The Practical Spinner's Guide: Silk - Softcover

Lamb, Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596686804 ISBN 13: 9781596686809

Publisher: Interweave, 2014

Synopsis

Explore silk--an alluring and exotic fiber for spinners!

The Practical Spinner's Guide: Silk teaches spinners how to create smooth lustrous yarns from a gorgeous but tricky and sometimes intimidating fiber in this second installment in a series of fiber specific books. Author Sara Lamb discusses the various forms in which silk is available--combed top, bricks, noils, hankies, and bells--and how best to card, prep, and spin them, specifically touching on trouble spots such as drafting and adding twist. She also covers finishing yarns--cleaning and degumming, setting twist, and plying--and even touches on what dye processes are best for adding color, as well as how to blend silk into other spinning fibers.

Sara includes brief discussions on spinning for both knitting and weaving, the properties of woven and knitted fabric, and what the spinner needs to take into account while creating yarn for a subsequent project.

About this title

Review:

""The Practical Spinners Guide to Silk" is a great companion to your spinning library and includes the varieties and properties of silk, processing silk, blending silk, spinning silk, dyeing silk, and inspiration for using silk yarn." --"Neauveau Fiber Art"

"The Practical Spinners Guide to Silk is a great companion to your spinning library and includes the varieties and properties of silk, processing silk, blending silk, spinning silk, dyeing silk, and inspiration for using silk yarn." --Neauveau Fiber Art

-The Practical Spinners Guide to Silk is a great companion to your spinning library and includes the varieties and properties of silk, processing silk, blending silk, spinning silk, dyeing silk, and inspiration for using silk yarn.- --Neauveau Fiber Art

About the Author:

Sara Lamb is a longtime handspinner, weaver, and dyer with over thirty years of experience. The author of Woven Treasures and Spin to Weave, Sara has also been published in Handwoven, Spin.Off, Weaver's Magazine, and Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. A highly sought-after workshop instructor and speaker, Sara has won many awards--including the coveted HGA Award, twice!

About this edition

• Publisher: Interweave
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1596686804
• ISBN 13: 9781596686809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136