Whether dyeing to spin or knitting with a skein of beautiful hand-dyed yarn, this comprehensive must-have guide for spinners, knitters and fibre enthusiasts has everything you need to know to work with colour in yarns! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with colour 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 fibres and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fibre artists will learn the fundamentals of how colour works, how to combine and coordinate colours, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibres. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colourways 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 fibres 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 fibres. Ignite your love of colour--unapologetically! AUTHOR: In 2005, Felicia Lo founded SweetGeorgia Yarns, an artisanal hand-dyed yarn company. Starting out with just three skeins of yarn for sale on the newly minted Etsy.com, demand soon exploded within a matter of months. Over the past decade, SweetGeorgia Yarns has grown into a team of skilled craftspeople and artisans led by Felicia, who also teaches fibre arts fundamentals including dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting, and colour theory for crafters and artisans. Felicia currently lives and works in the Vancouver area with her young family. SELLING POINTS: ? This guide shows fibre artists what to expect when working with colour and how to control the results. ? Not all spinners are knitters and vice versa. To meet the needs of both communities, this book shares information on how to work with hand dyed yarns in your knitting projects as well as how to spin hand-dyed fibres. ? Felicia Lo is the founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns--a popular hand dyed yarn company--and has over 5,500 students in her Spinning Dyed Fibres class on Craftsy.
