Woo-hoo a spinning giveaway! Not just any spinning giveaway either – friend, breed enthusiast and expert spinner, Beth Smith has been working on this book for years and it’s finally here!
This book picks up right where Deb Robson’s Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook left off. It answers the question, sheep breed by sheep breed, “how do I work with it?” This book covers choosing, washing, prepping and spinning fleece. It’s thorough and pretty amazing, just look:
Storey Publishing has donated a copy of this beautiful book for a giveaway.
Want to explore some of the breeds Beth Smith discusses in The Spinner’s Book of Fleece? Enter Alison from The Spinning Loft. She built a raw fleece sampler around Beth and her book, The Beth Smith Sampler.
Here’s her description: This sampler pack is a fantastic companion. Containing 2 oz. each of 15 breeds that Beth identifies and/or discusses in the book, this is a great way to get a taste for some of Beth’s favorite fibers. Contents of the sampler vary based on stock, but each sample is found in the book.
How many people are so fiber obsessive they have a fleece sampler named after them? Alison has donated one sampler for our giveaway.
Ready to spin? Ready to win?
Our regular rules apply:
WOW! Given how good the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook is I can only imagine how good this book is going to be. I love working with different breeds but knowing the best way to treat them is always a challenge.
Oh wow! Didn’t know this was coming out. If I don’t win it, I’m going to be looking for it.
What a spectacular prize!
I am ready to spin! I am ready to win! I would love this book and sampler!
This book looks fantastic and the fibre samples would complete the kit. I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed.
I’m so excited to check out this book. I’m putting it on my wish list, and hoping for a chance to win it here!
This looks like a great book to add to any spinner’s collection!
I’m throwing in my hat. Just curious about the question thing. I didn’t understand that part. To win someone has to answer a question? Oh, well, I’ll take a chance anyway. Thanks.
Gulp! Only been spinning on my ladybug since end of February… There’s a quiz? Hope it’s open internet test!!
This is fabulous! What a great opportunity to test out different fibers.
Oooh I’ve been excited to see this book. Fingers crossed!
Wow, this book looks so cool! I just got my first wheel last month, :).
Oooh. Would love a look at this book.
Would love to spin and try different samples with a backup of the best way to spin them.
That looks amazing! I’m a new spinner, and would love to get my hands on it.
Very cool book!
I would love this book!
Whoo! Beth’s book is out!
Exactly what I need… with samplers it’s the way to go, thanks for this exciting giveaway.
I am not a spinner, but this would make such a fabulous gift for a friend who is.
I’m a relatively new spinner but am collecting all the resources I can to help me learn more and more. This book and sampler collection look AWESOME!!!!
Looks like the book I’ve been looking for – the last (only!) fleece I bought was rough and full of scurf, and I’ve been wary of buying one since then; think I’m ready for another go now but I want to be prepared with a bit more knowledge of what I’m looking for/at this time!
This is a perfect combination to keep the muse spinning.
oh wow! What a great giveaway!
I would love this book for my sister, who is really diving into the world of spinning! I could legitimately call her my “spinster!” 🙂
What a great giveaway. I am in please.
Ooh! I’m just back to spinning and have a bunch of fleece to process and use! I’d LOVE this!
How cool! What an awesome giveaway!
I’m new to spinning and fiber arts. Would love to get my hands on some samples!
Or the book!
YES!! That looks fantastic!
this is SOOOO exciting! i LOVE Beth Smith Pink. she is a fountain of fiber knowledge and inspiration. and let’s face it, she is just too cute.
Ohhhh, pretty book! perfect to start my spinning book collection.
I have been collecting my own little samples of different breeds of sheep’s fibre and this would save me a whole lot of time in my research!
What a wonderful giveaway!
AMAZING!!
I’m an old spinner that hasn’t spun in a while (raising family). I am trying to get back into it right know. Thank you for this opportunity. 🙂
What a fabulous give away! I would love to win!
Looks like a wonderful book! Can’t wait to read it!
It’s been my goal for the past year or so to try spinning new breeds and knit them all into a blanket. This is an awesome giveaway for that kind of project!
Great giveaway. Would be nice to win this and share with my two spinning groups.
That looks like an amazing book. I tend to gravitate towards buying wool fibre in breeds that I haven’t yet worked with, just to see what it’s like, so something like this would be a fantastic resource.
What a wonderful and generous give-away! I knew about the book, but this is the first I’ve heard of the sampler – that is just an awesome idea. I’ll be buying the book if I don’t win and will now have to add the sampler to my wish list, too!
Oh WoW! Please count me in for this – what an awesome give-away!
The book looks fantastic; having the fleece to go with would be icing on the cake!
Wow, that looks like such an amazingly positive way to learn about different fleeces!
Nice! Count me in and I sure hope I win!
Congratulations to Beth! The book is phenomenal! But, wait – there is now a Beth Smith Sample?!? How awesome is that!
I am a gigantic fan of the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook and of Beth Smith’s teaching so I’ve been looking forward to this book for a while, I would absolutely love to win!
I have the first book and would love a copy of this one – the breed sampler is just the icing on the cake! 🙂
Awesome book that has a lot of answers that are commonly asked by spinners! Well done! 😉
o yay! I’ve so been looking forward to beth’s book!
Wow what a great looking prize. Some spinner is going to be very lucky. Crossing my fingers that it’s me.
Oh my! What an excellent resource!
Oh, if I win this, my mother-in-law will have one amazing Christmas gift! Maybe I should get it whether I win or not!
What an amazing giveaway! Testing out those fibers sounds like so much fun.
Wowzers! What a gorgeous book and fiber set – and a killer giveaway!
Can’t wait to get the book!
I’m so excited about this book release!
When I fell down the rabbit hole of spinning my version of “samples” was processing and spinning whole fleeces. So far Suffolk, Romney Coopworth cross and Cormo. Next up Jacob. Gosh, a sample pack might be a little less time consuming. But I’m learning A LOT!
I can’t wait to read Beth’s book and the sampler looks wonderful!
What an amazing giveaway! Can’t wait to get my hands on the book whether I win or not.
Definitely on my list
Love the book and the sampler too! Always looking to expand my spinning library and knowledge.
Fantastic book and fleece pack. It’d be nice to win it.
What a lovely book! It looks like a really solid, lively reference.
I’ve been looking forward to this book! Glad its finally here.
Oh wow. I’d love a book like that!
I’ve been waiting for Beth’s book, and it looks like it’s well worth it.
Belong to Fiber Friends of SW MO- this would be a great resource for our library! I have just learned to spin, so I would share with the other members of the guild
Oh, I’ve been looking forward to seeing Beth’s book!
Ooh, this would be fun! I’m just dipping my toes into yet-to-be-spun wool and am anticipating a couple of fleeces from a friend’s pet sheep. What a great resource to have at hand!
Wow! Looks like a great book!
This looks like a very useful book.
wow what a prize!
As a beginning this would be an awesome tool.
This is a must get for my spinning education! What a work of love!
I would love to learn to spin. The book and fibers sound quite interesting. Thanks for another terrific giveaway.
So fascinating! I’ve just been spinning some Shetland for the first time, and I’m loving the feel of it. I want to try other breeds now!
I’d LOVE a copy of Beth’s book. Could use the help as I’, returning to spinning following an absence of many years. Love her website and this one, too!
Hooray for more great informational material for spinners!!
Would love to win that prize! Have started spinning a few months ago and am really enjoying it. I am eager to learn more about different types of fleece.
Looks like a great book! Nice givaway
I’d love to be entered! That book looks amazing.
Beth’s spinning different breeds class at Allegan a few years ago really rocked and I think the book will rock even more. Can’t wait!
Oooh would be a fantastic way to learn more about fleece, only know the icelandic one. 🙂
What a fantastic prize. Congratulations to Beth on her book.
What a wonderful giveaway! I’ve been really working to spin with a variety of fiber to learn more about each one.
WOW! This is an amazing giveaway, I would love to win it 🙂
I’ve had this book on my wishlist for several months. I’d love to win it!
What an awesome book and prize!
WoW! Such a lovely prize package, and the bobbins are clear on my wheel right now 🙂
This book looks awesome!
oh my goodness — what a lovely giveaway! The book and samples of fleece look amazing. Thank you…
This is an amazing prize! I’m a tactile learner, so this would be super helpful to use the sampler while going through the book.
Such a wonderful offering. Looking forward to learning more about sheep breeds!
Ooooh! A new fiber book would be the perfect birthday gift for me! 8^)
I enjoy reading the posts on spinning each week.
I really, really, really want this!
What a wonderful giveaway!
wonderful idea – the book together with the sampler would be an inspiring add on to our regular spinning meetings in Basel!
That looks like it might be a book that should be in every spinners library. I am excited to check it out.
What a chance…a gorgeous book and some sampling stuff too. Thanks.
Oh I’d love to have this book and sampler. I’d share it with my friends! Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for another great giveaway. I only started spinning last year, so this would be a great addition to my library and the fibre would be a fantastic learning experience.
The photographs are gorgeous!
I’d love to learn more about spinning. I’ve spun with a spindle made of a down and a CD. I found it to be fun.
Looks like a wonderful resource book – especially when at fiber festivals!
That looks amazing!!
I have been itching to try spinning and this book would be a great resource.
Holy moley, that is a spinner’s dream and what a combo. It would be so much fun to play with both the book and the fuzzy together!
I just got my first wheel and would love to really hunker down and do some sampling.
Oh my! What a prize!
Ooh, I’d love to win this!
What a great way to learn the breeds.
This looks like a great resource!
Ooh, would love to win this!
Oh my, I’d love to win this! What a fabulous prize!
Looks like exactly what I need to motivate myself to pull out my spindles! (Hot, sticky weather has NOT been motivating).
good thing there was nobody else around to hear me squeal when I saw this giveaway–thank you for doing this!
I’m totally looking forward to getting this book!
Looks like an amazing resource.
Congratulations to Beth! I can’t wait to get a copy of her book!
Wow! This is more than a giveaway! It’s a cornucopia! Magnificent!
Katie V in NC
That looks AMAZING!
This looks like a wonderful resource and I’d love a chance to win!
What a fantastic resource! I would love to add this to my library!
That looks fantastic. 🙂
Super cool. I’ve not managed to spin much beyond my comfort zone but this looks like a great way to try new fiber. 🙂
This looks like a terrific book! And what a super idea- a sample kit to go along with it.
Oooh this looks fab!
What a great giveaway!
Thank you for the giveaway, this sounds like a great source book!!
Whoa, the book AND a sampler pack? What an amazing prize!
This would go great with my copy of the fleece and fiber sourcebook.
This is amazing!! The sampler is the perfect companion for this book!
I live in an area where there are different breeds of sheep ~ I would love to have a resource where I could make the best use of whatever I can get my fuzzy little hands on! Thank you for this opportunity!!
What a dream it would be to win this prize! 🙂
LOVE!!!!!
I’m sure this book will be as good as Deb’s…
I would love the exc chance to try so many different types SC of wool.
Great prize!
Both the book and the sampler look amazing!
This looks like just the thing to kickstart my spinning mojo!
Wow, I REALLY would give this prize a good home.
That photo of the sheep with the curly horns is lovely! Thank you for the opportunity of winning the book.
Wowza…the book is a definite must have and the sampler pack is a great idea. I always find new to me fibers to test spin. Great give-a-way.
The book and sampler look pretty phenomenal, especially for a beginner like me. Yes, I’ve been spinning for a couple of years, and I’m starting to produce some yarn that my wife actually has been knitting with, but I’ve only had a couple of classes, and the technical parts of the books leave me dazed (I couldn’t explain “grist” if my life depended on it!)
So while I certainly can use, and would love these two items, I’m pretty sure that if I was to be asked a skill testing question, I would leave everyone rolling on the floor laughing if I tried to answer it, or do a Cliff Clavin, and give an answer that – while technically correct – would have nothing to do with anyone else’s reality.
The book and sampler look pretty phenomenal, especially for a beginner like me. Yes, I’ve been spinning for a couple of years, and I’m starting to produce some yarn that my wife actually has been knitting with, but I’ve only had a couple of classes, and the technical parts of the books leave me dazed (I couldn’t explain “grist” if my life depended on it!)
So while I certainly can use, and would love these two items, I’m pretty sure that if I was to be asked a skill testing question, I would leave everyone rolling on the floor laughing if I tried to answer it, or do a Cliff Clavin, and give an answer that – while technically correct – would have nothing to do with anyone else’s reality.
That looks like a really great reference book for spinners. And the sampler to go with it — great giveaway. I would love the chance to work with such a variety of breeds! Thanks for the opportunity.
So wonderful, as many of these breeds can be hard to come by. As someone who loves working with fleece, I hope all these knowledge and care from others translates into helping keep some breeds from rare or extinct status.
What a wonderful book and just in time to prepare for Spinzilla! Thanks for offering this.
The book and the kit look amazing!
This is a great prize. Thanks for the chance.
What a fabulous prize!
Not a spinner but have really been wanting to give it a try. Just need to find someone to teach me.
Oh yes please, may the spinning gods choose me.
What an amazing give away. Thanks for the opportunity.
I’ve just started spinning so this would be great to win.
oh man, that looks amazing!
I’m going to have to buy copy of the book and a sampler pack if I don’t win, wow!
Ooh, looks lovely!
Oh wow! I’m very excited about this book! Thanks for the generous giveaway.
WOW! What a great opportunity. I am a new spinner and LOVE it, I want to learn more and more!
The book looks fantastic!
Looks like a great follow up book. Anxious for it to become available
Great giveaway. I’ve been a handspinner for 40 years.
Wow, what a awesome giveaway! Would love to have this.
OMG, a gorgeous spinning book AND a fleece sampler? My mom would just plotz!!
This is an amazing giveaway! I would love to branch out and try different breeds this looks like the way to do that. Thanks
I have been waiting for the book. And to have a sampler with it. Amazing!
Wow, how neat! I’ve just started spinning, so this looks like fun.
That book looks brilliant!
I have always wanted a sampler pack, and the book would be a wonderful guide to the samples.
I have a class with Beth at Wisconsin Wool and Sheep this year, I would love to have her book!
This is a lovely prize for any spinner- very thoughtful of everyone involved.
What a great book. I am always interested in learning from the best.
That would be amazing to have both book and sampler, thank you.
Pick me!
This book looks so exciting. I’ve just started exploring new-to-me breeds, and I would love to learn from Beth Smith’s experience!
Great book! Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the great giveaway!
This book looks amazing. A fiber-addict’s dream.
Excited to see a book like this appear! I’ve been spinning some specific breeds lately and would love to know more.
I’d love this! I am a fleece junkie.
One hundred and eight four is my number. Pick me!
Signed,
Fiber-holic
Oh my, yes please! I recently moved back from Hawaii and had to make the difficult decision to part with some fiber as part of the move. Now that I am back in the land of the frozen north I can’t wait to try new fiber and spin til my hearts content this winter!
Just the book I have been looking for. Fingers crossed.
I want! I want! I want!
Thanks for offering this. I would LOVE to win a copy!
Oh. Oh, my. This is fantastic.
Winning this would put me over the moon!
Wow that looks like such a fabulous resource! Thanks for the chance to win it!
What a fantastic giveaway. I am slowly working my way through spinning self-challenges, trying different wools and different styles. This would be perfect to help me out! Thanks for the chance.
This sounds awesome!
This is a fantastically glorious giveaway! Fingers crossed 🙂
I love the fleece and fiber source book and this looks like An amazing follow up!
Would love a chance to read about and spin some lovely wools!
Something I have wanted to learn for so long! And this looks like a excellent teacher!
It would be so wonderful to win this.
What a wonderful give away!
Awesome! The book looks amazing. Great giveaway.
What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you for your generosity and the opportunity.
Sheepily delicious! This looks like exactly the right addition to my spinning library at exactly the right time. Congrats on hatching the book, Beth. 🙂
Can’t wait to see this book, not sure I can hold off until a book signing. Bet the sampler is the perfect accompaniment – what a great giveaway!
OK, this is the giveaway I most want to win. Really.
Golly Gee, I hope it’s me!
You were absolutely right when you said this is “not just any spinning giveaway” – that’s a fabulous prize package! What a great way to learn more about fleece from various breeds, both in theory and practice!
It looks amazing! I’m really excited for this book.
I love the idea of having 15 breeds of fiber right there on hand to mess around with as I am reading the book! Chances are, I haven’t worked with many of them, though I love breed specific spinning challenges.
That looks like an. Amazing book! What a guide to spinning different breeds, and with the sampler pack this is an awesome prize 😉
Would love to win! Great book!
JKnits51 on Ravelry
I so look forward to getting my hands on this book!
I spin. I knit. Book. Fleece. Best way to end the summer.
What an amazing resource!
What a wonderful giveaway! I would love to win. Thanks for the chance!
What an absolutely awesome giveaway!
Please include me in the list of hopeful people! What a prize!
Loved the Fleece and Fiber Handbook; this sounds like a really wonderful next step – I would love love love to win it!
wow! what a great prize and lovely addition to my library…
I’d love to win this prize!!
Congratulations Beth!
Wonderful giveaway. Would cherish.
Pretty Please pick me?
Bouncing up and down with excitement! So excited about this book!
What a beautiful prize. Storey Publishing and Alison are quite generous.
I am just learning to spin and this would be an amazing resource for me! 🙂
Wowza, what a great giveaway!
Thanks for a wonderful giveaway – I’m still a beginner but want to learn it all!
Would love to win this! If not, sigh, I’m seeing this on my Christmas list.
What a lovely looking book!
Omg! I need this! 😀
Looks so lovely. What a great giveaway.
Wow! What an awesome giveaway. I’m looking to get into spinning, so this would be super helpful!
Whilst I would love to win this, I’m in the UK and guess that the giveaway is US only? Still, this is the second time that I have come across this book in two days, and it has rave reviews. I think that I might add this to my Christmas list.
I am returning to spinning after a year long hiatus. I have a new wheel to renovate; and my old (now repaired) wheel, plus a little fluff on the spindle. I can’t wait to get going again.
Neat giveaway! As an avid knitter, I wish I knew more about spinning.
What a lovely giveaway. That sampler to accompany the book is a stroke of genius!
What an awesome giveaway!
What a great book!
Love the idea of the sample pack.
This book sounds pretty awesome!
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
This kit is wonderful! Like a ‘box of chocolate.’ The book & sampler pack gives the spinner a tasting of lovely fiber. Just like a tasting party it looks like it shows you how to best enjoy it.
I would love to win this! Thank you for the opportunity
What a lovely giveaway, thank you!
Motivation to practice.
Looks like a beautiful book that I will have to have one way or the other!
This is such a great idea for a giveaway! I’ve been waiting for this book to come out for a while. The sampler pack is brilliant!
What a wonderful giveaway! Please add me to your “hopefuls” list, as this book and sampler would be an amazing addition to my spinning resources ;). Thank you for offering this contest.
Perfect way to get into the zone of…sample, sample sample!
I can’t wait to get this book! Good luck for all of us!
thanks