A guide to more than 200 breeds and the fibres they produce for knitting, spinning, and weaving. Suitable for crafters and animal raisers, it offers information on the characteristics of these fibre-producing breeds, as well as the qualities of the fibres, their history, and their potential uses.
FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand NewThis visual guide to more than 200 breeds and the fibres they produce for knitting, spinning, and weaving is the ultimate browsing book for crafters and animal raisers. It offers an unusual combination of information on the characteristics of each fibre-producing breed, as well as the unique qualities of each fibre, its history, and its potential uses. It covers almost every sheep breed in the world - the longwool breeds of the United Kingdom, the Tasmanian merino, the Navajo churro, the northern European Faroese and dozens and dozens more. It also includes goats (mohair and cashmere of course); camelids, such as alpacas, llamas, and vicunas; bison; horses; musk oxen; rabbits; and, even dogs. Readers will find everything they want to know about each animal and its fibre, including the fibre's colour, density, strength, and staple length, and recommendations for processing and using it. They'll also find expert information on breed conservation and heritage breed propagation; easy-to-use charts and boxes for quick reference; and, a comprehensive resource section.
As the Prince of Wales turned fifty at the end of 1998, the media focused on the publication of 'Charles: Victim or Villain?', Penny Junor's controversial biography of the heir to England's throne. Directing the spotlight onto the three peopl in the Royal marriage, this book has turned popular understanding on it's head. But although Junor's unique insight into these endlessly intriguing relationships caused fierce speculation, even outrage, nothing has been denied, nobody has disputed that this is the true portrait of a marriage. Sourced from those closest to the Prince, the Princess and Camilla some of whom have never spoken before Penny Junor explodes and explains the popular myths. The result is a provocative new portrait of the man who will be King. The snappiest book to appear in the wake of last year's orgy of excitementEVENING STANDARD A fair-minded rejoinder to Andrew Morton's credulous Diana bookGUARDIAN
Deborah Robson is a writer, editor, visual and textile artist, and book designer, as well as the owner of Nomad Press, a small publishing company. She was cofounder with Judy Fort Brenneman of Greenfire Creative.
Part 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
A comprehensive manual for the wool aficionado. Packed with photos and detailed fiber properties, it covers every breed of sheep you are likely to encounter and then some.
Two experts, one a farmer and livestock guru, the other a fiber magazine editor, join brains to produce this resource for yarn crafters. Far from drab and dreary, Robson and Ekarius enliven the pictures and descriptions of about 200 breeds of sheep, inserting critical information and fun facts. Well written and researched, a reference for all ages. Starred review-- Craftzine
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