While I don't get enough time to do so, I love to spin. I love all kinds of yarns that are hand-spun. They are all so unique, complete with their own personalities! That is what the new book Get Spun: The Step-by-Step Guide to Spinning Art Yarns is all about.
This book shows how to spin beautiful yarns one step at a time. It begins actually providing the definitions of "art" and "yarn," which I thought was a pretty neat way to start. It explains all the "basics" such as spindles, wheels, types of fiber and other pieces of equipment. It then moves on to dying, carding and mixing color, always an important step, which can be slightly intimidating at first. It then moves into spinning basics, such as predrafting and what it takes to make good single-ply yarn, which is my personal favorite.

It then moves into some absolutely amazing techniques to create the most beautiful yarns I have even seen! The photos are nice and close up so you can see step-by-step exactly how to recreate these incredibly artful yarns. I can't tell you how much I love the photos in this book! They provide such nice detail shots you can really see the yarn textures. Even if you never make a textured yarn using the information provided, the photos are so lovely it is definitely worth having in your library!