Customer Reviews

The Whole Craft of Spinning: From the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn

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I've come back to this book many times since I bought it.

I enjoy its high-level overview of the history, parts, and use of wheels. I especially like pondering the long evolution of this essential craft, based on what I learned from this book. Humans wouldn't have survived without learning how to spin, I think. Yet, the modern wheel wasn't invented until 1533! The flyer and the bobbin, separate from the drive wheel, was a huge step forward. But I digress.

This little book covers the essentials of spinning with a hand spindle, and many wheels. It covers preparing fibers, spinning, plying, skeining. It even covers novelty yarns. I'm not in any hurry to spin cattail or milkweed fluff, but this book tells you how!

If you're the type who can learn a hands-on skill from a book, then this will help you. For its very small cost, it sure has a lot of information to give you. I took a class to learn spindle and wheel spinning, but I use the book as reference and for ideas. I do not regret having bought it.

I believe many people will enjoy this book as much as I have, and glean as much benefit from it.

Best regards from Esther

I purchased this book as I was unsure of whether I wanted to spend a lot of money on spinning, and I just wanted to get some of the basic information. That was 4 months ago, and I have bought a spinning wheel.

This book gave me the basic information about types of spinning, wheels, types of fibers, as well as technique information on types of drafting, how to set yarn and basic yarn structure.

It was very much what I thought it was, a book to get someone started without a lot of initial outlay.

The book was very basic and an excellent resource for the novice spinner. I was able to teach myself how to use my spinning wheel and how to spin my own wool. Highly recommend this reference.

New spinners should have a copy of this book in their library. Not only does it tell you about spinning, the history of spinning and spinning wheels, it also provides a brief synopsis of spinning exotic fibers.

this is a good book for a beginner spinner or for someone who wants a helpful book should they forget the basics. good value.

I found this book to be very helpful as a novice spinner. I am only using a drop spindle and there was a lot of very useful information in addition to a spinning wheel. I would recommend this for anyone who is just starting out.

I was scouring the internet looking for detailed instructions for taking a fleece from the raw, just off the sheep, state to yarn. This book has helped me a lot. It is easy to read and added to what I had already learned quite nicely.

This book arrived in excellent shape and very quickly! I liked the book and it had lot's of pictures and thorough explanations. A great book for someone wanting to learn more about the craft of spinning!

This is a good book for an overview of spinning using drop spindles and spinning wheels. Its diagrams show clearly the parts of a spinning wheel,so a potential buyer knows what is necessary and what is just traditional. As for the contact information being out of date, most people these days can use the internet to find more up-to-date info.

Purchased this book to add to my collection. So far was just able to flip through it but it looked to include a broad amount of general information. Will look more indepth when I have the time. Seems to be a good addition to my spinning books. I gave it four stars only because I have not been able to truly evaluate all of the book.