress A Distaff
Only 58 Days Left To Hackle Your Linen!
The Perpetual Fleece in The Basement
A Truly Dedicated Roasting Pan
It’s My Kitchen, I’ll Stink It Up If I Want To
On Drop Spindles: A Top-Whorl Girl
Hearing Alden’s Voice in Her Mind
“It’s Got A HUGE Bobbin On It”
“It’s A Wonder I Can Spin At All”
Judith-Itis, or Why Stephanie Would Take A Class On Flushing The Toilet If It Was Taught by Judith MacKenzie McCuin
Why Tuesdays Are For Spinning
“Hello, I’m Your Designated Sock For Today’s Tour”
Pay No Attention To the Knitter Behind The Curtain
On Handspun Socks and Being Charmed By Sock Yarn
The Old-Fashioned Darning Technique
A Drum Carder She’s Pretty Freakin’ Attached To
Dog Combs and Hand Cards and Fleece, Oh My
Marry Skinny Men!

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, AKA The Yarn Harlot

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee entertains knitters with her unique blend of humor and knitting highwire acts via her popular online blog (www.yarnharlot.com), articles, and essays. She is the author of At Knit's End (Storey, 2004) and Knitting Rules (Storey, 2005). Her third Storey title will release in March of 2007. She lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and three daughters.

Amy Clarke Moore is the editor of Spin-Off Magazine. She learned to spin fifteen years ago as a student abroad in Costa Rica where she lived with a spinner, weaver, and natural dyer who taught her how to spin cotton on a hand spindle. The children in the family giggled as they watched her efforts—they thought it was hilarious that a 21-year-old woman didn’t know how to spin.

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