Moreno, Jillian
Summary: "Create your dream yarn! Discover the pleasures of designing and building custom-made yarn by spinning it yourself, choosing everything from color to feel and gauge. Jillian Moreno leads you through every step of yarn construction, with detailed instructions and step-by-step photos showing you how to select the fiber you want (wool, cotton, silk, synthetic), establish a foundation, and spin a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.1 MORLarson, Kate
Summary: "All you need to know about spinning wool--from sheep to knits! Spinners have been creating beautiful yarns from wool for thousands of years, but we still have unanswered questions. How do you choose a fleece? Should you process your fleece by hand or send it to a mill? What kind of prepared fibers are available, and what should you do with them? Fiber artist and shepherdess Kate Larson answers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.1 LARDePaola, Tomie
Summary: A shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1974
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEPGibson, Brenda.
Summary: "Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, this book will inspire you to get spinning. It starts with the basics and moves through all aspects of spinning until you are producing your own beautiful and functional yarns. Then you can tackle the craft projects at the back of the book using your own unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.1 GibsonLloyd, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potter Craft 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.12 LLOBrown, Rachel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf : distributed by Random House 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.1 BROHecht, Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.1 HECWalsh, Penny.
Summary: Weaving your own textiles is a rewarding activity that comes with the added benefit of knowing that the entire process can be done by hand, with little outside energy. This handbook, with detailed, full-color illustrations, explores where different fibers come from, how to grow and harvest them, and how to prepare them for spinning, dyeing, and weaving. The principles of spinning are explained,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.12 WALCrockett, Candace
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.12 CROVogel, Lynne
Contents: Yarn into fabric -- The knitter fitter system -- Up-and-down construction -- Side-to-side construction -- Variations -- Our projects -- Gallery of other variations -- Abbreviations -- Glossary of techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 VOGCrolius, Kendall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 1997
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Summary: Introduces the processes of spinning and dying yarn and explains how to match homespun fiber and yarn to knitted projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 JOHAnderson, Sarah (Sarah B.)
Summary: An experienced, award-winning crafter offers step-by-step instructions for spinning your own yarn, explaining the process of working with fleece and how to manipulate and combine the fibers for creating 80 different types of yarn, from mohair boucle to supercoils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.14 ANDSmith, Beth
Summary: Provides information about the wool shorn from twenty-one different breeds of sheep, noting the characteristics, history, structure, grease content, and fiber diameter of each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub Co 2014