Hand Spinning: Essential Technical and Creative Skills by Pam Austin
Learn Hand Spinning with Pam Austin
Hand spinning is a peaceful and creative craft that brings immense joy and satisfaction. 'Hand Spinning: Essential Technical and Creative Skills' by Pam Austin explains how to spin unique yarn using natural materials like fleece, flax, and silk. It aims to teach and inspire spinners to enhance their skills, particularly in the long draw technique. With over 200 images and step-by-step instructions, it covers spinning methods, fibre preparation, colour skills, dyeing, yarn structure, and design.
Suitable for all experience levels, this book offers clear instructions for long draw, worsted, and core-spinning techniques, as well as guides on choosing and preparing various fibres. It includes colour skills to personalise hand-spun work and dyeing techniques using natural and synthetic dyes. The book encourages using classic yarn structures for visual and textural effects, illustrates art yarn concepts, and suggests projects like making a Shetland hap and creating meaningful art yarn.
- Hand Spinning: Essential Technical and Creative Skills by Pam Austin
- Language: English
- Hardcover: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1785003739
- ISBN-13: 978-1785003738
- Item Weight: 0.7 kg
- Dimensions: 22.53 cm x 1.45 cm x 26.29 cm
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