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This stylish book provides crafters with everything they need to know to create their own yarn using a variety of fibers and techniques. This definitive guide includes everything from where to find the best sources for raw wool to instructions on how properly to clean it, card it, spin it, and dye it and, best of all, what to knit with it. Thorough, step-by-step instructions for all stages of the yarn-making process are accompanied by color photos and insightful tips and tricks for how to get the best results, plus 10 patterns designed to show off the hand-spun, brilliantly dyed finished product. Yarn Works covers natural and other dyes for synthetic, blended, and natural fibers, including wool, alpaca, angora, cotton, quiviut, and more.