Monday, November 22, 2010

Mailbox Monday - November 22

Mailbox Monday is currently hosted at the blog Knitting and sundries. One of my favourite memes, it is now on tour every month, but it's still so much fun to see what people are getting each week.

This past week was a quiet one:


Get Spun (My Review)

Symeon North
Interweave Press
Copyright: May 2010
978-1596680647

The amazon.com product description:
Pairing detailed instructions with clear, step-by-step photography, this dynamic guide of spinning techniques and demonstrations explores an array of fiber possibilities—such as wool, glitz, and sari silk—to create unique yarn for fiber art projects. Designed for the advanced beginner to the intermediate spinner, this reference covers a variety of subjects such as spinning fundamentals, techniques for wool and silk, spinning with nontraditional materials, introducing add-ins, and creating plying effects. Additionally, the comprehensive tutorial offers information on easy home dyeing and directions for using a drumcarder to blend colors and fibers.

6 comments:

Mary (Bookfan) said...

Sounds like an interesting book!

Elena said...

It is, Mary. Now I want to try out the techniques and materials it talks about.

Thanks for the comment.

Mystica said...

Sounds something you are interested in. Good luck with the try out.

Elena said...

Thanks, Mystica. I plan to one day, and I'm already experimenting a bit more with what I have.

Julie said...

I need this book. I have a drop spindle and some wool, but I tried once and didn't do so well! Enjoy!

Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

Elena said...

Julie, this book doesn't have anything for using a drop spindle, unfortunately. For that I recommend the Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning book.

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