- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Gaia Books Ltd (15 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185675281X
- ISBN-13: 978-1856752817
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 23 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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- #64 in Books > Home & Garden > Crafts > Spinning & Weaving
- #74 in Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Earth Based Religions > Gaia
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Discover your creativity with the ancient art of spinning. Ideal for beginners and more experienced spinners alike, this new title in the "Gaia Traditional Crafts" series will teach you everything you how to spin using drop spindles and spinning wheels and how to control singles, twists and ply. The book is divided into chapters according to yarn type and each section includes projects with simple instructions and illustrations. As you grow in confidence you will discover how to experiment with a variety of yarns, such as silk fibre, animal hair, vegetable fibre and how to use recycled products.
About the Author
Alison Daykin has been teaching spinning, weaving and dyeing since 1983. While studying for her HNC in Hand Woven Textile Design at Bradford in 2002 she won third place and a commendation in the Bradford Student Textile Design Awards. She now runs Alison Yule Textiles, producing bespoke hand-woven fabrics. Location: Willington, Derbyshire. Jane Deane is a spinner, weaver and dyer with 30 years' experience. She works with natural and synthetic dyes and runs a bespoke yarn and fibre dyeing service Cross-Eyed Chameleon. Location: Tavistock, Devon.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. The techniques are well thought out (and set out) and the layout - pictures, fonts etc. - is stunning. Creative Spinning is easy to read but it contains a wealth of ideas to stretch and inform your spinning. I shall be doing a lot of experimenting in the near future. Buy it, you won't regret it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is certainly a beautiful book, the images (photographs) are stunning, the inspiration from nature is very effective and it is a real pleasure for the eye. So for that only it is worth getting. I was looking for something slightly more technical on the spinning side of things, for instance I would have liked more info about different types of carders etc. There is some basic information on various types of wool, what spinning and what combing is, and differentiating the long draw spinning from worsted spinning though, but I would not recommend this book if you want more detailed technical and beginners' information, because the explanations are not always straightforward, especially if you are a starter...
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I absolutely loved the layout, colours, style etc of this book. A wonderful gift for a spinner friend. My grumble (which is not the authors' fault, I do understand) is the errors in the item named Crocus.
'Falkland' is not a breed of sheep, it is a country of origin. And the Green Sheep is our own farm logo, not applicable to all Falkland Islands wool!! Falkland wool as a whole should not be in the shortwool and down sections, unless you count the meat breeds here... it should be in Medium and fine... OK will shut up now but urge you to buy this book anyway!
'Falkland' is not a breed of sheep, it is a country of origin. And the Green Sheep is our own farm logo, not applicable to all Falkland Islands wool!! Falkland wool as a whole should not be in the shortwool and down sections, unless you count the meat breeds here... it should be in Medium and fine... OK will shut up now but urge you to buy this book anyway!
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A wonderful book!
This book is brilliant! It's full of ideas on how to create your own designer yarns with easy to follow instructions and beautiful photos. Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by Ms. Cynthia Ash
Spinning
Although I have been spinning wool etc. for 25 years there is always things to learn. I enjoy these books.
Published on 13 May 2009 by Mrs. M. A. Howells
beautiful, but not for beginers
lovely pictures engaging prodjects for at least 30 beautiful skeins, tips and tricks for novelty spun wool making, but not a beginners book. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2008 by Greenfingers
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