Written expressly for the hand spinner seeking new adventures in color, this manual presents in-depth discussions and step-by-step photographed demonstrations of immersion dyeing, painting rovings, blending colors and fibers, and spinning and plying multicolored preparations. A chapter on understanding color principles offers novice spinners the skills needed to easily work with color while providing advanced spinning techniques for the expert dyer. A gallery of finished pieces as well as appendixes on dye workshops and metric conversions are included.
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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
In this day and age, when we are deluged with titles purporting to be "the complete book of...," here is a book that might accurately have been titled The Complete Book of Color in Spinning. Drawing on 20 years of experience learning and teaching color techniques for handspinners, Menz has created an essential manual for any handspinner who wishes to add color to handspun yarn through immersion dyeing, painting rovings, blending, carding, and/or plying yarn to create a product unavailable in any store. Included are 150 color photos, line drawings, and a gallery of pieces incorporating techniques discussed in the book. A very practical book, with step-by-step instructions, dye formulas, and a good selection of self-study exercises at the end of each chapter; highly recommended for textile collections.?JZ
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"This book is a must for spinners. It is also good for knitters interested in dyeing their own yarn for knitting." —Knitting News
"This comprehensive guide is absolutely essential for the handspinner who wants color in his or her work." —KnitNet
"All I can say about this one is WOW! I learned way more than my money's worth with this treasure trove of information." —Spindle and Wheel online magazine
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88 of 88 people found the following review helpful
By Urbanspinner
Format:Hardcover
Deb Menz offers wonderful information on creating multi-colored yarns for knitting and weaving. As a graphics professional, I thought I had a good grasp on color theory -- until I started to dye fibers for spinning. The interaction of colored fibers is very different than what you'd expect from paints (and I have a big basket of ugly yarn to prove it!) This book helped me understand what was going wrong and gave me new princples to explore. And the range of techniques used by the author (painted rovings, blending colored fibers by carding and combing) are very inspiring.
My only reservation about the book comes the examples used throughout the text. The photography is lovely but there are very few closeups. I have often stared at the images and wished I were about two feet closer to see how the colors interacted and how the yarn structure affected the final product. Additionally, I found the range of examples to be surprisingly limited. Deb Menz has a particular style to her work and after a while I found the examples got a little repetitive. Her color theory covers a huge and complex range of possibilities, but the examples seemed to use the same palette of colors over and over again. A little more exploration and contrast between sets of examples would have been welcome.
But overall, this book is absolutely invaluable for any yarn designer. There is no other that covers this important topic in such detail and I'm delighted to have it as part of my library.
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I received "Color In Spinning" as a gift and have found it to be one of the best, if not the best book on the subject of color blending that I have read. I was especially intrigued by the section on producing multi colored rovings using a hackle or combs. The many colored drawings and photographs throughout the book make her well written directions very easy to understand.
I am now making some wonderful multi colored yarns using the techniques explained so well in Deb Menz's woderful book and I highly recommend it to any hand spinner who wants to create their own unique one of a kind yarns.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
If you've ever wondered how to work with color, this is the book for you! Deb does a wonderful job explaining color theory and how to use that theory with fibers. She explains how to blend fibers for specific colors using both drum carders and combs. There is also a section for dyeing roving using Sabraset dyes. The instructions for each section are clear with great illustrations. She also includes self study exercises.
In every way, this is a book that will improve your color skills. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dying formulas
I bought this book for its dye formulas and extensive sections on various ways to dye fibers. I have found it very helpful, even as a rug maker.
Published 4 days ago by Michael J. Heilman
5.0 out of 5 stars
color in spinning
The treatment of color by light and by pigment is very descriptive. And I found the detailed descriptions of how to dye fleece using many types of dyes to be very helpful. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Geraldine J Fouts
5.0 out of 5 stars
Encyclopedic
Everything you want to know. Plus a great "cookbook" of color recipes that I plan to laminate for future reference.
Published 14 months ago by David Coffey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Color in Spinning
Deb Menz's book brings a scientific approach to concocting dye colors and than getting them on to wool. I have found her formulas easy to use and reproducible. Read more
Published on October 8, 2008 by Nancy E. Kimpel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great reference
I purchased this book after having borrowed it so many times. It is a wealth of information on how to blend colours and gives many great suggestions on how to prepare wool fibre... Read more
Published on September 30, 2008 by A. lynch
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
As a beginning spinner I immediately began blending yarn to achieve the colors in this book and she's right! Read more
Published on July 2, 2008 by M. Dee Medley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
Gave me so many ideas for dyeing and spinning my fiber. it has lots of info on colour theory. I do think it was missing more simple dying, and a lot of the colourways it shows have... Read more
Published on June 3, 2008 by R. Pickup
5.0 out of 5 stars
Learned a lot about color, dyeing and fiber
Coming from a formal art background, I really appreciate this book. Not only does it cover the basics of dyeing and carding/combing well, but it also provides lessons in color... Read more
Published on March 29, 2008 by Oxoned
4.0 out of 5 stars
As valuable as you let it be
I first saw this book as a novice handspinner who was interested in hand-carding small quantities of fiber blends for my fiber arts experiments. Read more
Published on January 25, 2008 by E. A. Woods-Fasimpaur
5.0 out of 5 stars
color in spinning
if you are a spinner or a knitter you need this book for dyeing your own yarns (handspuns) I enjoyed this book . Read more
Published on November 8, 2007 by Misty L. Chandle
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