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Self-Sufficiency: Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving
Essential Guide for Beginners
Seiten
2016
IMM Lifestyle Books (Verlag)
978-1-5048-0038-9 (ISBN)
IMM Lifestyle Books (Verlag)
978-1-5048-0038-9 (ISBN)
In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to spin, dye, and weave their own fabrics.
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.
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, Pecler’s of Paris, Laura Biagiotti, The Royal Opera House, and Aveda Eco Fashion.
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.03.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Self-Sufficiency |
Zusatzinfo | 8 Illustrations, black and white; 65 Illustrations, color |
Verlagsort | East Petersburg |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5048-0038-9 / 1504800389 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5048-0038-9 / 9781504800389 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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