Self-sufficiency : spinning, dyeing and weaving : essential guide for beginners / Penny Walsh.

By: Walsh, Penny [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grantham, Lincolnshire : IMM Lifestyle Books, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781504800389Other title: Spinning, dyeing and weaving : essential guide to beginnersSubject(s): Hand spinning | Dyes and dyeing, Domestic | Hand weavingDDC classification: 746.1
Contents:
Introduction -- Fibre -- Combing and carding -- Spinning -- Dyeing -- Weaving -- Projects.
Summary: This book explains where different fibers come from, how to grow and harvest your own vegetable fibers, and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dye-stuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Finally, there are a number of simple projects, such as a rug, shoulder bag, bed cover, and jumper and mitts to put your newly learned skills to the test.
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First published in 2009.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Fibre -- Combing and carding -- Spinning -- Dyeing -- Weaving -- Projects.

This book explains where different fibers come from, how to grow and harvest your own vegetable fibers, and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dye-stuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Finally, there are a number of simple projects, such as a rug, shoulder bag, bed cover, and jumper and mitts to put your newly learned skills to the test.

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