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Respect the Spindle
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03/03/2010
Price: $22.95
Item #:
09SP02
ISBN: 978-1-59668-155-2
136 Pages
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 9
Portable and productive, the hand spindle has been responsible for creating the world's yarn for millennia. In Respect the Spindle, veteran spinner and spindle aficionado Abby Franquemont teaches spinners old and new how to create incredible yarn with this amazing, yet simple tool.
Many contemporary spinners view the hand spindle as a beginner's tool, suited to learn the basic steps of spinning before moving on to a spinning wheel. In Respect the Spindle, Abby emphasizes the spindle's importance and its use in making yarn in advanced ways for high-end to novelty cloth.
The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a growing collection of spindles or even just a dowel, Respect the Spindle includes:
- Step-by-step photography with detailed illustrations, making the spindle spinning techniques clear to even the novice spinner.
- Techniques from the basics, such as getting started on the spindle, to more specialized techniques, such as using the spindle to make specific kinds of yarn faster than imagined.
- Profiles of spindle spinners from various traditions are presented in sidebars throughout the book, which introduce heartwarming and historical fiber stories from around the world.
- Five simple projects give spinners practice in creating a variety of yarns and patterns.
- And more!
Introduction
Spindle Anatomy
Getting Started
What About The Wheel?
Fine Tuning
Spindle Productivity
Plying
Your Spindle Lifestyle
Five Spindle-Spun Projects
Bibliography
Index
Ronna Sarvas Weltman’s work has been featured in Wire Artist Jeweler, Art Jewelry, Bead Style, Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist and Step by Step Wire magazines. She regularly teaches workshops in polymer clay and wireworking and has appeared on That’s Clever! on HGTV. Her jewelry is sold at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington; Tatters in Mercer Island, Washington; and The Eclectic Collector in Katonah, New York. She lives in Bellevue, Washington.
'Be prepared to have clichéd thoughts about spindles and spinning on spindles blasted out of the water. Abby Franquemont has given spinners a encyclopedic gift on the topic of spindles. In a single volume, she will change the way you look at, think about and use... spindles.'--Knitty.com