Spinning for Softness and Speed

By Paula Simmons

Book Overview

Paula Simmons is an expert in the weaving world. The one-hand method will guarantee a soft yarn, increase speed, and conquer overtwist. She considers this method a basic one that all weavers should... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914842870
• ISBN13: 9780914842873
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Graphicom
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

One handed spinning

This book will teach you one handed spinning and explain why it’s a good method to use. Although I don’t spin this way all the time, this book definitely made me a better spinner. After getting through the “art yarn” phase, I was looking for something to help me learn how to spin the yarn I want to use and that lead me to Paula Simmons and Mabel Ross. This book covers setting up the wheel, fiber preparation and even teaching her method. Really recommend this book

Available Directly From The Author

This book is great for beginners and experienced spinners alike. You'll be able to spin much faster, more even yarns in no time. BUT don't spend crazy money to get this book used. Paula Simmons sells reprints directly from her home for $20. Her phone number and address is available on the Pat Green Carders website.

Great book!

Paula Simmons loved to teach spinning and you can tell it with this book. She even tells you how to hold your hands and fingers, just as if she was sitting beside you.The pictures showing the fiber being held and drafted are great!Since this is an older book I thought I'd list the contents:1. What the one-handed method will accomplish2. How to spin with one hand3. Wool preparation and handling4. Wheel requirements and limitations5. The compleat spinner6. Teaching the one-handed method7. Projects for soft yarnsAppendix: Tips and RemindersThe appendix shows a picture of a "carding board" which is very interesting, as I have never seen one. It says it is a combination picker and carder. There are too many items in the appendix to list. The book is a jewel just for the pictures alone.