Respect the spindle : spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool /

Franquemont, Abby, 1972-

Respect the spindle : spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool / Abby Franquemont. - Loveland, CO : Interweave Press, c2009. - 135 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133) and index.

Why the spindle? -- Know about spindles. Choosing a spindle ; The science of spindles ; What about the wheel? -- Spinning on a spindle. Starting to spin ; Fine-tuning your yarn ; Getting more done ; Which spindle when ; Plying ; Living with spindles -- Spindle-spun projects.

Why would modern spinners choose to make yarn with a prehistoric tool? Abby Franquemont explores one of the world's most productive, versatile, and convenient devices and teaches readers to make yarn using it.

1596681551 9781596681552 (pbk.)

2009024380

GBA984843 bnb

015357610 Uk


Hand spinning.
Spindle-whorls.

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