The Intentional Spinner: A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn

About this book

Offering a blend of technical knowledge history and easy-to-use tips this inspiring collection of spinning wisdom deftly explores the three fundamental areas of yarn production: understanding fibers managing yarn structure and making yarns that precisely meet the spinners needs. The rich historic traditions of plant and animal fibers are fascinatingly juxtaposed with recent advances in synthesized fiber and mankinds use of fibers in the past present and future while detailed image-laden instructions for four intermediate projects demonstrate the range of possibilities from sturdy plied yarns to playful novelty yarns. Spinners are also offered guidance on planning a project from start to finish as well as how to care for and store completed projects.