Spinning Books
Spinning Books sorted from A- Z
Field Guide to Fleece
The Field Guide to Fleece is a handy, guide to fleeces that are a must have for every spinner who buys their own fleece. Compact in size, this practical fiber guide can be taken to your favorite fiber show to make picking the perfect fleece easier. Listed in alphabetical order, each listing includes best uses, origin, fleece weights, staple lengths, fiber diameters, and color.
You’ll also find many interesting anecdotes. This is an indispensable, highly usable resource for the handspinner.
Hand Spun
Subtitled "New Spins on Traditional Techniques" by art-yarn pioneer Lexi Boeger. If you are looking for one-of-a-kind wild hand spun yarns, Hand Spun is the spinning book for you. Learn the basics of fiber preparation, from washing to carding and creating unique yarn on your spinning wheel. Create cutting edge yarns that are as wild and free as you are, in this well rounded book.
Discover 20 fashion forward, yet accessible projects for your yarn including chunky scarves, fabulous hats, a belt, a rug, boas and more.
How to Spin
Subtitled: From Choosing a Spinning Wheel to Making Yarn this little spinning book\ will get you started.
From start to finish spin any type of fiber into yarn that is ready to use for knitting, crocheting or weaving.
How to Spin is a nice little pocket guide to show you the basics of spinning your own yarn and more. Great for beginning spinners. 123 pages
NEW! Spinning 101
Step by Step from Fleece to Yarn with Wheel and Spindle.
Welcome to Tom Knisely's beginner spinning class. Come on in and he will teach you everything you need to know to turn raw wool into your first hand spun yarn.
Discover how to choose a spinning wheel, how to set it up, how to prepare your fiber with carding or combing and spin your first yarn with various option on how to do so.
In short: Fall in love with spinning your own yarn! 90 pages
The Ashford Book of Carding
The Ashford Book of Carding is the perfect companion for your hand carders or drum carder! Learn how to process fleece into roving and how to blend colors and fibers. The Ashford Book of Carding is great for spinners that want to master their fiber and color blends on their drum carder or hand carders
Use The Ashford Book of Carding to process fleece or blend our wool tops or carded sliver for even more color variations. Complete with fiber projects: Self-striping socks; Merino mittens; Triangular shawl; Merino and silk scarf. 92pp.
The Ashford Book of Handspinning, Jo Reeve
This new
spinning book from Ashford covers spinning from the beginning to more advanced
techniques as well as fiber preparation, novelty yarns and five easy
projects. East to understand, step by step instructions will guide you
trough the process and you will
master spinning in no time! The Ashford Book of Handspinning is destined
to become a classic must have!
The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook
More than 200 Fibers from Animals to Spun Yarn. Check out this great
fiber sourcebook. Learn about the abundance of animals and the fiber they
produce. The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook covers almost
every
sheep
breed in the world from the long wool breeds of the United Kingdom to
the Tasmanian merino, the Navajo churro, the northern European
Faroese, and dozens and dozens more. It also includes goats, alpacas, llamas, and vicunas), bison, horses, musk
oxen, rabbits, and even dogs.
Each entry includes photographs of the featured animal; samples of its raw fleece, its cleaned fleece, and yarn spun from the fleece; and samples of the yarn knit and woven. You'll find everything you want to know about each animal and its fiber, including the fiber's color, density, strength, and staple length, and recommendations for processing and using it. This is the essential reference no fiber-lover can be without.
The Practical Spinners Guide: Wool
All you need to know about spinning wool- from sheep to knits. Do you have unanswered questions about spinning fibers? How to choose a fleece? What kind of prepared fibers are available and what should you do with them? These and many more questions will be answered in this Practical Spinners Guide.
Also topics included in this spinning book are sheep breeds and their fleece characteristics, washing, carding, combing and blending fibers, techniques for spinning and plying wool to achieve the right yarn for your projects and more.
The Spinner's Book of Fleece
A Breed-by-Breed Guide to Choosing and Spinning the Perfect Fiber for Every Purpose. Know your Fleece before giving it a Spin. An essential companion for spinners of all levels, this sheep-by-sheep guide provides fleece profiles of 19 breeds and describes the different spinning methods that produce yarns suitable for a wide range of projects- from lacy shawls to sturdy outerwear.
Choose the right fleece for your project every time and you'll have enviable control over each step, from washing to spinning to finished item.
