Get Spun

Looking for ways to jazz up your handspun? Want to create yarns as individual as you are, that express your artistic vision, but are still useful? "Get Spun" teaches spinners to create art yarns with structure. By combining traditional skills, unconventional techniques, and an unlimited range of fiber possibilities, readers can not only create the yarn of their dreams, they can make it strong enough to last. You will learn: art-yarn spinning fundamentals and techniques with clear step-by-step photographs; techniques for wool, silk, and beyond, including nontraditional materials (fabric, plastic bags, and silk cocoons), glitz, sari silk, and add-ins; and, instructions for dyeing and blending fiber and yarn.

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If you want to learn to spin cool, funky yarns or make your fibre art project unique then this is the book for you. You'll also discover ways to jazz up your hand spun and create individual yarns, which express your artistic vision but are still useful. Get Spun teaches spinners to create art yarns with structure. By combining traditional skills, unconventional techniques and an unlimited range of fibre possibilities, readers not only create yarn but can make it strong enough to last. Spinning fundamentals and techniques include clear step-by-step photographs. There are techniques for wool, silk and non-traditional materials such as fabric, plastic bags and silk cocoons. Instructions are also included for dyeing and blending fibre and yarn.-Machine Knitting Monthly

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Symeon North is an independent fiber artist, spinner, and dyer who works under the moniker "Pippi Kneesocks". Her articles and designs have appeared on Knitty, and she is a contributor to the book Spin to Knit.

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INTRODUCTION What makes an art yarn? MATERIALS Fiber - Traditional and Nontraditional Other - Materials Beads, Cocoons, Hardware, Dyeing & Blending BASIC TECHNIQUES High-twist worsted Bulky singles Slubby think-and-thin CORE SPINNING Elastic core Coils & partial coils Wool "chrysalis" LOCKS Adding locks Spinning all locks Plying in locks ADDING IN Strung beads on binder Strung beads on yarn Cocoons UNSPINNABLES Plastic bags Fabric PLYING High and low twist * Worms

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