Get Spun by Symeon North, published by Interweave in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-59668-064-7, price 22.95 USD, 16.99 GBP available from www.searchpress.com
Art yarns are all the rage at present. Having started to dye yarn, I was interested in learning how to spin. I had seen mention in many places of the drop-spindle [...]
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Get Spun by Symeon North
Spinning Wool by Anne Field
Spinning Wool Beyond the Basics by Anne Field, softback published by A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-3081-0, price 19.99 available from www.acblack.com
This is a revised edition coming out in January 2011. Although this is a classic reference, I think it needed even more updating, the quality of the photographs let this down. If you can get past [...]
Textile Futures by Bradley Quinn
Textile Futures, Fashion, Design and Technology by Bradley Quinn, softback published by Berg. ISBN 978-1-84520-808-0, price 19.99 available from www.bergpublishers.com
We often think of textiles as fashion, but textiles cross many media and platforms and this book looks at their varied uses. This academic book highlights recent technological developments to shed light on how textiles are [...]
Inspired Transfer Paints DVD with Mary Gamester
Inspired Transfer Paints DVD with Mary Gamester, produced by Colouricious, price 17.99 from www.beckmanndirect.co.uk
All these Colouricious DVDs are a pleasure to watch. Not only that, they are also very instructional. The chapters allow you to work at your own pace to achieve results. Mary Gamester ably takes us through the processes of transfer printing techniques [...]
Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley
Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley, hardback published by Batsford. ISBN 978-1-906388-80-5, price 19.99 available from www.anovabooks.com
Discover the uses of line and stitch in textiles and embroidery. This book covers all you need to know and gives an excellent basis on which to develop your own work. There is excellent content in this book, produced [...]