The Spinners Book Of Fleece
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| Author | : Beth Smith |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2014-08-23 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1603428755 |
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 B. Anderson |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2012-01-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1603427384 |
An experienced, award-winning crafter offers step-by-step instructions for spinning your own yarn, explaining the process of working with fleece and how to manipulate and combine the fibers for creating 80 different types of yarn, from mohair boucle to supercoils.
| Author | : Beth Smith |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1612120393 |
Explains the crucial factors that spinners, knitters and weavers need to know in order to create yarn, describing 21 different breeds of sheep, their characteristics and history and the structure, grease content and fiber diameter of each one's fleece.
| Author | : Carol Ekarius |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2011-06-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1603427112 |
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 | : Clara Parkes |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2019-10-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1683356829 |
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 | : Carol Ekarius |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2013-08-27 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1603429263 |
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 | : Lisa Lloyd |
| Publisher | : Random House Digital, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Hand spinning |
| ISBN | : 0307346838 |
A guide to using handspun yarns--including such fibers as alpaca, merino, cormo, and more--features detailed instructions for twenty-six innovative projects that demonstrate how the materials' unique properties, fiber, and texture can transform a piece.
| Author | : Sally Goldenbaum |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2012-05-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101585374 |
Readers can't help but get entangled in this USA Today bestselling series. This summer in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, one of the Seaside Knitters gets tangled up with a precocious granddaughter, and another stands accused of sending a local resident on a permanent vacation… As Izzy and the Seaside Knitters prepare her yarn studio for the tourist season, fellow knitter Birdie Favazza has her hands full with her granddaughter Gabby. The little girl soon becomes a fixture in the town and even strikes up a friendship with a reclusive local fisherman, Finnegan, who is the source of much local turbulence. Then lobsterwoman Cass Halloran stumbles over the old fisherman—his body covered with leaves and sea grass and wearing the yellow fleece vest she once made for him. When Cass becomes a suspect in his murder the Knitters must rally to protect their friend. Soon the Seaside Knitters will discover that caring for Gabby while casting their net for a killer is a tricky business, indeed. They’ll have to keep their wits about them as they piece together the clues…or one of their own will wind up knitting behind bars.
| Author | : Alanna Wilcox |
| Publisher | : Alanna Wilcox |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2017-07-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 0999032801 |
Have you ever tried spinning hand painted top or dyed rovings only to be disappointed with the color outcomes in your yarns or finished projects? This book clearly and artfully walks you through understanding color theory making it less intimidating for both novice and expert spinners alike. Never before has a book presented the same dyed top worked up into 20+ different approaches accompanied by easy to follow directions. You will be able to see how the techniques look in both a skein and a knitted swatch. Plus there are photos of finished products accompanying the techniques to make envisioning the spinning applications even easier. After reading this book you will be inspired to delve into your stash with excitement and colorful confidence in your spinning.
| Author | : Diane Varney |
| Publisher | : Interweave |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003-09-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781931499392 |
This inspiring illustrated guide teaches experienced spinners to make beautiful designer yarns and encourages them to be more creative and have more fun with spinning. Handspun yarns can be white, lumpy, gray, and precise--or they can be as colorful and deliciously textured as the spinner's imagination. Presented are instructions on applying dye to fibers in new, exciting ways; predicting how novelty yarns will look in finished fabrics; blending fibers for color and texture effects; spinning singles and plied yarns; and using these fantastic new yarns in weaving, knitting, and crocheting. Spinners will also add corespun, boucle, snarl, knotted, and tufted yarns to their spinning repertoire.
