Category: Homesteading and Heathenry

Handspinning for Beginners – Finishing Your Yarn

By Katla Hase

On March 13, 2017

This is the last article on beginning handspinning using a drop spindle! If you have been following I have gone over everything from obtaining tools such as fiber and a drop spindle to crafting your fiber and potentially plying it. Now to finish your yarn! One of the easiest steps. To begin you will need […]

Homesteading and Heathenry

Handspinning for Beginners – Plying Yarn

By Katla Hase

On December 22, 2016

In this article, I will go over plying yarn in a two-ply. There are many variations and styles of plying but seeing as this is a beginner series we will start here. I even pulled up photos from my ver

Editorials , Homesteading and Heathenry

Handspinning for Beginners – Starting to Spin

By Katla Hase

On September 29, 2016

Back again after a break, Katla Hase returns with the next chapter in her handspinning series.

Handspinning For Beginners – Pre-Drafting and Drafting Fiber

By Katla Hase

In Editorials , Homesteading and Heathenry

On June 16, 2016

In this third installment of my How-too series on handspinning, I will attempt to describe how to pre-draft and draft various types of prepared fiber. Drafting, in handspinning, is how you prepare your fiber for your drop spindle. Pre-drafting is when you need to thin out your fiber ahead of time before drafting. Don't worry if it sounds like you're going in circles; we're spinning, that's kind of the point!!

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Handspinning For Beginners – An Overview of Spinning Materials

By Katla Hase

On May 26, 2016

In my previous article I discussed drop spindles and how to acquire one. This article will discuss different materials you can use in handspinning and some places you can find them.

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Handspinning For Beginners – Finding Your Drop Spindle

By Katla Hase

On May 15, 2016

Handspinning with a drop spindle is an art form that was once necessity. All over the globe from the early history of humans to modern times people have employed the use of various types of spindles a

Handspinning and Heathenry

By Katla Hase

In Editorials , Homesteading and Heathenry

On April 20, 2016

For more than half of my life the art of hand spinning has appealed to me. Spinning wheels especially. The various wheels I would see in art, old photos, and antique shops always seemed like more than a tool to create yarn and thread. One of the things that really brought me to Heathenry were the stories of Frau Holda and a spindle that led a young girl to her domain.

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Homesteading and Heathenry: Wights, Gods and Ancestors

By Katla Hase

On March 30, 2016

In our practice the wights are what we work with the most often. This sets us apart from most heathens we meet, who almost exclusively speak of the gods and their personal relationships with them.

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Heathenry and Self-Reliance

By Katla Hase

On March 11, 2016

Self-Reliance is about bettering yourself, not cutting yourself off from the world; and there are so many ways to accomplish that.

Homesteading and Heathenry: Honoring The Gods Through Self-Sufficiency

By Katla Hase

In Editorials , Homesteading and Heathenry

On February 24, 2016

Many Heathens aspire to live similarly to their ancestors, working to find ways to incorporate their spiritual views into their everyday lives. It’s a way of living their path instead of only having faith and understanding in the gods. One way to do this is to become more self-sufficient. Self-sufficiency was the way of life […]