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A Spinner's Toolbox (DVD)

Six drafting techniques for crafting any yarn you can imagine with your own two hands.

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As a spinner, your most important, versatile tools are your own skilled hands. With those eight fingers and two opposable thumbs, plus a half-dozen simple techniques for manipulating the fiber supply, you can spin a full suite of yarn styles. The nuts and bolts:

  • Worsted
  • Semi-worsted
  • Woolen
  • Semi-woolen
  • Slub
  • Boucle

You’ll begin by seeing the unlikely possibility of spinning the six different yarns styles with a single fiber preparation. You’ll end by witnessing this revered master spinner, in a miracle of energetic ambidexterity, draft two fiber sources simultaneously into a single strong, lofty, funky novelty yarn. And so can you.

Item #: 10SP10

ISBN: 9781596684607
RunTime: Approximately 142 minutes
Language: English
Discs: 2
Region: Universal

Product Reviews
Overall Customer Rating:
Customer Reviews: 3
Half the video is great, but ...
Rating:
Author:
fireflytex
Location:
Georgia

Pros:
  • Description of yarn characteristics
Cons:
  • Poorly executed woolen spinning
I am sorry to have to say that I am disappointed with this video. Admittedly, I am an experienced spinner. I purchased this with the expectation of picking up a few tips and refinements to techniques I already know well. In the discussion of yarn characteristics resulting from spinning method, the comments on plying, and the demonstration of worsted spinning, the video provided that. As she herself says, though, Judith Mackenzie is not a very skilled woolen spinner. She says I should see Maggie Casey or Stephanie Gaustad spin woolen. Then why did she not enlist them for that portion of the video? Or produce only one DVD at half the cost? I spin woolen better than she does but don't consider myself expert enough to make and sell an Interweave Press video. If you are a new spinner, don't think that lumpy yarn is what woolen spinning must yield. My other complaint is partly with Ms. MacKenzie's terminology and partly with Interweave's marketing. "You’ll end by witnessing this revered master spinner, in a miracle of energetic ambidexterity, draft two fiber sources simultaneously into a single strong, lofty, funky novelty yarn," referring to the so-called "boucle" spinning, which is not boucle at all (see Mabel Ross or Diane Varney), nor does it to my mind really use two fiber sources. It does create a lovely yarn similar to a commercial fluffy mohair but single ply. It's a valuable technique; just misnamed. **INTERWEAVE RESPONSE** Thank you for your comment. The DVD does what it says it will, but it sounds like you're looking for something a bit more advanced. Interweave offers a variety of workshops - beginning through advanced skill levels. Regarding Judith’s use of the term boucle – it’s not incorrect, it’s just a different way of looking at the structure and a more generic definition than contemporary handspinners often use. You can find it in the industry literature, which is much of Judith’s background.
Clear, thorough, absolute necessity for the beginning spinner
Rating:
Author:
Judy
Location:
Acton, MA

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I loved the video, and know I will view it many times. I have read quite a bit in the last year plus of learning to spin, plus watched lots of free videos on YouTube, but nothing, nothing at all, was as helpful to my spinning as this video. I have a deeper understanding of the fiber, preparing the fiber, and how to handle the fiber to get the result I want. I saw improvements immediately in how I spun, and the finished product. Beginners will definitely benefit from this video, but I imagine anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the hows and whys of spinning will learn from this well presented, crystal clear video. Worth every penny.
an outstanding DVD
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Author:
puppy
Location:
massachusetts

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I am a relatively new spinner...being a "visual" learner I have gotten several DVD's to learn the techniques of the art...this is by far one of the most informative DVD's I have gotten to date!..Judith has an amazing amount of knowledge which she shares in a very calm, soothing manner....she is very detailed in teaching which I found extremely helpful...I have her other DVD "The Gentle Art of Plying", which is also outstanding...I will buy every DVD she makes...she is a very special teacher...
A Spinner's Toolbox (DVD)
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