So one of the thing I love most about knitting and really crafting in general is the books. I’ve had quite a stash enhancement session as I basically won a $80 gift certificate to Amazon in the form of a bet… then I’ve had a few on pre-order that I always forget about and then happily dance around when they come in. One of my strange things for the list - I always forget about this one, but it’s a good one - I never lend out my books. I’m funny about that, but I keep them seriously pristine and to me it’s a collection. It’s just a crazy thing about me. I always even make a copy of the pattern I’m working on… I wouldn’t dream of writing in the book. It’s a thing, I know… but let me just say - have you seen the price of some out of print crafting books. One day they may fund my retirement for all I know.
Anyway if your interested in dyeing a really good one came this week.
The one thing I love about this book is that it has all sort of wonderful techniques. Not just acid immersion dyeing. It has procion mx dyeing for cottons, as well as natural dyeing, and different techniques for painting. The format is good and has step-by-step instructions. I would say good for the adventurous beginner, but interesting for the more experienced dyer that wants to stretch their skills as well. I thought the projects were good and I liked the interviews with different dyers especially the Koigu ones with some pictures of their studios. I probably would’ve liked to have seen more of those pictures. My only other critique would be in the space dyeing projects to get stripes. It says to make skeins that are 8 2/3 in diameter. Just for my own mind with the yarn and weight your using I would like to know the length of the skein as well. In other sections it says make a 60″ skein. I would probably go through and and see the lengths they are painting and add them up to get the skein length. At least a ball park - like expect it to be X feet would have been good in my mind. From the picture of the two large tables pulled together to get the skein on. I expect it’s probably pretty long.
