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Published
A&C Black, February 2012
ISBN
9781408139394
Format
Softcover, 144 pages
Dimensions
25.4cm × 21.5cm × 1.3cm

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Includes basic techniques for making your own yarns as well as recipes for more adventurous yarns for experienced spinners. Step-by-step sequences explain techniques for the preparation of fibres, spinning a single thread, plying single threads together to make a balanced yarn, and creative use of colour.

Once you have mastered the techniques, there are lots of recipes for a huge range of textured yarns in various colourways and fibre combinations - includes mohairs, two-plies, flecked, spiral, boucle and bullion yarns. Also includes suggestions for using each type in terms of drape and durability. Includes a special section about marketing and selling your work.

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