Yarns
to Dye For
by Kathleen Taylor
This book reads like a conversation between friends over a pot of tea
and freshly baked cookies. Kathleen Taylor has written a
delightfully
fun book to read and to spark your colorful imaginations! Her
humor
and personal insights are helpful as well as entertaining.
Kathleen gives very thorough and easy to follow instructions on how to
prepare, skein and dye one-of-kind self patterning yarns. As
usual,
Interweave Press has included many clear, helpful photos and
illustrations.
Even a first time dyer will be able to follow along and create
wonderful
skeins of yarn. There are also ideas and techniques that will
inspire
the experienced dyers out there. Included are many
suggestions for
rigging inexpensive equipment from normal household items.
The second half of the book contains step-by-step instructions to make
projects from socks and mittens to pillows. The instructions
are complete
with the dyes used, both brand names and color names, the yarns used
and
how to apply the colors to achieve the pattern desired. To
finish
each project, Kathleen includes knitting and finishing instructions.
I highly recommend this book for people who enjoy dyeing and working
with colorful, unique yarns. This would be a great resource
book for a
spinning or knitting guild that wants to do some group projects or
dyeing
parties too!
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