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29%OFFAbby Franquemont - Respect the Spindle - 9781596681552 - V9781596681552
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Respect the Spindle

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Description for Respect the Spindle Paperback. The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a growing collection of spindles or even just a dowel, with step-by-step photography with detailed illustrations, making the spindle spinning techniques clear to even the novice spinner. Num Pages: 136 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 472.

Portable and productive, the hand spindle has been responsible for creating the world’s yarn for millennia. Many contemporary spinners view the hand spindle as a beginner’s tool, suited to learn the basic steps of spinning before moving on to a spinning wheel. In Respect the Spindle, Franquemont emphasizes the spindle's importance and use to make yarn in advanced ways for high-end to novelty cloth. In fact, the yarns and cloth made for thousands of years—Viking sails, Egyptian shrouds, Roman togas—all were created with the use of hand spindles. And, in other parts of the world, the spindle still reigns supreme, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Interweave Press Inc United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
464g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Loveland, CO, United States
ISBN
9781596681552
SKU
V9781596681552
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Abby Franquemont
Abby Franquemont is a second-generation textile researcher raised in both the U.S. 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 over thirty years. She is currently a fiber artist, teacher, technical editor, and writer on spinning and related topics. Her writing has ... Read more

Reviews for Respect the Spindle
Aug 10 This is much more than a technique book. There are 50 pages about spindles and the history of spinning, before you get to "Starting to Spin". The instructions are very well done, nothing is rushed and there are good photos of everything you need. I'd happily recommend this to a beginner. It is a very ... Read more

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