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ALDEN AMOS
BIG BOOK OF HANDSPINNING,
Alden Amos. Wheel designer and maintainer of textile traditions, Alden Amos – the
recipient and evaluator of traditional wisdom – lets no point go
unexamined. This is truly a BIG book offering decades of experience in
making and handling yarn. He’ll change your spinning for the better,
whether you agree with him or not. ISBN:1-883020-88-8. 7 x 9, 480 pages, clothbound, illustrated.
$39.95 #239042
ALL NEW HOMESPUN HANDKNIT:
25 Small Projects to Knit with Handspun Yarn, Amy Clarke Moore.
A follow-up to the original Homespun Handknit—a perennial bestseller for two decades—this collection revitalizes the craft of handspun yarn for a whole new generation of spinners and knitters. Packed with modern and traditional spinning know-how and 25 sophisticated, easy-to-learn projects, the guide helps crafters create unique gifts and wearable fashion while refining their skills and enhancing their understanding of this popular art form. With designs from some of the most influential knitters and spinners working today—including Kathryn Alexander, Jeanine Bakridges, and Abby Franquemont—this inspiring resource features hats, mittens, scarves, socks, bags, children’s items, wraps, and home décor options to challenge fiber artists of all skill levels. Imparting essential and informative advice—on measuring yarns, reviewing woolen versus worsted, drive/tension differences, special techniques, and basic yarn dynamics—and complemented by basic knitting and spinning glossaries, this refreshing contemporary companion to a much-loved classic is an indispensable addition to every craft lover’s bookshelf.
ISBN-13: 9781596681446. 144 pages, 8 1/2'' X 9'' softcover. Publisher: Interweave Press.
$22.95 #239103
THE ASHFORD BOOK OF CARDING:
A Handspinners Guide to Fiber Preparation, Jo Reeve.
Written for the hand spinner and felter as well as everyone who loves fiber, this is a practical and inspirational guide to carding fleece, slivers and exotic fibers. Included are sections on using flick, hand and drum carders, fiber and color blending, color theory, as well as four innovative projects. Step by step instructions and full color photographs envelope you in the world of color, texture and the endless possibilities of fiber.
ISBN-10: 1877427004. 8½'' X 9'', 92 pages, softcover. $28.75
#109759
THE
ASHFORD BOOK OF HANDSPINNING, Jo Reeve.
Learn to hand spin with fiber artist Jo Reeve. Jo, the author of the very popular Ashford Book of Carding, has twenty-seven years of spinning experience and will show you how to spin from the beginning through to advanced techniques. Learn how to create unique yarns using different techniques and
fibers and make five easy projects using your handspun yarn. Step by step instructions and gorgeous
color photographs will take you on a new journey of creativity. 8½'' X 9'', 120
pages, softcover. $28.75 #109532
THE ASHFORD BOOK OF SPINNING: Revised Edition, Anne Field. Although written specifically for the Ashford wheel, the material included here
is so basic and so well presented that it would benefit any spinner.
Further, it goes well beyond simply providing instructions for spinning. There
are chapters on dyeing and felting, and instructions for making projects using
handspun yarns. There are sweaters and scarves, mittens and booties, and
more -- each illustrated in color. 152 pgs, illustrated. Softcover, $29.95 #139206
AT THE HUMMING OF THE WHEEL:
A Collection of Textilely-Correct Fairy Tales, Paula J. Vester.
Fairy Tales for years have tiptoed around the spinners in their stories and sometimes tread heavily on the facts. This collection of tales have been "corrected" to give proper textile focus and to allow the spinners in them their limelight. It begins with an original tale of a child seeing spinning at a cloth faire.
ISBN-13: 9780974552941. ISBN-10: 0974552941. 8.5" x 5.5" Enclosed Spiral Bound Softcover.
$15.00 #139465
BEGINNING SPINNING,
Paula J. Vester.
Covers both spindle and wheel spinning. 11 chapters, including
bibliography, sources and a spinners glossary. ISBN-13: 9780974552927. ISBN-10: 0974552925.
8.5" x 5.5" Enclosed Spiral Bound Softcover. 55 pages. $15.00 #139403
COTTON: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber, Stephen Yafa.
What do lipstick, gunpowder, crackers and paper money have in common? In a word, cotton—at any given time practically everyone on earth is wearing or using or eating something made with it. From its domestication some 5,500 years ago to its vast control today over our government policies, this is the incredible story of the crop that spawned the Industrial Revolution, sparked the American Civil War, and made at least one bug—the boll weevil—world famous. Circling the globe and cutting across centuries, Cotton is the epic tale of the humble fiber that—again and again—reinvented our world.
ISBN-13: 9780143037224. ISBN-10: 0143037226. 7.75" x 5"
softcover. 398 pages. $15.00 #139554
CREATIVE SPINNING,
Alison Daykin & Jane Deane.
Needleworkers no longer have to settle for what’s available at the local yarn shop!
Alison Daykin and Jane Deane, who have decades of experience spinning, weaving, and dyeing, show how easy it can be to create personalized and gorgeous skeins of one-of-a-kind fibers.
Designed for complete beginners, this attractive guide offers 30 beautiful projects that teach a repertoire of skills on both the hand spindle and spinning wheel.
It starts with simple, basic combing, twisting, plying, and finishing, then goes on to offer a primer on working with fibers.
All the chapters are organized by yarn type, including short wool and down, medium fine wool, long wool and
lustre, hill and mountain, rare wool, animal hair, silk, and vegetable fiber.
ISBN-10: 1600592236. $14.95 #139613
Mielke's
Fiber Arts, LLC
ALL NEW HOMESPUN HANDKNIT:
25 Small Projects to Knit with Handspun Yarn, Amy Clarke Moore.
THE ASHFORD BOOK OF CARDING:
A Handspinners Guide to Fiber Preparation, Jo Reeve.
THE
ASHFORD BOOK OF HANDSPINNING, Jo Reeve.
THE ASHFORD BOOK OF SPINNING: Revised Edition, Anne Field.
AT THE HUMMING OF THE WHEEL:
A Collection of Textilely-Correct Fairy Tales, Paula J. Vester.
BEGINNING SPINNING,
Paula J. Vester.
COTTON: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber, Stephen Yafa. 
CREATIVE SPINNING,
Alison Daykin & Jane Deane.