EDITOR’S LETTER
There are few things that excite spinners more than color. Whether your penchant is for ultra-saturated hues, dusty jewel tones, or sheepy shades, much of our work focuses on creating and using color. And not all of those colors come easily. In fact, I’d say that even the most experienced, color-obsessed spinners I know struggle at times with a dye recipe or how best to use a beautiful handpainted braid. Like any creative journey, it’s sometimes this struggle that leads our work off the beaten path and in exciting new directions. In this issue, we are celebrating the quest for color! Diné shepherd Nikyle Begay invites us to learn about natural color in Navajo-Churros—brown, blue, and beyond. Eileen Hallman shares her methods for expanding the palette of colors you can get…