It has been my pleasure to share my ‘Fun With Spikes’ hackle pattern system available for free here on my website for a couple of years, in the form of a downloadable 50 page workbook plus half hour video with demonstration and instruction.

I am pleased to now present to you a Second edition of “Fun With Spikes: How to use a hackle to design unique yarns’, in PRINT, with additional content and images! The new book is now available for purchase exclusively on the Fiberygoodness website, I hope you will love it! 

If you are a collector of the tinyStudio magazines, I think you will also appreciate the matching size and format of the Fun With Spikes book, and for this publication I have selected a sturdier, brighter paper that will also hold up well for your potential record keeping and note taking use of the 8 Hackle Pattern templates and extra sample notes pages in the back of the book. 

If you are new to my Hackle Pattern System, in a nutshell, this is a system in which you use a template that represents the hackle, and create a design, or plan, to organise your coloured fibres together into hackle ‘loads’ that are repeatable, and give you a predictable way of controlling the colour proportions and placements in your yarn and subsequent fabric. Being able to design your fabric from the very beginning of your fiber prep process means you can see your colour dream come to life, from start to finish!

The book includes lots of Hackle Patterns you can try out for yourself, and plenty of information so you can also create your own, unique and exciting yarn designs.I have included examples of each pattern, including knitted swatches so you can see how the pattern works directly in the fabric.

The price includes free global shipping, and the book also contains a handy link to the half hour video demo that shows you how to use your hackle and diz, create the patterns I have made for you in the book, and then go on to make your own!

IN PRINT - Fun With Spikes: How to Use a Hackle to Design Unique Yarns
Price: $27.50
A 2024 print publication of Suzy's Hackle Pattern book, with additional content and designs beyond the original 2022 digital edition. Published in the same dimensions as the tinyStudio magazine issues! In this book, I am bringing you a system I have developed to help you plan your colours and load your hackle to control how your hues are expressed and organised in the yarns you spin. Using this system you can plan for small or large projects, create unique and interesting, yet totally repeatable variations in the way you manage your colours, and you can do this by using specific patterns. I have created a number of example patterns within this handbook, and provided the knowledge and tools for you to make your own, starting with the templates at the back of the book. This book contains 63 pages of specialised hackle pattern information plus 30 pages of sample journal space for you to use. PRICE INCLUDES GLOBAL SHIPPING. Please allow up to three weeks for printing and delivery

This book contains 63 pages of specialised hackle pattern information plus 30 pages of sample journal space for you to use. PRICE INCLUDES GLOBAL SHIPPING. Please allow up to three weeks for printing and delivery