{"product_id":"9781849949019_wild-yarn-creating-hand-spun-yarn-from-ethical-fibres","title":"Wild Yarn: Creating hand-spun yarn from ethical fibres","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA practical and inspirational guide to choosing, blending and spinning richly textured artisan yarn for weaving, knitting and other textile art applications.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImogen 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 Imogen 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to choose raw fibres for use in your work: the author's are ethically sourced from various ecologically responsible sources, including a rescue flock of sheep on the South Downs.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e The delicate art of blending naturally occurring pigments, working with shade and tone to create subtle and nuanced colours, a process that Imogen likens to a painter mixing paints on a palette.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e How to skein, soak and wet-finish your yarn, and how to store your yarn stash.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e Ideas for taking your yarn into finished craft and art projects, with stunning images of the author's own work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imogen Bright Moon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905435357333,"sku":"9781849949019","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781849949019.jpg?v=1776889814","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781849949019_wild-yarn-creating-hand-spun-yarn-from-ethical-fibres","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}