Respect the Spindle Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool [Paperback]

Enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to the current trend of DIY crafts, the hand spindle remains one of the most productive, versatile, and convenient tools for creating stunning fiber arts from home, as this beautifully illustrated guide from a veteran spinner and spindle aficionado demonstrates. With step-by-step instructions, this essential manual details the basic steps of spinning and then advances to the more complicated spinning wheel, showing how to use the spindle to make specific types of yarn, explaining traditional spindle spinning techniques, and detailing five simple projects designed to instill confidence in creating a variety of yarns with this simple tool. Combining fascinating historical narratives, traditions, and cultures from around the globe with vivid photography, this all-encompassing tour of the spindle also boasts easy-to-follow, contemporary techniques and styles that affirm the tool's enduring legacy.

Abby Franquemontwas raised in the United States and the Andes, where she was taught to spin on a spindle at the age of five. She has been spinning, knitting, weaving, and crocheting for more than thirty years. She is a fiber artist, teacher, technical editor, and writer whose work has appeared inSpin-Off,Spindlicity, andTwist Collective. She lives in Lebanon, Ohio.

A good introduction for those beginning to explore spinning, and a comprehensive guide to technique for experienced spindlers. -Library Journal

I have a decent assortment of spinning books, including some excellent ones that focus on spindles, but this book blows them away. - KnittingScholar.com

A great choice for those new to spinning and those who might feel cheated because their budget--or their living arrangements--make a wheel an impossibility. - About.com Guide to Knitting

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