The Ashford Book of Carding

A handspinners' guide to fibre preparation.

All spinners know that the success of spinning is largely dependent on the preparation of the fibres we're going to spin.

It's a side of spinning that is frequently overlooked and sometimes ignored.

Now we have a book that deals solely with the subject of fibre preparation.

This book by Jo Reeve covers everything to do with carding including:
The tools
Fibre Properties
Flick Carding
Hand Carding
Drum Carding
Choosing, caring for and using a carder
Blending colours side by side
Blending colours in layers
Making a self striping yarn
Blending different fibres
Colour theory
Colour variations
etc. etc.

Included in the book are patterns for several projects.

The book has 92 pages and is beautifully illustrated with high quality photographs.

RRP 39.99