How to spin extreme tail style yarn from the new book Hand Spun: New Spins on Traditional Techniques by Lexi Boeger

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.

 

Comments

[De-De]

Picking a "best" of 2011 book would be about as difficult for me as saying which of my children I love most. I added quite a few wonderful fiber books to my library last year. The first (and only so far) from which I'm knitting a project (it was a rough year...) is a book I bought from a woman in Japan. The English translation of the title is Ideas for Double-sided Knitted Scarves. I'm (still) working on a gorgeous reversible cable scarf for my older daughter's "slightly late" Christmas gift.

[karen]

My favorite book in 2011:
The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn by Carol Ekarius and Deborah Robson

This is a wonderful book, but I am only 1/3 through. But very easy to pick up and put down. I know this will be a cherished book and never leave my library.

My second favorite was: Journal Spilling: Mixed-Media Techniques for Free Expression by Diana Trout. I have been trying to create a journal. Not really an art journal, since I cannot draw. But one where I can put down inspirations and idea for my fiber/yarn/knitting habit. Also used techniques for a travel journal. I have been stepping further to play with color. Very fun.

[Rebecca]

I just love Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook. What a treasure this is! Never be afraid to try new fibers or techniques.

[Dawn Buzzard]

Although it's an older book, I finally picked up a copy of Kristen Glasbrook's Tapestry Weaving. I've been a spinner for a long time and am enjoying using my handspun yarn for weaving. I would love to have Lexi's book to learn new spinning techniques!

[Linda]

This last year I got some joy out of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain . . . my sketching technique improved dramatically.

[Tammy]

Craft Activism is a cool book, one I wish I had written dang it!

[Debra Lee]

I have too many to choose from buy I really want to learn to spin!

[Denise Royal]

I am not really a favorite book person. I had several crochet books I used over last year and loved them all.

[Dawn]

Favourite book from last year has to be the Fleece and Fibre Sourcebook, fantastic resource.
This book looks very interesting, thank you for the opportunity.