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A
paperbound edition of Deb Menz's classic guide to color for handspinners
is finally here! Menz draws on 20 years of experience teaching and
experimenting with color techniques to offer a technically savvy yet
accessible tutorial on working with color and fiber. Color in Spinning was
written expressly for
the handspinner seeking new adventures in color, this comprehensive manual
presents in-depth discussions and step-by-step photographed demonstrations
of immersion dyeing, painting rovings, blending colors and fibers, and
spinning and plying multicolored preparations. And for
those spinners who are color challenged, a useful chapter on understanding
color principles will give you the skills needed to easily work with
color. Whether you're a novice or an expert, no spinner's library is
complete without Color in Spinning.
Learn
to create appealing multi colored yarns with Alison Daykin and Jane Deane,
who have decades of experience spinning, weaving, and dyeing. Let Creative
Spinning show you how easy it can be to create personalized and gorgeous
skeins of one-of-a-kind fibers. Designed for complete beginners, Creative
Spinning offers 30
beautiful projects that teach a repertoire of skills on both the hand
spindle and spinning wheel. Creative Spinning starts with simple, basic combing, twisting,
plying, and finishing, then goes on to offer a primer on working with
fibers. All the chapters are organized by yarn type, including short wool
and down, medium fine wool, long wool and luster, hill and mountain, rare
wool, animal hair, silk, and vegetable fiber. 
Subtitled
From
all the spinning books on the market today this is the only one with
all the information that you need to learn to spin silk! Ruth Mac Gregor's brand 38 page book will teach you about the
different types of silk, how to spin them, ply and make a skein.
Drop spindle instructions includes trouble shooting tips and instructions on how to spin
alpaca and Tencel as well.
The
newest book from this popular author. Projects include crocheted,
felted, knitted and woven items such as vests, hats, mittens, scarves,
baby booties and socks. 
Based on Maggie's time-tested Spinning 101 workshop,
which she has taught for twenty-two years, readers will learn to spin
the yarn of their dreams. Start Spinning begins with an introduction to the various
types of fibers available, choosing and preparing (or buying) fiber with
which to spin, and detailed instructions for both spinning on a spindle
and spinning on a wheel. Start Spinning also offers a special section on
troubleshooting and wheel maintenance, plus tips and tricks for creating
better yarns. Then Start Spinning moves into plying, setting twist, using a niddy
noddy, and woolen and worsted spinning. Start Spinning concludes with a chapter
on uses for spun yarn, which covers wraps per inch, measuring yards for
projects, and size of yarn.
Start Spinning: Everything You Need to Know to Make Great Yarn
covers all the basics newbies need to spin their own fabulous yarn.
Using yarn handspun to your own specifications is like tasting a
delicious strawberry from your own garden; once spinners get comfortable
creating new and wonderful yarns, anything is possible! 120 pages, 125
photographs, 5 illustrations. 
This little
spinning book will
teach you all you want to know about drop spindles and how to use them to
make your very own yarn. Designed to appeal to the beginner spinner, tips
and hints are provided that illustrate how easy, enjoyable, and relaxing
spinning can be. Drop spindles are the simple tools that help you to turn
wool into yarn: from a potato on a stick, to beautiful handcrafted wood
spindles and new-age titanium spindles with CD whorls. Included are
complete instructions for five simple, appealing projects: a woven scarf,
a knitted bunny bag, a spiral-knit baby hat, knitted fingerless mittens,
and a crocheted felted brimmed hat. Once you begin spinning on a drop
spindle, you won’t want to stop—it’s soothing, portable, and
mesmerizing.
Easy to follow drop spindle spinning instructions even for a beginning
spinner. One of the best drop spindle books.
Many
spinning books come and go. This one is a keeper! Subtitled " From Novice to Expert", this
spinning book will guide you
thru all stages of spinning and more. Let master spinner Connie Delaney
introduce you to spinning with a drop spindle. Find out how to select
spinning fiber, how to prepare it, spin and ply it. Learn about the
different spindle types and how to make your own drop spindle and wrist
distaff. A must have for spindle spinners, this book will answer any
"drop spindle" questions. Contains extensive drop spindle
spinning
instructions for a wide variety of spindles.
The
book you have been waiting for! Bring your spinning to the next level!
Few things are as satisfying as creating the perfect yarn for a
special project. Spinning Designer Yarns, first printed by Interweave Press in 1987,
leads the new or intermediate spinner gently into the world of
super-soft luxury fibers, textured effects, and the dyepot’s miracles.
Learn to apply dye to fibers in new and exciting ways, predict how
novelty yarns will look in finished fabrics, blend fibers for color
and texture effects, and spin singles and plied yarns in ways that
will put more zip in your spinning—and your weaving, knitting, and
crocheting. Corespun, bouclé, snarl, knotted, and tufted yarns will
become part of your spinning repertoire, and you’ll rediscover the
excitement of spinning all over again. You won't want to miss these
spinning instructions. 
A
great new way to learn how to spin! Teach Yourself Visually,
Handspinning offers detailed color photos
and instructions. Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning is a book filled to the brim with
information. Short two page lessons are easy to master and
allow you to build your skills at your own pace. Less
reading thru dry text, more pictures and faster results.
ford Book of Carding, Jo Reeve
Mabel
says that when we first learn to spin, we take what we get, and try to
do something with it. In this DVD, Mabel will change all that
for you as she teaches you how to spin yarn to a predetermined size
that will fit the needs of your current project. You will learn how to
prepare and spin different lengths of fibers to make worsted and
woolen yarns for weaving or knitting, using short draw and traditional
long draw techniques. You will learn how to make a plied yarn of any
exact thickness with just the right amount of twist, for various
purposes, & how to repeat it exactly, at any time. You will learn to
spin yarns of average thickness, very thick yarn, soft knitting yarn,
and extremely fine gossamer yarn for knitting lace. If you're just
beginning to learn to spin, we recommend you start with "Spinning
Wool-Basics & Beyond" 112 minutes
Each of
these fibers has its own unique history, and each is available in its
own unique form and each requires various modifications of spinning
technique. You will learn all about this in this DVD. Plus you will
learn about the various fiber preparations that can be purchased, plus
appropriate drafting, plying and finishing techniques for each fiber.
You will learn how the choice of original preparation affects the
finished yarn. Each fiber will be addressed separately, allowing you
to study one fiber at a time. It will be helpful if you are familiar
with wool spinning, and comfortable with your spinning wheel. 111
minutes 
In
this course you will learn how to spin many exotic fibers including
Camel, Llama, Alpaca, Cashmere, Angora, dog rabbit and of course
Quiviet from our friend the Musk Ox. The video also includes live
footage of many of these animals so that you can become better
acquainted. You will also learn how to spin many types of novelty yarn
using a combination of fibers and spinning techniques. Tips on buying
these fibers and the best end use of the yarn is also included. 96
minutes
The
DVD spinners have been waiting for! Using seven spinning
recipes, you will make cabled, knotted, soft twist singles, spirals
from different singles, 3-pass boucles, core-spun boucles, and mixed
twist "illegal" spirals. With theses recipes, you will then make many
varieties by using nine design factors to change the resulting yarn.
You will learn the importance of having a control yarn so you can
continue creating the same yarn and how to make quick skeins and set
the twist. The section on twist analysis will help you determine how
much plying each type of yarn. 117 minutes 
includes many ways to
prepare fiber for spinning, using both drum carder and combs. The
focus is on how to use fibers that have already been dyed to
create multi-colored yarns. It starts with drum carding "101" on
how to effectively choose and use a drum carder. Then it's on to
blending colors to create new colors. Learn how to get predictable
results, to blend luxury fibers, and to create multi-colored
drum-carded batts so the colors stay clear and bright.
Multi-colored rovings can also be created using combs. By using
already combed and dyed wool top, the multi-colors will be created
in a multi-step process of color arrangement on wide combs or
hackles. Designing plied yarns concludes this workshop. An
excellent workshop for any level spinner. 87 minutes. Deb Menz's book: Color in Spinning,
$26.95, available above.