new book 2011
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions, Anne guides the novice spinner through all they need to know to get started. She explains the spinning process and techniques, including preparation of fleeces, worsted and woollen spinning methods, plying, adjusting tension, treadling, skeining, drafting and blending as well as helpful advice about spinning wheels and how they work. A wide range of fibres suitable for spinning are featured — wool, alpaca, silk, mohair, cotton, angora, synthetic and blended fibres — with details on the characteristics of each fibre and the best spinning methods to use. Also included are many great projects with full instructions on how to
use your newly spun yarns. The book is illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout. 208 pages
chapters
1: The spinning process
2: Wheels & how they work
3: Other ways to spin
4: Wool
5: Alpaca
6: Silk
7: Mohair
8: Angora rabbit
9: Cotton
10: Manufactured fibres 165
11: Blended fibres
12: Novelty yarns

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Product Code: ASHO10