This month we are going back to basics!! There is so much to learn in the fiber world, and often there is a style of yarn that draws our attention, or a certain feel we want to our yarn, or a unique technique we want to try—and we often want to skip quickly to being able to do that particular thing. Often that means we don’t spend a lot of time in the ‘boring’ area of the basics of our craft—but all the fancy yarns and lovely styles we crave need to have the basics mastered to achieve. Whether you are a new spinner or you have spun for decades, it is always a good idea to visit (or revisit) the basics: a good foundation allows for many variations thereafter on a consistent basis.