Yarn Spinning with a Modern Twist: How to create your own gorgeous yarns using a drop spindle

Bought as a gift but the recipient was very happy. Supposedly its a nice simple book, which helped them get started quickly.

If you are already comfortable with your spindles, this book has instructions for more complex yarns such as core-spun yarns, spinning from locks etc. Thus far, it's the ONLY book I have found that gives instructions for these type of yarns for a spindle, not a spinning wheel where the technique would be quite different. However, some photos could be clearer, or there could be more of them (i.e. breaking down steps intp smaller pieces). If you are a complete novice, there is still much useful content in this book, but it wouldn't be my top pick for getting started--try Respect The Spindle.

An excellent introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. Unlike some authors who are didactic with methodology you are given options in things like how to hold a spindle to suit you. The why of following procedures is explained which led to a couple of lightbulb moments and explained why instructions from other authors resulted in a messy failure. Beautiful photography of each stage of taking fibre from fleece to yarn encourages you to start from scratch rather than relying on processed rolags. Lots of practical tips and the odd warning made this such a great read that I look forward, with confidence, to accepting next time my local farmer offers a fleece

This is an amazing book both for beginners and more experienced spinners. It covers just about everything from equipment, methods of colour blending using carder, drum carder and blending boards, spinning, plying and even dyeing. I would definitely recommend.