Discover age-old techniques and enjoy making beautiful, all-natural fabrics with this comprehensive guide. Expert textile arts instructor Penny Walsh reveals everything you need to know to start making your own high-quality custom fabrics.
Self-Sufficiency: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving explains where different fibres come from, how to grow and harvets your own vegetable fibres and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dyestuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Several simple projects - including a rug, a hat and a scarf - round off the book to put your newly-learnt skills to the test.
Contents include:
- Introduction
- Fibre
- Combing and carding
- Spinning
- Dyeing
- Weaving
- Projects
- Suppliers and Resources
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments
128 pages, colored photographs and illustrations.
ISBN: 978-1-5048-0038-9
Ready to order? Click VIEW CART in the upper right of the screen, review items and quantities,
then click CHECK OUT. Enter your name, address, and billing information for prompt shipment.
Or, PRINT your order after entering your address, attach your check or money order, and send it by mail.
Shipping cost is displayed after you enter your address.
Our web site displays actual in stock status, up-to-the-minute price, and
shipping cost to every address in the USA and MOST OTHER COUNTRIES. International shipping cost
for extra long or heavy parcels are determined after we weigh the parcel.
Ten day inspection begins at delivery. Send your approval. Else return it for same day refund, if not delighted.
Postage is your only risk.
All sizes are nominal. Please verify with description for more information.
-
How-To Books
Sewing & Weaving
-
Primitive Skills Books
Camp & Frontier Skills