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The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarnby Deborah Robson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This one-of-a-kind photographic encyclopedia features more than 200 animals and the fibers they produce. It covers almost every sheep breed in the world — from the longwool breeds of the United Kingdom to the Tasmanian merino, the Navajo churro, the northern European Faroese, and dozens and dozens more. It also includes goats, camelids (such as alpacas, llamas, and vicunas), bison, horses, musk oxen, rabbits, and even dogs. Each entry includes photographs of the featured animal; samples of its raw fleece, its cleaned fleece, and yarn spun from the fleece; and samples of the yarn knit and woven. You'll find everything you want to know about each animal and its fiber, including the fiber's color, density, strength, and staple length, and recommendations for processing and using it. This is the essential reference no fiber-lover can be without.
Book News Annotation:This is a splendid, highly visual presentation for spinners, knitters, weavers, textile professionals and enthusiasts, as well as those involved in the husbandry of the many animals represented--200-plus breeds of sheep, goats, camelids, bison, horses, musk oxen, rabbits, and dogs. From these animals come the fibers, each of which is described in terms of the characteristics pertinent to their use (fleece weight, staple length, fiber diameters, lock characteristics, natural colors, dyeing, preparation and spinning tips, and knitting, crocheting, and weaving suitability). Each is also illustrated with photos of raw fiber, clean fiber, spun thread, and woven samples. The animals themselves are profiled with information about their history and distinctive characteristics. Authors Deborah Robson (a publisher with special interest in traditional ethnic knitting and spinning) and Carol Ekarius (a writer of books on livestock farming) have partnered to create a charming and informative reference--clearly a labor of love. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
About the AuthorCarol Ekarius is the author of Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, Pocketful of Poultry, and several books on small-scale farming. Carol and her husband live with their many critters in Hartsel, Colorado.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Sheep: Oodles and Boodles of Wool
Blackfaced Mountain Family Dalesbred Derbyshire Gritstone Lonk Rough Fell Scottish Blackface Swalesdale Cheviot Family Cheviot Brecknock Hill and American Miniature Cheviot North Country Cheviot Dorset Group Dorset Horn and Polled Dorset Down Family Southdown Dorset Down Hampshire Oxford Shropshire Suffolk English Longwool Family Bluefaced Leicester Border Leicester Leicester Longwool Cotswold The Dartmoors: Greyface and Whiteface Devon and Cornwall Longwool Lincoln Longwool Romney Teeswater Wensleydale Feral Group Gulf Coast Native Hog Island New Zealand Ferals Santa Cruz Merino Family Merino: Booroola, Est a Laine, Fonthill, Peppin, Poll, South Australian, Tasmanian, Type A, and Type B Merino Debouillet Delaine Merino Saxon and Sharlea Merino Rambouillet Northern European Short-Tailed Family Boreray Castlemilk Moorit Finnsheep Gotland Hebridean Icelandic Manx Loaghtan North Ronaldsay Ouessant Romanov Shetland Soay Welsh Hill and Mountain Family Badger Face Welsh Mountain Balwen Welsh Mountain Beulah Speckled Face Black Welsh Mountain Hill Radnor Kerry Hill Llanwenog Lleyn Welsh Hill Speckled Face Welsh Mountain and South Wales Mountain Other Sheep Breeds American Tunis Bleu du Maine British Milk Sheep California Red Charollais Clun Forest Colbred Columbia and Panama Coopworth Cormo Corriedale and Bond Devon Closewool East Friesian Exmoor Horn Galway Gromark Herdwick Ile-de-France Jacob Karakul Montadale Navajo Churro Norfolk Horn Perendale Polwarth Polypay Portland Romeldale and CVM Rouge de l'Ouest Ryeland Targhee Texel Whitefaced Woodland Zwartbles Wider Circles of Sheep The Arcotts: Canadian, Outaouais, and Rideau Dala Faroese Gute Pellsau Racka Roslag Rya Rygya Spelsau Steigar Svardsjo Swedish Finewool Mashams, Mules, and Other Crosses Part 2 Other Species: The Rest of the Menagerie Goats Mohair Cashmere The Goat Crosses Cashgora Pygora PCA Pycazz Nigora Camelids Alpaca Llama Guanaco Vicuna Bactrian Camel Dromedary Camel Other Critters Bison Dog, Wolf, and Cat Fur and Pelt Animals Horse Musk Ox Rabbit: English, French, German, Giant, and Satin Angora Rabbit Yak What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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