Stylish knitting - From handspun or commercial yarns (Hardcover)

This collection of traditional and modern patterns ranging from evening knits to practical day wear includes instructions on spinning and dyeing the appropriate yarns. The book contains spinning charts for accurate spinning, and the yarns used are wool, silk, cotton and luxury fibres. In each case, an alternative commercial yarn is also recommended.;Nina Shuttlewood runs a spinning studio in Essex and is the author of "Designer Knitting from Handspun Yarns".