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The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook
More Than 200 Fibers from Animal to Spun Yarn
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Ideal for fibre artists, spinners, knitters, weavers, and anyone interested in animal fibres and textile crafts. Also suitable for travellers and enthusiasts wanting detailed information on a worldwide variety of fibre-producing animals.
This visual guide to more than 200 breeds and the fibres they produce for knitting, spinning, and weaving is the ultimate browsing book for crafters and animal raisers.
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This one-of-a-kind encyclopedia shines a spotlight on more than 200 animals and their wondrous fleece. Profiling a worldwide array of fibre-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.
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This book has been widely praised as a rare and invaluable resource in the spinning community. Reviewers highlight its thoroughness and clarity in explaining a complex subject with fascinating detail. The concise prose complements the crisp photography, showing fibres in various conditions and applications, making it a must-have for spinners and knitters seeking an authoritative guide that surpasses other titles on animal fibres.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781603427111
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 June 2011
Country: United States
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Illustration: 400 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 221.0mm
Height: 259.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Carol Ekarius is the coauthor of The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook, The Field Guide to Fleece, and Storey s Guide to Raising Sheep, and the author of several books including Small-Scale Livestock Farming, Storey s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, and Storey s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs. She lives in the mountains of Colorado. Deborah Robson is co-author of The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook and Knitting in the Old Way. She is a former editor of both Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot and Spin-Off magazine, and she is currently the editor and publisher of Nomad Press, which publishes books on traditional and ethnic knitting and spinning. Robson is also an artist, working in textiles, printmaking, and oils. She lives in Colorado with her daughter.
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