The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing,

The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn
- Explore an in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations
Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater that started pilling before it even came off the needles. The stunning colorwork scarf that you canâ€™t wear because the yarn feels like sandpaper against your neck. If only there were a way to read a skein and know how it would behave and what it wanted to become before you invested your time, energy, and money in it. Now there is! With The Knitterâ€™s Book of Yarn, youâ€™ll learn how to unleash your inner yarn whisperer.

In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations used by large-scale manufacturers and importers, medium-sized companies, boutique dye shops, community spinneries, and old-fashioned sheep farms. And, because we learn best by doing, Parkes went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimize the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns.

The Knitterâ€™s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How itâ€™s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it longs to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you wonâ€™t have to wonder what to do with it. Youâ€™ll just knowâ€“the way any yarn whisperer would.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Potter Craft
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307352163
Color White
ReleaseDate 2007-10-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307352163

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Potter Craft
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307352163
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2007-10-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307352163

The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn

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