The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook write by Carol Ekarius. This book was released on 2011-06-01. The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook available 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.
The Field Guide to Fleece
The Field Guide to Fleece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Field Guide to Fleece write by Carol Ekarius. This book was released on 2013-08-27. The Field Guide to Fleece available 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.
The Spinner's Book of Fleece
The Spinner's Book of Fleece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spinner's Book of Fleece write by Beth Smith. This book was released on 2014-08-23. The Spinner's Book of Fleece available 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.
The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs
The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs write by Sarah Anderson. This book was released on 2013-06-24. The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs available 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.
Vanishing Fleece
Vanishing Fleece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vanishing Fleece write by Clara Parkes. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Vanishing Fleece available 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.
