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NEW!
Start Spinning: The Video DVD
Yes, this is a DVD, even though the title is strange, you
will find a wealth of information in this unique DVD set.
The Two DVD's of Start Spinning will teach
you how to pre-draft and why, how to adjust your spinning wheel, how to spin
a good single yarn and how to ply. Start Spinning will also show your how to
master carding and combing, spinning the long draw, spinning worsted yarn,
spinning from the fold and much much more! Play time 78 minutes for first
dvd and 66
minutes for second DVD. Grab this one! Also see the book "Start Spinning" below.
Color in Spinning,
Deb Menz
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.
NEW!
Creative 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.
Hands on
Spinning, Lee Raven
Want to teach yourself how to
spin? Look no further, Hands on Spinning has all the
spinning instructions you need. Learn how to card, spin, ply and
learn how to achieve a balanced yarn. Bonus: Section on fiber selection
and preparation. Fun projects for handspun yarns included! Hands on
Spinning is one of the best
spinning books for teaching yourself! 8 1/2 x 10 3/4, paperbound, 120
pages, color and b&w photos throughout.
High Whorling, Prescilla A
Gibson-Roberts
Subtitled
Learn To
Spin Silk on a Top Whorl Spindle, Ruth Mac Gregor
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.
Projects for Alpaca and Llama,
Chris Switzer
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.
Putting on the Dog, Carol
Kroll
Dog and cat lovers, this one's
for you! Once you have seen, and touched, the lovely samples inside
the front cover spun from the hair of samoyed, chow, collie, and
Newfoundland dogs, and a Persian cat, you will want to know how such
nice yarn was made. The author explains it all. Instructions for
making simple drop spindles and an improvised yarn winder are
included.
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.
Spin It, Lee
Raven
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.
Spindle Spinning, Connie Delaney
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.
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Spinning Designer Yarns,
Diane Varney
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.
7 x 9 1/2, 96 pages, 16 color photographs and 28 illustrations
Spinning Llama and Alpaca, Chris Switzer
Lean how to spin this lovely fiber. Instructions for cleaning,
washing, preparation and blending of alpaca and llama. Learn how to
dye and spin these fine fibers. Projects included.
Storey's Guide to Raising
Llamas, Gale Birutta
Subtitled: Care, Showing, Breeding, Packing and
Profiting, this book will show you how to care for these beautiful
animals. Easy to raise , manageable and increasingly affordable,
Llamas have become a popular backyard livestock. Learn how to: buy
your first Llama, build a herd, breed, feed, can care for Llamas. 328
pages
NEW!
Teach Yourself Visually, Handspinning,
Judith
MacKenzie
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.
The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning,
Alden Amos
The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning is a classic! Great reference
book for every spinner will leave no questions unanswered. Wheel
designer and maintainer of textile traditions, Alden Amos will guide
you thru the many aspects of spinning, spinning wheels, fibers This is
truly a BIG book offering decades of experience in making and handling
yarn. He’ll change your spinning for the better. Spinning books come
and go, The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning is a
keeper with it's in depth spinning instructions.
480 pages, hardcover
The Ash ford Book of Carding, Jo Reeve
Learn how to use flick cards, hand cards and drum carders. The Ashford
Book of Carding is the only book on
the market dedicated to carding wool! Find out how to process fleece into
roving and how to blend colors and fibers. Projects: Self-striping socks;
Merino mittens; Triangular shawl; Merino and silk scarf. A must have if
you would like to process your own fleece with the best results possible. 92pp.
The Ashford Book of
Spinning, Revised Edition, Anne Field
Covers
all aspects of spinning, including selection and preparation of wool,
carding, using fibers, spinning techniques and all types of Ashford
spinning wheels and accessories are included in this comprehensive
book by Anne Field. Exciting projects for your handspun yarn are shown
in full color. The Ashford Book of Spinning also contains an introduction to dyeing and felting
wool and an overview of Ashford products.
152 pages, 120
photographs.
Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook,
Lynn Vogel
THE new spinning book of the season! Spin not just
any old yarn or any old socks, but glorious, zany, wildly colorful
yarn for perfect-fitting socks of character. Dip-dyeing, pour-dyeing,
and hand-painting yarns or wool rovings is as easy as making homemade
soup, whether you use commercial dyes or Kool-Aid®. If you like
starting from scratch, spinning one-of-a-kind yarn is easier than you
think. And the socks—a pair of well-crafted, perfectly fitting socks
is one of life’s true luxuries. It’s all right here in this book.
Paperbound, 8 ½ x 9, 96 pages, 101 color
photographs, 35 line drawings, 6 charts
Spinning DVDs
Videos and DVDs are non
returnable if shrink warp or seal is damaged or missing
Handspinning Wool, Advanced
Techiques, Mabel Ross
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
Spinning Cotton, Silk & Flax,
Patzy Zawistoski
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
Spinning Exotic Animal Fibers
and Novelty Yarns, Judith Mac Kenzie
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
Spinning & Plying Textured Yarns,
Patzy Zawistoski
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
Fiber
Preperation and Multicolor Blending Techniques,
Deb Menz
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This DVD
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.
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