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1: Color in Spinning
Deb Menz's book brings a scientific approach to concocting dye colors and than getting them on to wool. I have found her formulas easy to use and reproducible. Her instructions on blending colors on the drum carder are invaluable to a novice like myself. Her book is front and center in my dye studio and I refer to it regularly. NEK
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2: Great reference
I purchased this book after having borrowed it so many times. It is a wealth of information on how to blend colours and gives many great suggestions on how to prepare wool fibre for colouring and blending. I am a spinner who likes to experiment and this has given me so much more confidence in colouring and blending to achieve a specific result. Thoroughly recommend it to those who spin and like to create their own special colours in wool/fibre.
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3: Excellent!
As a beginning spinner I immediately began blending yarn to achieve the colors in this book and she's right! Everything I tried using the instructions in this book came out exactly the way I planned. There are lots of beautiful ideas here - I wish I had time to try them all!
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4: Great book
Gave me so many ideas for dyeing and spinning my fiber. it has lots of info on colour theory. I do think it was missing more simple dying, and a lot of the colourways it shows have 10+ colours in them, but it is a GREAT resource.
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5: Learned a lot about color, dyeing and fiber
Coming from a formal art background, I really appreciate this book. Not only does it cover the basics of dyeing and carding/combing well, but it also provides lessons in color (beyond the basic color wheel) where you directly see the results of mixing and using different color combinations. There are samples of finished knitted pieces using similarly-colored yarn yet with slightly different properties. Readers are encouraged to use the exercises for future self-directed study. Great cataloguing ideas are offered.
I highly recommend this book!
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