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Informationen zum Autor Sarah Anderson learned to knit at a very young age and has been hooked on the fiber crafts ever since. She taught herself to spin at 13, but it was not until 1992 that she became serious about her spinning. She developed a new technique she calls “wrap and roll,” which won her a cover on Spin Off magazine in 2008. She has taught at the Spin-Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR), contributed knit designs to All New Homespun and Handknit, and teaches at many venues. She lives near Snohomish, Washington. Klappentext Expand Your Spinning Repertoire! Explore the exciting possibilities in wool and wheel with Sarah Anderson as she invites you into her yarn library and demonstrates how to spin everything from classic fat and fine singles to dozens of boucle variations and one-of-a-kind novelty yarns. Featuring step-by-step instructions on making 80 distinctive yarns, this is the primer every spinner needs to begin building a unique collection of luxious yarns. 64 unique reference cards appear throughout to illustrate step-by-step the singles and twist combinations that comprise each yarn. A second set of the cards, in a handy take-along format, is packaging in a separate envelope at the back of the book. Zusammenfassung A guide to creating 70 distinctive yarns, from classics such as mohair boucle to novelty features like super coils. It reveals the architecture of each yarn, and demonstrates exactly how to manipulate and combine the fibres to achieve the desired result and images of knitted and woven pieces reveal how the spun yarn looks in a variety of projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Judith MacKenzie Introduction: Endlessly Fascinating Fiber 1 Spinning Basics 2 Singles for Plying 3 Stand-Alone Singles 4 Spiral Yarns 5 Opposing Plies 6 Boucles 7 Cable Yarns 8 Crepe Yarns 9 Core Yarns 10 Novelty Yarns Glossary Bibliography Index ...