The first Craftside Wednesday Giveaway of 2012 is... a copy of the super cool and inspiring book Hand Spun: New Spins on Traditional Techniques!
To get yourself in the running for the first book giveaway of the year, simply answer the question:
What was your favorite book of 2011? What book did you make something from, become inspired by or otherwise savor?
Leave your answer in today's comments section by midnight ET on Wednesday January 25, 2012 and you are in the running!
And this wouldn't be Craftside without an inside peek into Hand Spun. Check out this tutorial on how to spin yarn with extreme tails:
Click on these pages from Hand Spun to enlarge and read the full directions on how to make extreme tail spun yarn.
More about the Quarry book:
Hand Spun: New Spins on Traditional Techniques
by
Lexi Boeger
Hand Spun contains a collection of never-before-published spinning techniques along with interesting, creative, hip projects. The essential momentum behind this book is to satisfy fans of the author's first two books in their desire for new materials to learn. As Intertwined becomes more well-known, these handspun styles are flooding the internet craft community. Hand Spun offers fresh, new, and exciting material for these spinners to move on to. Where Handspun Revolution, the author's first book, was the spark that ignited the genre of Art-yarn, and Intertwined is considered the bible of creative spinning, Handspun builds upon the now common knowledge of novelty spinning, digging deeper into the traditional underbelly of spinning, not as a means to teach traditional techniques, but rather as a way of turning very traditional forms inside out: Using time-tested techniques to deliver cutting-edge forms. This book also covers fiber-preparation processes, from scouring raw fleece to several carding techniques.
Pluckyfluff creator Lexi Boeger has forged a new genre in the craft of handspinning. She has been a working artist, writer, and designer for 20 years and brings the perspectives and knowledge gained in these fields to the craft of spinning. She has brought creative spinning to the attention of the international art world through art yarn exhibitions and workshops, and has helped to permanently blur the line between art and craft. Boeger currently produces new works from her studio in California.
My favorite book for 2011 is The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook. I learned so much about fiber from it! I was also glad to get the new Jacey Boggs book SPin Art as a Christmas gift.
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Posted by: Melissa McFail | January 19, 2012 at 03:51 AM
My favorite book for 2011 was the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook. It was very interesting. Hand Spun looks like a very cool book.
Posted by: Closeacademy | January 19, 2012 at 04:11 AM
For 2011 it had to be "Knit Your Own Dog" I have done three dogs to date and each take on their own personality. Would love this spinning book!! Hint, hint, wink, wink! Happy New Year to All!
Posted by: Maria | January 19, 2012 at 05:40 AM
The book that I really want to get my hands on is The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook. I have hear so many great things about it and really would love to get my hands on a copy of it.
Posted by: Fran Bott | January 19, 2012 at 05:43 AM
I don't own any spinning books yet, so I go to my Spin Off magazines for inspiration. I would love to have a book! It's fun just reading other's favorite books so I know where to start looking!
Posted by: Jeanne | January 19, 2012 at 05:54 AM
my fav book was Spin Art by Jacey Boggs
Posted by: Robyn Josephs | January 19, 2012 at 06:15 AM
Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning -- I've been wanting this book a long, long time and finally bought it.
Posted by: cindy | January 19, 2012 at 06:18 AM
Being new to spinning I purchased the "The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook". What a wonderful informative book. I've learned so very much. I also purchased "Spin control" which has been inspiring me toward my ever increasing abilities in spinning.
Posted by: Carol L | January 19, 2012 at 06:26 AM
Despite going to art school for Fiber Design, I'm really stuck on paper. My go to book right now is Rubber Stamping Artist Trading Cards (Tweedy Jill) and any of the Somerset Studio publications I have around. They always have inspiration for me. And you have the best books here, always interesting to see what you find for us!
Posted by: Janice | January 19, 2012 at 06:35 AM
My favorite book was Handspun Revolution - got me to try new techniques and it really impressed my mother with the yarn I was able to create.
Posted by: Loraine Lee | January 19, 2012 at 06:45 AM