In respect the spindle, veteran spinner and spindle aficionado abby. She is a fiber artist, teacher, technical editor, and writer whose work has appeared in spinoff, spindlecity. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. As a revivalist of the ancient art of hand spinning with the spindle, she published her book, respect the spindle, in 2009. Not because theyre not good books because they are, but because of abbys sheer conviction for what she does.
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Fine tuning spindle productivity plying your spindle lifestyle five spindle spun projects bibliography index. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural andes of peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five. In 2006, she left the tech world to launch abby s yarns, in pursuit of her mission to become a compulsive textile evangelist. Spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool, by abby franquemont portable and. She has been spinning, knitting, weaving, and crocheting for more than thirty years. Abbys yarns online the official abbys yarns online shop. Visit now to browse our huge range of products at great prices. In respect the spindle, veteran spinner and spindle aficionado abby franquemont teaches spinners old and new how to create incredible yarn with this amazing, yet simple tool. Respect the spindle by abby franquemont books on crafts at. Respect the spindle by abby franquemont weft blown. With humor, patience, and more skill than you can shake a stick or rather, spindle at. She is the author of bestselling handspinning book respect the spindle interweave press 2009 and countless articles. If book a session with abby is the right answer, thats ok too. It is often weighted at either the bottom, middle, or top, commonly by a disc or spherical object called a whorl, but many spindles exist that are not weighted by a whorl, but by thickening their shape towards the bottom, such as orenburg and french spindles.
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