Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool - Couverture souple

Franquemont, Abby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596681551 ISBN 13 : 9781596681552

Editeur : Krause Craft, 2009

Synopsis

Enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to the current trend of DIY crafts, the hand spindle remains one of the most productive, versatile, and convenient tools for creating stunning fiber arts from home, as this beautifully illustrated guide from a veteran spinner and spindle aficionado demonstrates. With step-by-step instructions, this essential manual details the basic steps of spinning and then advances to the more complicated spinning wheel, showing how to use the spindle to make specific types of yarn, explaining traditional spindle spinning techniques, and detailing five simple projects designed to instill confidence in creating a variety of yarns with this simple tool. Combining fascinating historical narratives, traditions, and cultures from around the globe with vivid photography, this all-encompassing tour of the spindle also boasts easy-to-follow, contemporary techniques and styles that affirm the tool's enduring legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Abby Franquemont was raised in the United States and the Andes, where she was taught to spin on a spindle at the age of five. She has been spinning, knitting, weaving, and crocheting for more than thirty years. She is a fiber artist, teacher, technical editor, and writer whose work has appeared in Spin-Off, Spindlicity, and Twist Collective. She lives in Lebanon, Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Krause Craft
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596681551
• ISBN 13: 9781596681552
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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