Handspinning

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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 …

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Title Statements

Full title :Handspinning / by Judith MacKenzie McCuin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley Publishing, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:208 pages : : color illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470098455, 0470098457
oclc:ocn123500735
LC Classification:TT847
Dewey Decimal:746.1/2

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.

Subjects

Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers Fibres textiles -- Teinture Fil Filature Rouets Spinning Spinning-wheel Textile fabrics textiles Textiles et tissus yarn