Spinning Wheels Spinners & Spinning

Spinning Wheels Spinners & Spinning by Baines, Patricia. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780684153070.

Winner of Crafts magazines award for the best craft book of its year, Spinning Wheels, Spinners & Spinning has established itself as the most complete account yet published of the history of the spinning wheel and of spinning techniques. Historically, it traces the spinning wheels evolution from the 13th century to the present day; technically, it covers the construction and workings of spinning wheels and spinning methods and through its illustrations, it provides an invaluable guide to the identification and dating of different types of wheel. The practical sections give instructions on making a variety of yarns, on spinning flax and silk, and on choosing and sorting wool. 252 pages, 101 photographs and 17 diagrams.