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.

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