Hand Spinning - Essential Technical and Creative Skills

A delightful book that celebrates the joy, meaning and fulfilment that working with fleece and fibre can bring. Will be of great interest to spinners, weavers, dyers, textile designers, knitters, farmers, shepherds and fashion students. Covers the long draw, worsted and core-spinning techniques and outlines how to choose and prepare fleece, flax and silk for hand spinning. Clear step-by-step instructions cover spinning methods, fibre preparation, colour skills, dyeing and much, much more.

About the author

Pam Austin has been spinning for over thirty years and is one of very few teachers of the long draw technique, the hallmark skill of accomplished hand spinning. She runs the Spinning School (www.spinningschool.org) teaching individuals and groups on location, and at her studio and workshop in Stoke Albany on the Leicester/Northamptonshire border in the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Pam Austin
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9780719843013
• ISBN: 978-0-7198-4301-3
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 260 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 438 g
• Illustrations: 204 colour photographs 14 artworks, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, Zeichnungen, farbig
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Spinning and weaving, Spinning & weaving, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Weaving & Spinning