Product Description

The pleasure of knitting can be that much greater when you know youre using the perfect yarn. In A Fine Fleece, designer, knitter and spinner Lisa Lloyd explores the different qualities of hand spun yarn and presents projects that show them to their best advantage. There is valuable information here for every knitter, even if youve never considered learning to spin (though you may find inspiration in this book to do just that). While educating you on the differences in fibres (like Alpaca, Merino, Cormo, Rambouillet and Suffolk) and the characteristics you can achieve in a hand spun yarn by combining fibres according to certain recipes, Lisa Lloyd also shares the three important concepts that enlighten her designs: the use of contrasting colour and fibre; scale and perspective (chunky yarns with chunky cable stitches versus chunky yarns with delicate ones); and the creation of 'poetic' jumpers that try to capture an emotion. Each of the 26 projects in A Fine Fleece shows the finished project knitted in both a hand spun yarn and a commercial yarn so that you can train your eye to understand how fibre and texture can truly transform a piece.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107216 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Great patterns - forget the handspun bit!
This is a book that has got its wires crossed - it is full of timeless patterns, mainly fabulous arans, and as such is hard to beat.
However if you have taken up spinning and want projects for your new yarn this is not the book for you. Even the smaller projects - socks or a hat are shown in a uniform yarn that looks indistinguishable from shop bought.
If you want a book of patterns for knitting aran jumpers this is brilliant and if you ever meet anyone who has enough handspun yarn to knit one let me know!

A fine fleece : Knitting with Handspun Yarns
Very nice book but the patterns are really for the advanced knitter only - cable features heavily. No quick and easy patterns which was a disappointment as you have to spin a lot of yarn for the patterns featured. Also the yarn must always be fine and simple - a bit boring really!