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Self-Sufficiency: Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving
Penny Walsh
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Description for Self-Sufficiency: Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving
Paperback. In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to spin, dye, and weave their own fabrics. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 302 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to make their own fabrics. 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 dyestuffs, 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.
In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to make their own fabrics. 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 dyestuffs, 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.
Product Details
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
East Petersburg, United States
ISBN
9781504800389
SKU
V9781504800389
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Penny Walsh
Penny Walsh is the author of Yarn: How to Understand, Design and Use Yarn. A visiting lecturer in textile arts at several colleges in the U.K., Penny teaches and researches traditional techniques of dyeing and spinning, using ecologically sound ingredients and renewable sources. Part of the design group AO Textiles, she has worked on fabrics and yarns for Jean Muir, ... Read more
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