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. 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 this book.
Reviews:
"An essential manual for any handspinner who wishes to add color to handspun yarn.... Highly recommended." - Library Journal
"This comprehensive guide is absolutely essential for the handspinner who wants colour in his or her work." - KnitNet
"Through gorgeous illustrations, in-depth discussions, enjoyable text and detailed tutorials, this book has everything a fiber artist needs to learn about color in handspinning. I'm at a loss as to what Deb Menz left out of this impressive book...." - Cara Randall, BellaOnline
"Back in print at last a lovely, impressive volume." - Textile Fibre Forum
"All I can say about this one is WOW! I learned way more than my money's worth with this treasure trove of information." - Spindle and Wheel online magazine
Chapter 1: Understanding color principles most useful to spinners
Chapter 2: Step-by-step immersion dyeing
Chapter 3: Painting rovings for multicolored yarns
Chapter 4: Blending colors and fibers with a drum carder
Chapter 5: Drum carding for multicolored yarns
Chapter 6: Producting multicolor yarn with combing techniques
Chapter 7: Spinning and plying multicolored preparations
Chpater 8: A gallery of finished pieces
Appendix A: Dye Worksheets
Appendix B: Metric Conversions
Glossary
Bibliography
Sources of Supply
Index Deb Menz is an accomplished artisan, teacher, and author. After graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, she became intrigued and obsessed with color and fiber and chose to make the textile arts her profession. She is also the author of Color Works. She lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, with her husband and children.
Item #: 05SP1
ISBN: 978-1-931499-82-8
240 pages, more than 300 color and black-and-white photographs, 55 illustrations
Dimensions: 8½" x 11"
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