Product Description

Intertwined is an inspirational handbook for yarn lovers everywhere, created in an eye-popping, showcase style and packed with sparkling, full-colour photos. Intertwined will be a delight to the enthusiastic fibre crowd that is growing by leaps and bounds. It captures all the excitement of experimental, handspun yarns, and includes recipes for handspun yarns, project ideas for knitters and crocheters, tips on how to use one-of-a-kind handspun yarns (whether you spin them or buy them at yarn boutiques) and a gallery of handmade creations. Intertwined also features profiles, anecdotes, essays and thoughts on fibre arts and the creative process. Contributors range from Alpaca farmers and cutting-edge spinners to well-known knitwear designers. There is a resurgent interest in spinning and in using one-of-a-kind handspun yarns, particularly by the all new knitters and crocheters. Intertwined will surely inspire this enthusiastic audience of crafters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195367 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

About the Author
Lexi Boeger is the founder of Pluckyfluff.com, an Internet-based forum for unusual handspun yarns and fibre art. She is the innovator of highly original new techniques in handspinning and is carving a place for handspun yarn in the realm of pop culture. She lives in Placerville, CA.

Customer Reviews

Intertwined: The Art of Hadnspun Yarn, Modern Patterns and Creative Spinning (Handspun Revolution)
Fantastic artwork which is quite inspiring on its own. The techniques are quite well explained, though at times it does seem you need three pairs of hands! Not sure about all of the fibres suggested - wire and audio cassette tape is a bit far out and I can't see I would ever need a yarn made of that! But there was still plenty to encourage you to have a go at something other than 2ply. I personally intend to try and replicate some of my favorite yarns using this book to show me how to incorporate all the fibres required. What would be handy is a follow up book with more patterns.

Inspiring!
Intertwined: The Art of Handspun Yarn, Modern Patterns and Creative Spinning (Handspun Revolution)

The yarns in this book are so scrumptious it's like the all you can eat yarn buffet. It's the yarn book for artists, encouraging artistic expression through it's use of varied fibres & notions that are creatively spun into the yarns. There are instructions for making yarns. You want to start spinning right away ( and I haven't even learn't how to spin yet!) coz the yarns are so colourful they jump right off the page & along with the patterns they are of a I just have to have it NOW! quality. Beautifully photographed, a lovely outer edge bound in pink material makes the book look classy making it a lovely quality present. It's a fantastic book one of my favourites!.

Exciting, Inspirational, Beautiful!
I bought this book after spending hours on the internet drooling over 'art yarns' I saw on blogs and on Etsy...
'Intertwined' gives you eye-candy page after page of beautiful revolutionary yarn acommpanied by detailed 'recipes' on how to make them for yourself.
Even if you don't follow Lexi's instructions, this book is a must have just for the photography and colours!
Also- its a lovely chunky book, one that you will get out time and time again to flick through for inspiration.
It is one of my favourties!!