Amy King (2)

2012 I'm at the point where I can reliably spin a thin, fairly even single. It will even be fairly consistant over two or three bobbins spun at the same time. I'm ready to take the next hurdle of deciding what yarn I want instead of spinning the wool and seeing what comes out. I think this will help. This seems written for just the stage I'm at now.
2015 I guess I'm not really interested in the fancier yarns. It's good to know where to go if I change my mind. I really appreciate Amy King's show more insistsnce that it's not about right or wrong, but about what you want to create. show less

There is a lot of great information to be found in Amy King's Spin Control. It is a great place for the newer spinner to learn about the technical details that go into yarn so they can better visualize the end product. Many of the things covered are essential if you are wanting to use handspun in projects that call for specific commercial yarns. Much of what you learn can be used to analyze the called for commercial yarn and then spin a matching or complementary yarn.

As an intermediate show more spinner who already keeps a spinning journal and notes technical details of each yarn I spin there was not as much value in this title as I had hoped. Over half of the book was geared towards spinning basics and only a little information was given on a variety of specialty spinning and plying techniques. The book was a nice reminder of some specifics, but I did not really learn anything new from reading it.

The photography is excellent and helpful though! show less

A really useful book on technical spinning. Great illustrations using the author's hand dyed fibers and yarn.