Author: Felicia Lo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 163250412X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!
Dyeing to Spin & Knit
Author: Felicia Lo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 163250412X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 163250412X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!
Dyeing to Knit
Author: Elaine Eskesen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892726677
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Knitters already familiar with using space-dyed, hand-painted, or rainbow-dyed yarns often wish they could move on to the next step and dye their own yarns, but worry that the process will be too intimidating. But it really is not difficult, as Elaine Eskesen shows in Dyeing to Knit, sharing her many years of dyeing experience and giving concise, helpful instructions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892726677
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Knitters already familiar with using space-dyed, hand-painted, or rainbow-dyed yarns often wish they could move on to the next step and dye their own yarns, but worry that the process will be too intimidating. But it really is not difficult, as Elaine Eskesen shows in Dyeing to Knit, sharing her many years of dyeing experience and giving concise, helpful instructions.
Spinning and Dyeing Yarn
Author: Ashley Martineau
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9780764166075
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides easy to follow step-by-step tutorials for preparing, dyeing, and spinning different fibers.
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9780764166075
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides easy to follow step-by-step tutorials for preparing, dyeing, and spinning different fibers.
Library Journal
Author: Melvil Dewey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Yarn Works
Author: W. J. Johnson
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
ISBN: 1589237889
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Introduces the processes of spinning and dying yarn and explains how to match homespun fiber and yarn to knitted projects.
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
ISBN: 1589237889
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Introduces the processes of spinning and dying yarn and explains how to match homespun fiber and yarn to knitted projects.
Hand Dyed
Author: Anna Joyce
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419734281
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hand Dyed is a modern introduction to indigo and fiber-reactive dye that every crafter should have. Exploring traditional techniques like shibori and offering a fresh take on tie-dye, this comprehensive how-to guide provides everything you need to know to create more than twenty-five masterpieces for the home and wardrobe that you will want to wear, live with, and, most important, make by hand.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419734281
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hand Dyed is a modern introduction to indigo and fiber-reactive dye that every crafter should have. Exploring traditional techniques like shibori and offering a fresh take on tie-dye, this comprehensive how-to guide provides everything you need to know to create more than twenty-five masterpieces for the home and wardrobe that you will want to wear, live with, and, most important, make by hand.
The Yarn Lover's Guide to Hand Dyeing
Author: Linda LaBelle
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780307352538
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A fiber artist and weaver brings together simple techniques for hand dyeing yarn at home with easy-to-make but sophisticated pattterns for knit and crochet designs in a hands-on guide that is enhanced by tips, tricks, and advice from knit design and yarn professionals. 15,000 first printing.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780307352538
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A fiber artist and weaver brings together simple techniques for hand dyeing yarn at home with easy-to-make but sophisticated pattterns for knit and crochet designs in a hands-on guide that is enhanced by tips, tricks, and advice from knit design and yarn professionals. 15,000 first printing.
Harvesting Color
Author: Rebecca Burgess
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579654258
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"'Harvesting Color' presents the entire process of infusing your life with color--finding the right plants, harvesting them at the best time, transforming the crop into beautiful dye, and, finally, marring pigment to fiber. In this beautiful book, Rebecca Burgess showcases thre dozen common plants that yield striking hues. Citing fascinating botanical lore, she demystifies the process of recognizing each plant in the wild. For those you can grow yourself, she details when to sow the seed and how to nuture the plant. For all the plants, you'll learn the optimal time to harvest, as well as how to extract the best dyes" --Cover flap.
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579654258
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"'Harvesting Color' presents the entire process of infusing your life with color--finding the right plants, harvesting them at the best time, transforming the crop into beautiful dye, and, finally, marring pigment to fiber. In this beautiful book, Rebecca Burgess showcases thre dozen common plants that yield striking hues. Citing fascinating botanical lore, she demystifies the process of recognizing each plant in the wild. For those you can grow yourself, she details when to sow the seed and how to nuture the plant. For all the plants, you'll learn the optimal time to harvest, as well as how to extract the best dyes" --Cover flap.
Tango Lover's Guide to Buenos Aires
Author: Migdalia Romero
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440166757
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Begin your tango journey to Buenos Aires! Experience the tango dance halls (milongas), the dinner shows, tango bars, and restaurants that feature tango. Learn where the icons of tango are immortalized. Know where to dance and what is expected of the visitor who traverses the culture of tango. The author, a single woman traveling alone, visited Buenos Aries many times over many years. Recently, she lived there for a year, keeping a journal of her odyssey. She interviewed and taped milongueros to discover secrets of the dance and traditions that shaped their attitudes and behavior. Tango Lover's Guide to Buenos Aires is the author's memoir as well as a guide for tango aficionados who want to see, feel, and hear tango at every turn and on every corner. Whether you are on a mission to dance until it hurts, or you simply want to immerse yourself in the music and history of tango 24/7; this book shows you how to: - Visit tango hotspots online - Hit the ground dancing in 24 hours - Know what to expect at the milongas - Explore the barrios that give tango life - Learn Spanish words and phrases to negotiate the world of tango
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440166757
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Begin your tango journey to Buenos Aires! Experience the tango dance halls (milongas), the dinner shows, tango bars, and restaurants that feature tango. Learn where the icons of tango are immortalized. Know where to dance and what is expected of the visitor who traverses the culture of tango. The author, a single woman traveling alone, visited Buenos Aries many times over many years. Recently, she lived there for a year, keeping a journal of her odyssey. She interviewed and taped milongueros to discover secrets of the dance and traditions that shaped their attitudes and behavior. Tango Lover's Guide to Buenos Aires is the author's memoir as well as a guide for tango aficionados who want to see, feel, and hear tango at every turn and on every corner. Whether you are on a mission to dance until it hurts, or you simply want to immerse yourself in the music and history of tango 24/7; this book shows you how to: - Visit tango hotspots online - Hit the ground dancing in 24 hours - Know what to expect at the milongas - Explore the barrios that give tango life - Learn Spanish words and phrases to negotiate the world of tango
Knitters Yarn Palette
Author: Claire Montgomerie
Publisher: Reader's Digest
ISBN: 9780762109098
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A visual celebration and source of inspiration for knitters eager to experiment with the newest colors and textures Today?s diverse knitters?some 50 million strong in North America?crave skeins of variety for stylish fashion pieces. Written by a rising young knitwear designer, Knitter?s Yarn Palette spotlights exciting possibilities?from fun eyelash yarns to sumptuous angora?and showcases more than 200 full-color photos of yarns in every color, texture, and fiber imaginable. Sample swatches clearly show the results that can be achieved. This unique book explains everything there is to know about weight, gauge, texture, and the suitability of mixing yarns using a wide range of 30 projects that revolve around 10 themes including: * Seashores?delicate shades of sky and sand?string, cotton, and linen yarns? ripple-effect techniques * Lazy Meadow?grassy green, poppy red, buttercup yellow?soft, silky, velvety yarns?ruffling and layering techniques * Tribal Adventure?earth tones?linen, wools, and felted yarns?felting techniques Knitters of all levels will gain confidence to experiment and select alternatives to the yarns specified in patterns. Experienced knitters will gain the inspiration to create their own unique designs from the stunning themes.
Publisher: Reader's Digest
ISBN: 9780762109098
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A visual celebration and source of inspiration for knitters eager to experiment with the newest colors and textures Today?s diverse knitters?some 50 million strong in North America?crave skeins of variety for stylish fashion pieces. Written by a rising young knitwear designer, Knitter?s Yarn Palette spotlights exciting possibilities?from fun eyelash yarns to sumptuous angora?and showcases more than 200 full-color photos of yarns in every color, texture, and fiber imaginable. Sample swatches clearly show the results that can be achieved. This unique book explains everything there is to know about weight, gauge, texture, and the suitability of mixing yarns using a wide range of 30 projects that revolve around 10 themes including: * Seashores?delicate shades of sky and sand?string, cotton, and linen yarns? ripple-effect techniques * Lazy Meadow?grassy green, poppy red, buttercup yellow?soft, silky, velvety yarns?ruffling and layering techniques * Tribal Adventure?earth tones?linen, wools, and felted yarns?felting techniques Knitters of all levels will gain confidence to experiment and select alternatives to the yarns specified in patterns. Experienced knitters will gain the inspiration to create their own unique designs from the stunning themes.