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Wild Yarn

Creating Hand-Spun Yarn from Ethical Fibres

Imogen Bright Moon

Description

Imogen Bright Moon is a British Romani textile artist who creates richly textured, highly tactile woven textile works from yarn that she spins and blends herself. In this elegantly designed book she reveals the secrets of her practice. In evocative, engagingly written text accompanied by sumptuous images of her work in her studio throughout the year, she explains:

How to choose raw fibres for use in your work
How to put together different types of fibres – raw sheep's wool, plant fibres such as hemp, soya and wild silk, alpaca hair and much more – to create richly textured yarn
The delicate art of blending naturally occurring pigments, working with shade and tone to create subtle and nuanced colours, a process that the author likens to a painter mixing paints on a palette
The principles of hand-spinning, from a simple single spun thread to more complicated yarns such as triple-chain ply yarn, using a traditional floor spindle
How to skein, soak and wet-finish your yarn and how to store your yarn stash
Ideas for taking your yarn into finished craft and art projects, with stunning images of the author's own work

With an emphasis on engagement with nature, the rhythms of the seasonal craft cycle, ethical making, sustainability and mindfulness, this book is ideal for weavers, textile artists and anyone seduced by the joys of yarn.