Handspinning

Summary: This visual guide shows you the basics, beginning with the tools and fibers, and takes you through spinning, plying, making novelty yarns, using exotic fibers, dyeing, and more. Whether you use an inexpensive hand spindle or splurge on a spinning wheel, stick with wool or try alpaca, cashmere, or cotton, you'll learn how to create fun, original, one-of-a-kind yarns that you can knit or weave into truly unique, handmade, and all-natural creations. Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review.

Record details

ISBN: 9780470098455 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0470098457 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
208 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why spin? -- Spinning tools -- Spinning fibers -- Start spinning --Types of spinning -- Ply your yarn -- Make a cabled yarn -- Spin novelty yarns -- Spin exotic fibers -- Spin with color -- Use your handspun -- Appendix -- Glossary of Handspinning terms -- Index.