Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont

Contents

• Choosing a spindle
• The science of spindles
• What about a wheel
• Starting to spin
• Fine-tuning your yarn
• Getting more done
• Which spindle when
• Plying
• Living with spindles
• Projects
• Resources

The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a spindle or a growing collection of spindles.

Often now regarded as a starting point before moving to a wheel, the spindle is an ancient tool that can produce yarn in quantity and quality and has been responsible for making cloth through history - Viking sails, Egyptian shrouds, Roman togas.

As well as the fascinating and inspiring history of the spindle, with step-by-step photography and detailed illustration, it gets you started on the spindle and takes you through to more specialised techniques and includes five simple projects.

216 x 228 mm, Pages: 128

Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont

The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a spindle or a growing collection of spindles.

As well as the fascinating and inspiring history of the spindle, with step-by-step photography and detailed illustration, it gets you started on the spindle and takes you through to more specialised techniques and includes five simple projects.

216 x 228 mm, 128 pages

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Great gift!

£16.99

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Next dispatch: lunchtime Thu 17 May

'Respect the spindle' starter kit

Contains:

• A beautiful polished rosewood top-whorl spindle
• Corriedale wool ready to spin, 100g (3.5 oz). in natural white. Enough to spin 100yds, depending on how thick you spin it.
• Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont - a lovely book with history and instruction.

Watch Shiela demonstrate how to use a drop spindle

£37

Reasonable or free postage NB - UK only

Next dispatch: lunchtime Thu 17 May