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May 31, 2014 | ISBN 9781620335208 Buy
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May 31, 2014 | ISBN 9781620335208
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.
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… More about Sara Lamb
“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
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