The Fleece Fiber Sourcebook
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Author | : Carol Ekarius |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1603427112 |
Download The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This one-of-a-kind encyclopedia shines a spotlight on more than 200 animals and their wondrous fleece. Profiling a worldwide array of fiber-producers that includes northern Africa’s dromedary camel, the Navajo churro, and the Tasmanian merino, Carol Ekarius and Deborah Robson include photographs of each animal’s fleece at every stage of the handcrafting process, from raw to cleaned, spun, and woven. The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook is an artist’s handbook, travel guide, and spinning enthusiast’s ultimate reference source all in one.
Author | : Carol Ekarius |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2013-08-27 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1612121780 |
Download The Field Guide to Fleece Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
With this compact portable reference in hand, crafters can quickly and easily look up any of 100 different sheep breeds, the characteristics of their fleece, and the kinds of projects for which their fleece is best suited. Each breed profile includes a photograph of the animal and information about its origin and conservation status, as well as the weight, staple length, fiber diameter, and natural colors of its fleece. This is a great primer for beginners, and a handy guide for anyone who loves working with fleece.
Author | : Beth Smith |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2014-08-23 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1603428755 |
Download The Spinner's Book of Fleece Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The characteristics of fleece — its structure, grease content, and fiber diameter — vary widely depending on the breed of sheep the fleece comes from. In this comprehensive guide, Beth Smith profiles 21 types of fleece, from bouncy and pliant to lacy and lightweight. A sheep-by-sheep reference describes the best way to wash and spin each fleece into rich, soft yarn. You’ll soon be confidently choosing the right fleece, spinning it to perfection, and enjoying the perfect yarn for your next fiber creation.
Author | : Sarah Anderson |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-06-24 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1603429026 |
Download The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Discover the satisfying fun of spinning your own yarn! This step-by-step guide shows you how to create 80 distinctive yarn types, from classics like mohair bouclé to novelties like supercoils. Covering the entire spinning process, Sarah Anderson describes the unique architecture of each type of yarn and shares expert techniques for manipulating and combining fibers. Take your crafting to a new level and ensure that you have the best yarn available by spinning it yourself.
Author | : Clara Parkes |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1683356829 |
Download Vanishing Fleece Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The renowned knitter shares her year-long adventure through America’s colorful, fascinating—and slowly disappearing—wool industry. Join Clara Parkes as she ventures across the country to meet the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Along the way, she encounters a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins. In pursuit of the perfect yarn, Parkes describes a brush with the dangers of opening a bale (they can explode), and her adventures from Maine to Wisconsin (“the most knitterly state”) and back again. By the end of the book, you’ll be ready to set aside the backyard chickens and add a flock of sheep instead.
Author | : Anne Field |
Publisher | : Borgo Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1989-09-01 |
Genre | : Hand spinning |
ISBN | : 9780809575503 |
Download The Ashford Book of Spinning Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Spinning is a practical, fascinating and satisfying hobby with continuing appeal in an age of mass production. It is a comprehensive spinning primer written by a leading New Zealand spinner with an international reputation as a teacher and craftsperson. This book describles a physical skill clearly and concisely and her instructions are illustrated by over one hundred step-by-step photographs and diagrams. In addition to advice on spinning wool with a variety of techniques, she offers chapters on the use of other fibers and novelty yarns, and on dyeing. There is also an introduction to the craft of felting and a useful selection of patterns for knitting , crocheting and weaving your own handspun yarn.
Author | : Ann Budd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-01-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692824900 |
Download Knitting Comfortably Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Modern knitters are faced with greater risk of musculoskeletal injury than knitters of a generation ago. This book explores risk factors that impact knitters' productivity, efficiency, and safety. Strategies for reducing risk of injury including early intervention and prevention are discussed. Methods for increased knitting efficiency and productivity are also explained.
Author | : Letty Klein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Rugs, Braided |
ISBN | : 9780881960143 |
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Author | : Felicity Ford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780993041501 |
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Author | : Nikki Gabriel |
Publisher | : Search |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Knitting |
ISBN | : 9781844487509 |
Download The Handknitter's Yarn Guide Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This guide gives you all the information you need for using any yarn, in every weight and fibre. At a glance, you can check the pros and cons of knitting with a particular fibre or blend, or look up its recommended uses.