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Book Reviews

Obsessed with Art Yarns

February 26, 2009

I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately, but after hearing Brenda Dayne talk about Jacey Boggs’ new DVD, Sit and Spin, I’ve become obsessed with wanting to learn how to spin art yarns. I’ve always been more in the camp of people that thinks “what do you do with those kind of yarns”, but [...]

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Book Review: A Fine Fleece

April 20, 2008

Just out this month is a new book from Lisa Lloyd: A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns. This book is not a “how to spin book” – instead, it covers a topic that in my opinion hasn’t been covered all that thoroughly before: what to knit with your handspun yarns.
The book starts out with [...]

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Book Review: Start Spinning by Maggie Casey

April 6, 2008

Start Spinning: Everything You Need to Know to Make Great Yarn by Maggie Casey is a well-written, well-photographed book, ideal for anyone that wants to learn how to spin. In case you aren’t familiar with Maggie, she is quite well-regarded in the spinning community, having taught at SOAR and several other fiber festivals. In fact, [...]

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