High Whorling: A Spinners Guide to an Old World Skill

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Summary: A SOULFUL ROVING OF CLARITY AND ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE
Review: +AH4-This is a wonderful book - much more than just a book. Like a single piece of fiber, which floats in the air and has no particular tensile strength, but can be drawn into a current with other single fibers, and turned and twisted to synergistically generate something that sparkles with power, so does this book pull in single moments from Pricilla's life, gleanings of discovery from decades of immersing herself in ancient textiles, and her own instinctual ability to move in circles with+AH4-+AH4- certainty, and she spins you a book which yes, tells you how to prepare fibers, high whorl spin them, and finish your yarns, but at the same time contains the very air in which fiber floats, endowing us readers with a magical sense of wonder and primal recognition of this ancient art at a cellular level. Sorry for the length of that sentence! Yarn is long, too. In addition to setting your soul a'spin, Pricilla will walk you through so much about spinning that you can apply to both wheel and+AH4-+AH4- spindle. Her love and devotion to the art has made her one of the most fluent of teachers. I bought a Norge Mongold spindle to go with this book and I am fast falling in love with it - never having spun with a handspindle before. Being able to walk around while spinning, ah! What a joy. Thank you, Pricilla, for unveiling your soul and the soul of spinning in this book, along with the practical sequences and elements of the art.+AH4-

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Summary: A good introduction to the craft
Review: This is a good book for those just starting to spindle, although you might want to pair it with "Hands on Spinning", and/or "Spindle Spinning". It covers most of what you need to know for top-whorl spindle spinning. A good reference to have until you develop your own style.