Yarnitecture

Create your dream yarn! Discover the pleasures of designing and building custom-made yarn by spinning it yourself, choosing everything from colour to feel and gauge. Jillian Moreno leads you through every step of yarn construction, with detailed instructions and step-by-step photos showing you how to select the fibre you want (wool, cotton, silk, synthetic), establish a foundation, and spin a beautiful yarn with the structure, texture, and colour pattern that you want. In addition to teaching you the techniques you need for success, Moreno also offers 12 delicious original patterns from prominent designers, each one showcasing hand-spun yarns. AUTHOR: Jillian Moreno has been involved in craft publishing for more than 20 years. She worked at Interweave Press and has co-authored two books, 'Big Girl Knits' and 'More Big Girl Knits'. For the past 11 years she has been at knitty.com, where she is the editor of Knittyspin, the advertising manager, and head of the KnittyBlog. She recently helped launch PLY magazine and sits on their editorial board. SELLING POINTS: ? Knitters are drawn to spinning because they want to create their own yarn, exactly how they want it ? choosing every aspect from colour to feel and gauge. Whether new to spinning or experienced, they've fallen in love with the braids and batts dyed by one of the hundreds of talented dyers around the world. These knitter/spinners aren't interested in buying a fleece or even doing their own preparation ? they want to spin from the ready fleece batt. Full colour throughout