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A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns

by Lisa Lloyd

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The pleasure of knitting can be that much greater when you know you’re using the perfect yarn. In A Fine Fleece, designer, knitter, and spinner Lisa Lloyd explores the different qualities of handspun yarn and presents projects that show them to their best advantage. There is valuable information here for every knitter, even if you’ve never considered learning to spin (though you may find inspiration in this book to do just that).

While educating you on the differences in fibers (like Alpaca, Merino, Cormo, Rambouillet, and Suffolk) and the characteristics you can achieve in a handspun yarn by combining fibers according to certain recipes, Lisa Lloyd also shares the three important concepts that enlighten her designs: the use of contrasting color and fiber; scale and perspective (chunky yarns with chunky cable stitches versus chunky yarns with delicate ones); and the creation of “poetic” sweaters that try to capture an emotion.

Each of the 26 projects in A Fine Fleece shows the finished project knitted in both a handspun yarn and a commercial yarn so that you can train your eye to understand how fiber and texture can truly transform a piece.

Synopsis:

Designer, knitter, and spinner Lloyd explores the different qualities of handspun yarn and presents projects that show them to their best advantage. Each of the 26 projects shows the finished project knitted in both a handspun yarn and a commercial yarn.
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About the Author

Lisa Lloyd specializes in traditional knitting and classic looks. She custom-designs yarns, and her knitting patterns have been published by Harrisville Designs, Interweave Knits magazine, and Wild Fibers magazine. Visit her online at www.afinefleece.com.
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Elaine, June 12, 2008 (view all comments by Elaine)
Wow - this book came as a real pleasant surprise. I am a very experienced knitter, who does not spin at all. I received it as a gift and expected the ho-hum. I kept thinking - poo, not another book I'll never use since I mostly design my own patterns. I figured it would contain a bunch of tiny projects - boring scarfs and hats because few people have sufficient quantities of handspun to make larger projects.

Instead the book contains a number of lovely sweaters, many intricately cabled, each one knit in both a commercially spun yarn and a handspun. And the author provides a careful description to help you notice the differences in texture, etc between the two.

I actually loved many of the patterns, and really enjoyed learning something new. I had very little experience with handspun yarn, and now I have a far better understanding of what makes it so special in terms of the garments you can produce.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307346834
Subtitle:
Knitting with Handspun Yarns
Author:
Lloyd, Lisa
Publisher:
Potter Craft
Subject:
Hand spinning.
Subject:
Spun yarns.
Subject:
Weaving
Subject:
Needlework - Knitting
Publication Date:
April 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
159
Dimensions:
11.12x8.79x.68 in. 2.00 lbs.
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