Spinning is a practical, fascinating and satisfying hobby with continuing appeal in an age of mass production. The Ashford Book of Spinning is a comprehensive spinning primer written by a leading New Zealand spinner with an international reputation as a teacher and craftsperson. Author Anne Field has a unique ability to describe a physical skill clearly and concisely and her instructions are illustrated by over one hundred step-by-step photographs and diagrams.\nIn addition to advice on spinning wool with a variety of techniques, she offers chapters on the use of other fibers and novelty yarns, and on dyeing. There is also an introduction to the craft of felting and a useful selection of patterns for knitting, crocheting and weaving your own handspun yarn.\nSince its first edition, published in 1986, The Ashford Book of Spinning has sold thousands of copies all over the world, including in German and Japanese editions. It is widely regarded as the foremost text on the subject. This revised edition introduces the latest techniques and equipment and includes a range of new projects using handspun wool and other fibers.

The Ashford Book of Spinning

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Anne Field

Crafts & Hobbies

Nelson

The Four-Shaft Table Loom

Reed Methuen Publishers, Ltd.

Good++ condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges - price clipped. Book has clean contents with a mild toning.

Weaving with the Rigid Heddle Loom

Batsford

The Ashford Book of Weaving

Lothian

What did new converts learn about the Faith in the early centuries of Christianity? The early Fathers of the Church theologians such as Chrysostom, Augustine, Ambrose, and others speak on these and other timeless topics. A priceless aid for any Christian who wishes to come to a deeper understanding of his or her own faith.

From Darkness to Light: What It Meant to Become a Christian in the Early Church

Servant Books

Spinning is a practical, fascinating and satisfying hobby with continuing appeal in an age of mass production. The Ashford Book of Spinning is a comprehensive spinning primer written by a leading New Zealand spinner with an international reputation as a teacher and craftsperson. Author Anne Field has a unique ability to describe a physical skill clearly and concisely and her instructions are illustrated by over one hundred step-by-step photographs and diagrams. In addition to advice on spinning wool with a variety of techniques, she offers chapters on the use of other fibers and novelty yarns, and on dyeing. There is also an introduction to the craft of felting and a useful selection of patterns for knitting, crocheting and weaving your own handspun yarn. Since its first edition, published in 1986, The Ashford Book of Spinning has sold thousands of copies all over the world, including in German and Japanese editions. It is widely regarded as the foremost text on the subject. This revised edition introduces the latest techniques and equipment and includes a range of new projects using handspun wool and other fibers.

Shoal Bay Press

Spinning has changed since its upsurge in popularity some 15 or 20 years ago. Spinners want to know more than how to spin an adequate yarn; they want to know how to extend the range of yarns they can produce, what is happening as they spin, and something about the raw materials they turn into yarn. Spinning wheel manufacturers are responding to the more inquiring spinner by making wheels that can spin a wider range of yarns. But spinning books have not fully catered to this need for more detailed information. And spinners still rely on farming manuals and books by wool-classers for knowledge about wool, because little has been written from a spinner s point of view. This book is intended for spinners who have mastered the basic spinning techniques explored in Anne Field's Ashford Book of Spinning. It builds on those basics to further extend spinning techniques, to teach spinners to analyze fleeces with their end purpose in mind, and to help them get the best out of their spinning wheels. The first two chapters cover wool in detail, with many examples of fleece types from all over the world. Next, the functions of bobbin and flyer wheels are discussed in detail, and how to make the most of each wheel type. In the yarn design section, spinners are taken step-by-step through the process of spinning yarns of a pre-determined size and twist count, with this knowledge related back to the properties of the chosen fleece. There are detailed explanations of different spinning methods. Yarn on its own cannot achieve much; it needs to be knitted or woven into garments, rugs or fabrics. The book includes woven and knitted projects that suggest suitable and uses for handspun yarn. Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics is an essential addition to the library of all spinners who want to get the best out of their craft.

Spinning Wool: Beyond the basics

In this book, the author Anne Field describes the various techniques weavers can use to achieve collapsed weave textures. These methods include: using yarns which have different properties as to shrinkage, twist and size; using weave structures that react with each other to form ridges and hollows, and a combination of the two. This is a very practical book guiding the weaver step by step in the process of creating collapsed weaves. The book is filled with images of finished work by a number of artists as well as detailed grids for setting up the loom. This is a fairly new-ish area and Anne Field is one of the leading artists in the field.

Collapse Weave

A & C Black Publishers Limited

Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics

A&C Black

With compassion and hope, spiritual writer Sr. Anne Field helps us face the inevitable losses we experience through aging, illness, and other causes of suffering. She gently urges readers to choose freely to replace gloomy attitudes of self pity with Godâ€™s perspectives on pain and disabilities. God, she says, does not want to burden us with more losses but wants to strengthen us to bear our suffering. The Lord wants us to find meaning in life by growing deeper in faith and love and extending his kingdom on earth through our losses, not in spite of them. "This gentle book combines rare qualitites: an appreciation and joy at God's creation received through all the senses,a nd yet a coming to terms ith loss of those sense through theimpairments of age, accident, and illness. Teh author shares with her readers her own happiness and her own suffering, her own experiences, her meetings with friends, her wide reading. Over teh whole is psread an infectious contentment and confidence in God's lvoing care. This is a Benedictine nun who has thought, prayerd, and read over many years, and now shares her rich experience with others." -- Fr. Henry Wansbrough, OSB, General Editor, "The New Jerusalem Bible". Anne Field, OSB, is a member of a community of Benedictine nuns at Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. She is the author of several best-selling books on the spiritual life, including From Darkness to Light, The Monastic Hours, and Delivered from Evil.

Blessed by Our Brokenness: Finding Peace in the Challenges of Aging and Illness

History

Word Among Us Press

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The Ashford Book of Spinning

The Four-Shaft Table Loom

Weaving with the Rigid Heddle Loom

The Ashford Book of Weaving

From Darkness to Light: What It Meant to Become a Christian in the Early Church

The Ashford Book of Spinning

Spinning Wool: Beyond the basics

Collapse Weave

Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics

Blessed by Our Brokenness: Finding Peace in the Challenges of Aging and Illness