Creative Spinning | 
| Authors: Alison Daykin, Jane Deane
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 126285
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1600592236
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.12
EAN: 9781600592232
ASIN: 1600592236
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Product Description
Needleworkers no longer have to settle for what’s available at the local yarn shop! Alison Daykin and Jane Deane, who have decades of experience spinning, weaving, and dyeing, show how easy it can be to create personalized and gorgeous skeins of one-of-a-kind fibers. Designed for complete beginners, this attractive guide offers 30 beautiful projects that teach a repertoire of skills on both the hand spindle and spinning wheel. It starts with simple, basic combing, twisting, plying, and finishing, then goes on to offer a primer on working with fibers. All the chapters are organized by yarn type, including short wool and down, medium fine wool, long wool and lustre, hill and mountain, rare wool, animal hair, silk, and vegetable fiber.
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 beautiful photos July 19, 2008
beautiful photos, love the "recipies" for the wool, and the how the yarn looks knit up. A+
Creative Spinning June 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very informative and easy to follow instructional book for any spinner who would like to spin creative yarns.
Looking at Spinning Different Fibers, Awesome April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book. I took it to our spinning group, Delta, Colorado, last Friday and everyone wanted my book. I think the best thing is the photos of different fibers and the mixing of fibers and seeing the wonderful combinations and results. You will be inspired by this one. Since moving to Colorado I have found many fibers to work with and this book is helping me see the fibers up close.
 A Coffee Table book for Spinners March 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a stunningly beautiful book, if you want to see close ups of gorgeously spun yarns. However, that's about all it is. The sparse information in the front on spinning can be obtained from most spinning websites or in pamphlets given away with the purchase of a spindle. I found very little useful information or even inspiration to copy the yarns created. My recommendation, peruse this one at a bookstore with a cup of coffee, then put it back on the shelf and instead spend your money on some yummy fiber to spin.
creative books series February 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Of the 'Creative . . .' series of books this is on the plus side. THe beginning is full of standard info re: wheel & hand spindle spinning, plying and even washing fleece. Not a book to actually learn how to spin, althou there is enought info there if you are really adept, just no trouble-shooting info. Arranged by color (?) There are examples of many, many different sheep breeds in the yarn section. A very pretty book to look at, there are better technical books on the subject. I think I will keep my copy, but I probably would not have bought if I had had a chance to browse it 1st.
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