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WOOL sa CARDING & COMBING FIBER sa CASHMERE sa GOAT WOOL sa LLAMA WOOL sa OX WOOL sa WOOL DYEING sa WOOL PREPARATION & SPINNING x FLEECE (SHEEP) xx SHEEP xx TEXTILE How to weave with unspun wool. Step-by-step instructions for sorting and washing the fleece, carding the wool, and weaving the unspun wool into rugs or blankets. How to select a desirable fleece for handspinning. Includes a chart listing the fleece characteristics of 24 different breeds. How to wash (scour) a wool fleece before or after spinning. How to make wool batting for quilts. Guidelines on washing handwoven woolen items. A guide to devices to aid in wool processing. Tip: How to make "boiled wool" fabric. Evaluating fleece and selecting wool for handspinning. Includes table arranged by breed of sheep. Polwarth, a description of the fleece, its preparation and spinning qualities. Lincoln Longwool. A look at the fleece characteristics of Lincoln sheep and how to prepare it. Fleece in the hands of a New Zealand spinner. A guide to selection, processing and storage of a fleece. Wool production from small flocks of sheep. Tips on buying wool from American producers. A handspinner's guide to fleece selection and evaluation. Wool: Tips on choosing a domestic and a British fleece. Wool: From fleece to knitting yarn. Nory Young's "magic elixir" for washing any kind of wool. Techniques, ingredents and problems with wool scouring. Claim that washing soda harms wool is disputed. Other chemicals that will damage the fibers are noted in this letter to the editor. A guide to Corriedale fleece and suggestions on preparing it for spinning. Know your sheep breeds. Scottish Blackface. General information on the breed, tips on choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. Know your sheep breeds. Merino. Basic information on the breed, choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. Icelandic sheep. A guide to their fleece, its preparation and spinning. Know your sheep breeds. Romney. Basic information on the breed, on choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. How to process and spin Sharlea Merino wool. Know your sheep breeds. Lincoln. General information on the breed, on choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. How to process and spin Montadale and Icelandic fleece. Know your sheep breeds: Rambouillet. Tips on the breed, on choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. Know Your Sheep Breeds: Corriedale. Tips on the breed, choosing a fleece and spinning pointers. Tips on scouring Cormo fleece. Boiled-wool fabrics. Includes spinning considerations, boiling methods and the fulling process. A good fleece. Photos and descriptions provide a guide to handspinners on what to look for. Includes a glossary of terms. Fiber preparation techniques when working with Cashmere and Cashgora. Examines de-hairing, making a puni, bowing, combing and making a mini-hackle from two dog combs. Tips on techniques for washing fleece. Know Your Sheep Breeds: Coopworth. Gives tips on the breed, and on choosing and spinning a fleece. A quick method for washing fine wool. Primitive Norwegian sheep. A look at the breed and tips on spinning the fleece, which contains both course guard hairs and an inner layer of wool. Tips on using hair care products on fleece. Looks at using shampoo, cream rinse, tangle-free spray, hair spray and dyes. A look at the three kinds of yellow discoloration that can occur in fleece wool and some suggestions on dealing with them. Know Your Sheep Breeds: Karakul. Tips on the breed, fleece selection and spinning pointers. Know your sheep breeds. Tips on choosing a Jacob fleece and pointers on spinning it into yarn. Know your sheep breeds. Tips on choosing and spinning a Border Leicester fleece. Galway sheep, an introduction to the breed and tips on handling and spinning a Galway fleece. Tips on handprocessing and spinning black Finn wool. Know your sheep breeds. Border Cheviot. Tips on selecting a fleece and spinning the wool. Know your sheep breeds. California Red. Tip on how to have cleaner fleece from lambs. Fiber basics. Finnsheep. Yarn details and fabric designs for three samples. (1) Three-ply Finnwool yarn used to knit a fabric with a diamond surface pattern. (2) Two-ply Finn and mohair yarn knittted in stockinette with a leaf and vine pattern. (3) Plain wool singles and Finn/mohair boucle is woven in a windowpane check. Choosing the right wool. How the type of wool and its fineness, crimp, length, luster, color and strength affects the finished product. Fine, medium or coarse? A low-tech, practical guide to wool types. Targhee sheep. Their fleece and how to work with it. Includes yarn details and fabric designs for three samples. (1) Two-ply yarn knitted in stockinette. (2) Three-ply yarn knitted in a cabled lace pattern. (3) Singles woven in a plaid fabric in 2/2/ twill. English Leicester sheep, their fleece and how to spin it. Includes three samples with yarn details and fabric designs. (1) Three-ply yarn woven in Krokbragd. (2) Two-ply yarn cardwoven as a band. (3) Two-ply yarn knitted in stockinette stitch with an iris motif. Shetland sheep, their fleece and how to work with it. Includes yarn details and fabric designs for three samples. (1) Two-ply blended Shetland/Corriedale yarn is knitted in Fair Isle patterns. (2) Singles Shetland wool blended with silk noil is woven in eight-shaft point twill. (3) Worsted two-ply yarn is knitted in a traditional Shetland lace pattern called "Madeira and Diamond." The Cormo sheep, its fleece characteristics and how to prepare and spin the wool. Yarn details and fabric designs for three samples. (1) Two-ply yarn knitted in a chevron pattern. (2) Wool-silk-angora blend is spun in to a single and woven in a Dornick twill. (3) Four-ply yarn is knitted in an oblique fabric stitch. Clun Forest sheep, their fleece and how to work with it. Three yarn and swatch samples are described. (1) Singles yarn in a goose-eye block weave. (2) Two-ply yarn is knitted in a simple cable pattern. (3) Mohair and Clun Forest blend three-ply is knitted in a cob nut stitch. Columbia sheep, their fleece and how to work with it. Three yarn and swatch samples described. (1) Two-ply yarn knitted in a zigzag eyelet pattern. (2) Two-ply yarn in darkest and lightest shades of gray woven in a checked plain weave. (3) Silk and Columbia blend yarn knitted in Nosegay pattern. Montadale wool. A description of the fleece, its preparation and instructions for making three sample swatches from Montadale yarn. (1) Knitted in stockinette stitch with a seed-stitch border. (2) Crocheted in a knurl-and-cable pattern on a foundation of single crochet. (3) Knitted in daisy stitch. Rambouillet wool. The basics of preparing and spinning it and instructions for making three samples from Rambouillet yarn. (1) Knitted in stockinette stitch with a center panel of Chinese Lace pattern. (2) Knitted in Horseshoe pattern lace. (3) Handwoven in Norse Huck-a-Back pattern. Soay, Stone Age fiber. The history of Soay sheep, a description of the wool and advice on how to prepare and spin it. Wensleydale fleece. A description of how to prepare and spin this fine, lustrous British longwool. Polwarth, an Australian breed based on 3/4 Merino and 1/4 longwood genetics. Detailed information on processing and spinning the fleece. About wool. A description of its structure, characteristics, fineness measurement, types of yarn and fleece. Texel wool, the fleece and three yarn and swatch samples described. Includes instructions for knitting the Fancy Lozenge pattern, the Irish Knot and the Aircell Blanket Stitch. Hampshire sheep, their fleece and how to work with it. Yarn and swatch details on three samples. (1) Three-ply yarn knitted in a Tangled Cables pattern. (2) Three-ply yarn knitted in Gull Wings pattern. (3) Combed fiber, spun worsted-style and plied for hooking. The design potential of Jacob fleece which produces white, black and gray fiber on a single animal. Projects using handspun Jacob fleece include (1) Shawl of Many Colors woven in eight-shaft twill, (2) Small Pocket for Dreams worked in nalbinded technique, (3) a crocheted shawl worked in scalloped pattern rows, (4) a felted vest with petroglyph motifs, and (5) fan-shaped accents to knit and applique on a sweater. Tunis sheep, their fleece and its qualities. Three yarn and design samples described. (1) Three-ply yarn knitted in four-stitch cable. (2) Two-ply yarn crocheted in shell stitch. (3) Two-ply yarn knitted in a lacy Madeira Mesh Diamond pattern. Rare wools from rare sheep. Part 1. A focused tour of breeds and fiber. Icelandic wool fiber basics. How to wash, prepare and spin it. Includes four samples. (1) A soft-spun three-ply yarn with woolly-worsted draw that is soft enough for knitted and wove outer garments. (2) A soft-spun single yarn woven in a four-shaft twill. (3) Outer locks spun using a short worsted draw and used to make a 16-strand braid. (4) Undercoat spun into moderately well-twisted singles and knitted in a diamond-motif lace. Dorset Down fiber basics. Fleece preparation and spinning for three samples described. (1) Three-ply yarn spun from flick-carded locks is used to knit a windowpane pattern with a bobble border. (2) Two-ply yarn is knitted in a Blackberry Bobble pattern. (3) Two-ply yarn from very short yarn is crocheted in a cellular pattern appropriate for a blanket. The fiber basics of Bluefaced Leicester sheep. Advice on working with the fleece and three yarn and swatch samples. (1) Yarn spun with a long draw is knitted in a traditional Guernsey pattern. (2) Two-ply yarn knitted in Drooping Elm Leaf lace. (3) Sliver, knitted directly without spinning, is then felted and embroidered with a floral peasant motif. Fiber basics of Cotswold fleece. Advice on preparing and spinning Cotswold wool and yarn and swatch details for three samples. (1) Three-ply sock yarn. (2) Four-ply yarn for a heavy knitted jacket. (3) Two-ply yarn used in cardweaving. Includes two-color cardwoven band pattern. (4) A firmly twisted four-ply yarn for use in needlepoint. A guide to selecting and evaluating a fleece for handspinning. Includes instructions for scouring, sorting and carding. Tips on how to wash a greasy wool fleece. A method of preshrinking wool yardage at home that leaves the fabric evenly relaxed and unwrinkled. How to make quilt batting from wool fleece. Wisconsin sheep farmer describes her operation and shares tips on shearing, sorting the fleece, spinning and washing the yarn. "Soft tailoring," techniques used in tailoring a jacket for a woman. Includes instruction for preshrinking woolen fabric, for edging the canvas interfacing with muslin, and for making bound buttonholes. | |||||||||
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