Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
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2019
Abrams Press (Verlag)
978-1-4197-3531-8 (ISBN)
Abrams Press (Verlag)
978-1-4197-3531-8 (ISBN)
A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent
transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the
people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way
Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of
characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers
without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and
our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock
of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in
Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a
working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped,
and turned into skeins.
In pursuit of the perfect yarn, Parkes describes a brush with the
dangers of opening a bale (they can explode), and her adventures from
Maine to Wisconsin (“the most knitterly state”) and back again; along
the way, she presents a behind-the-scenes look at the spinners,
scourers, genius inventors, and crazy-complex mill machines that
populate the yarn-making industry. By the end of the book, you’ll be
ready to set aside the backyard chickens and add a flock of sheep
instead. Simply put, no other book exists that explores American culture
through the lens of wool.
transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the
people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way
Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of
characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers
without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and
our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock
of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in
Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a
working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped,
and turned into skeins.
In pursuit of the perfect yarn, Parkes describes a brush with the
dangers of opening a bale (they can explode), and her adventures from
Maine to Wisconsin (“the most knitterly state”) and back again; along
the way, she presents a behind-the-scenes look at the spinners,
scourers, genius inventors, and crazy-complex mill machines that
populate the yarn-making industry. By the end of the book, you’ll be
ready to set aside the backyard chickens and add a flock of sheep
instead. Simply put, no other book exists that explores American culture
through the lens of wool.
Author of six books, including the New York Times bestselling Knitlandia, Clara Parkes has dedicated her life to figuring out what makes yarn tick—and finding the right words to write about it. Through her writings, workshops, and appearances, Clara champions the notion of paying closer attention to what you knit and where it came from. She lives in Portland, Maine.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 350 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| Technik | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4197-3531-4 / 1419735314 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4197-3531-8 / 9781419735318 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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