You Need This Book! The Yarn Barn of Kansas Required Reading List

About this episode

The episode discusses essential books for fiber artists with insights from experienced crafters.

Book Club Podcast: Fiber art veterans Susan Bateman and Melissa Parsons compare notes with host Anne Merrow about the books every weaver, spinner, knitter, and crocheter should have on the bookshelf—plus big news about a classic weaving directory. They’re the first books you reach for, the ones you’ll never part with, and the first thing you recommend to every new crafter. If you have only one book on weaving, spinning, knitting, and crochet, make it one of these. In this episode of the Long Thread Podcast, three book lovers talk about what reading material we’d never be without. Multishaft Weavers Technique Books Learning to Weave by Deborah Chandler The classic book on four-harness weaving, this updated edition includes clear and approachable explanations, illustrations, and instructions for warping both from front to back and back to front. Weaving for Beginners, Revised and Updated by Peggy Osterkamp Another look at weaving fundamentals, Osterkamp’s thorough book is especially strong in back-to-front warping. Pattern Directories Big news for “The Green Book”— A Handweaver’s Pattern Book by Marguerite Porter Davison The first version of Davison’s four-harness pattern directory…

People in this episode

Host: Anne Merrow

Guests: Susan Bateman, Melissa Parsons

Topics covered

• fiber arts
• weaving
• knitting
• crocheting
• book recommendations

Keywords

• weaving
• knitting
• crocheting
• fiber art books
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Schiffer Publishing

Books & works: Learning to Weave, Weaving for Beginners, Revised and Updated, A Handweaver’s Pattern Book

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