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Spinning and weaving have a timeless allure to baby boomers heading towards retirement, to the young indie crafter, and to everyone in between.

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  • High-touch relief for the high-tech lifestyle (CDA). Doing something high touch can offer welcome relief from the increasingly high-tech demands of American Culture. One of the most basic high-touch activities is making spinning (making yarn-by-hand not exercise). Baby boomers and their children have bought thousands of spinning wheels. So who is using them and why? Martha Woodroof of WMRA in Harrisonburg attempts to find out.

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