Being a Compendium of Information, Advice, and Opinion on the Noble Art & Craft
Wheel designer and maintainer of textile traditions, Alden Amos the recipient and evaluator of traditional wisdom lets no point go unexamined. This is truly a BIG book offering decades of experience in making and handling yarn. He'll change your spinning for the better, whether you agree with him or not.
Reviews:
"Amos, who has been making spinning wheels and studying handspinning for more than 40 years, has finally distilled this experience into a definitive book deserving of its title."—Library Journal
"A great and entertaining read.... informative and funny with plenty of light-hearted humor thrown in that I found refreshing with the very technical nature of the book."-Spindle and Wheel
Alden Amos is self-employed as a wheel builder and production spinner and lives outside of Jackson, California with his wife, Stephenie Gaustad.