Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Sara Lamb
Publisher: Interweave Press Inc
Imprint: Interweave Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.458kg
ISBN: 9781596686809
ISBN 10: 1596686804
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 24 July 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
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 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
Author Information
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!
