- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Interweave Press (Oct 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931499160
- ISBN-13: 978-1931499163
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 21.5 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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#160,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #13 in Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Spinning
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Product Description
From Library Journal
The Twisted Sisters are a group of women in Oregon who delight in making one-of-a-kind hand-spun, dyed, and knitted socks from scratch. This book about how they do it is chock-full of color photos of gorgeous socks you'll never see for sale at your local Wal-Mart. The author, an accomplished hand spinner and knitter, assumes that the reader already knows how to knit and spin and wants to go to the next level of sock-making creativity by dyeing or hand painting hand-spun yarn to make signature socks. Included are guidelines for dyeing yarn or roving using hot and cold pour dyeing, spot dyeing, and dyeing with Kool-Aid, as well as suggestions for spinning the yarn to maximize the effects of dyeing and, finally, methods of designing and knitting perfectly-fitting socks. For its selected audience, this is the best nontechnical resource to take you through the processes of dyeing, spinning, and designing socks. Highly recommended for public libraries where demand warrants.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“I truly encourage you to read this book. It includes clear ‘knitter friendly’ instructions on creating some dazzling socks.” -- Soundview Knitting Guild
“If you’re new sock knitting and want a great step by step tutorial, you’ll enjoy this book.” -- Knitting at about.com
“Just when we were ready for it, Lynne Vogel published this brilliant gem of a book.” -- Knitter’s Review
“This refreshingly different book takes one highly popular project—socks—and covers every detail from beginning to end.” -- Knitter’s
“[This book] embodies the ultimate spirit of our knitterly community. A fun, collaborative, egoless journey through color, fiber, and texture.” -- Knitter’s Review
”Walks through all techniques for making authentic luxuries.” -- Publishers Weekly
“If you’re new sock knitting and want a great step by step tutorial, you’ll enjoy this book.” -- Knitting at about.com
“Just when we were ready for it, Lynne Vogel published this brilliant gem of a book.” -- Knitter’s Review
“This refreshingly different book takes one highly popular project—socks—and covers every detail from beginning to end.” -- Knitter’s
“[This book] embodies the ultimate spirit of our knitterly community. A fun, collaborative, egoless journey through color, fiber, and texture.” -- Knitter’s Review
”Walks through all techniques for making authentic luxuries.” -- Publishers Weekly
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Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Inspiration,
By Krysta Bauer (Rogersville, MO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook (Paperback)
I found this book wonderful. I am not a spinner...yet, but I love dying yarns and knitting. I found this book to be a great inspiration. I want to learn to spin now, just to make those beautiful yarns. You can easily apply a lot of the techniques to hand dyed yarns or even store bought yarns. The sock pattern part of the book is really nice too. You get the basics of measuring and making a sock, so you can make whatever sock your little heart desires. Just had to knit up a pair of socks after reading this book.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspirationally Twisted!,
By Sheri Smith (Spin2Knit in E. Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook (Paperback)
As a spinner and knitter by profession, I love books that inspire and create ideas--not just give me a batch of patterns that I usually don't follow anyway. I've read the book from cover to cover 3 times and tested almost all the patterns. I discovered or re-discovered many ideas. I like the way the book is laid out. It's a great size for working with or to put in a bag. I love the beautiful photography--tons of photos! TSSW has excellent gauge charts, clear and easy to understand instruction diagrams, many variations on knitting, dyeing and yarn design. IMHO, it is an excellent resource book for those who use handspun yarns, want to use lots of color in their work, or yarns from their stash. This book is definitely a must have for those who don't color between the lines..... and those who want to be inspired/encouraged to go beyond the published pattern and yarns that everyone else has!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great dyeing, spinning, and sock knitting book,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook (Paperback)
Even if you are not a spinner, this book provides excellent basic information on how to create your own multi-colored yarns. You don't even have to use the dyes discussed in the book. My friend and I have had great success dyeing roving and yarn using this book. Vogel also discusses how to make the best out of multi-colored roving -- how to split the roving, how to spin it for different effects.She covers several basic cast-on, cast-off, and heel methods for socks as well as giving a basic sock pattern that even my mom is able to follow and use. The example socks are beautiful. She writes in a clear, concise way that I found helpful.
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