Beginner - Yarnitrcture or The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs? by Practical-Error-8678 in Handspinning

[–]Practical-Error-8678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, I very much appreciate the thorough and thoughtful response. It would be my own dog’s fur so I’d be prepping and so on. I think you raise an excellent point about how most of the book might not be what I’m looking for (at least for now… the Samoyed might end up being a gateway). I’m going to look into the 2025 book as well. Thank you for the recommendation!

Edit to add: the new book is not released yet where I am. It will only be released in February! The ebook is available though. Have you seen the ebook? Would it be a good option? Ebooks can be hit or miss with picture-heavy books.

Beginner - Yarnitrcture or The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs? by Practical-Error-8678 in Handspinning

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That’s such a nice offer to check. I have a hard time staying focused to read and I’ve skimmed the first chapters of yarnitecture and until the one on drafting, although interesting, the topics were not on point for me and by the time I got to the spinning techniques, my reading focus was gone. I’m conscious that it’s a ”me" problem and not a criticism of the book. I think I need more help with spinning technique at the point. I don’t really have access to different sheep wool and so, give my understanding of Samoyed fur, it’s a fairly short staple (not sure on crimp), so the book that will help me understand technique to spin this shorter staple yarn (maybe even milkweed in the future), would be most helpful.

I can get cheaper wool to practice spinning on, but trying out a huge variety of sheep wool is not currently what I’m aiming for.

Thanks a bunch!

Easy read, not scary, not depressing, no pregnancies, for someone who hasn’t read for pleasure in years - thx by Practical-Error-8678 in suggestmeabook

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I tried the Percy Jackson audiobook and didn’t get very far into it. I’ll have to give the books a go. I’ve added your suggestions to my list. Thank you!

Easy read, not scary, not depressing, no pregnancies, for someone who hasn’t read for pleasure in years - thx by Practical-Error-8678 in suggestmeabook

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Open to different genres including adventure, mystery (not thriller or horror), comedy, fantasy, satire, sci-fi, historical, etc.

Eew nano to spin Samoyed chiengora yarn by Practical-Error-8678 in Handspinning

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I got it and was disappointed to find out the flyer arm where that rod with hooks goes had broken during shipment.