Book Review - Spinning & Dyeing Yarn by Ashley Martineau

I am delighted to be asked to review this beautiful hard backed book

written by Ashley Martineau, entitled

 

SPINNING & DYEING YARN

The Home Spinner's Guide to Creating Traditional and Art Yarn

Front Cover

Back Cover


 

 

 

As soon as I received this book, my heart started to swoon! It is extremely stunning in every way a book can be and is 'eye candy' for those of us who love great photographic images of colourful, textured yarns. As well as a huge resource of information on Spinning and Dyeing that any spinner, beginner to more advanced, should have in their collection of reference material, it is full of stunning photographs of fibres and equipment. 

 

Ashley Martinue, a self-taught spinner, from the USA, provides the reader with information on:

 

Types of Fibre - from wool to synthetics

Washing & Preparing Fibre

Dyeing Techniques, such hand painting to solar dyeing

 

Spinning Techniques with a section on Drop Spindles, Kick Spindles and spinning wheels,

including a
very informative section on How to Make your own Wheel.

 

There is also a very in depth

section on developing a brand

for those of us who wish to start a business and also,

 a comprehensive section on resources and useful information.

as well as sections on the following spinners:

Tina Watson,

Lexi Boeger,

Michelle Snowdon, and

Ruru Mori.

This beautiful book is available from

20th February 2014

in the UK

and is £25.00 for Hardback

  and I feel it is well worth the money
 

published by Jacqui Small Publishing

tel: 020 7284 9300
 

 

ISBN 978-1-909342-46-0

all the images are used here with the kind permission of the publisher
 

Bee x

 

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Spinning A Yarn ...................

'No, not another tale of woe!', I hear you cry ........

 

BUT instead,

because I've been away from my blog for a while,

 

I have some lovely NEWS of what I have been up to whilst I have been on my much needed 'bloggy break'.......

 

To refresh, recharge and re-energise my creative spirit ....

 

I have been taking lessons in the

 

Art of Spinning

One of my hand carded skeins of yarn plied
 

No, I haven't gone completely mad and turned into a fitness fanatic!

(although lots of people think I have(both!))

 

For those of you who love knitting, crochet, felting and anything generally yarnie related,

A closer shot

 

I have been learning to

spin fleece into yarn on a drop spindle and then I have bought my first spinning wheel .... whoopee!

 Ashford Single Treadle Traditional Wheel

 

Some spun single of Blue Faced Leicester on the bobbin

The hand carded and spun yarn shown above

crocheted into flowers for Christmas Gifts

 

It is proving to be a lovely relaxing hobby with obviously some lovely end produce to knit and crochet with. 

 

I will be reviewing two brilliant spinning books later in the week for those who are interested in the art of spinning and dyeing their own yarns. 

 

Bee x

 

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