Raising Animals for Fiber (eBook)

Producing Wool from Sheep, Goats, Alpacas, and Rabbits in Your Backyard

Chris McLaughlin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
Companionhouse Books (Verlag)
978-1-62008-325-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Fiber Animals for the Backyard and Hobby Farm Raising backyard fiber animals is rising in popularity, as more and more people seek traditional textiles for yarn-focused crafts like knitting, crocheting, and weaving, as well as spinning, embroidery, needlepoint, needle felting, wet felting, and fiber dying. This book offers an essential reference for anyone who is considering their own production of animal fibers. Author and fiber farmer Chris McLaughlin provides a comprehensive introduction to raising livestock for wool. With practical information for the aspiring beginner, Chris helps you to decide which species will best serve your own lifestyle criteria and needs. Inside Raising Animals for Fiber · Comprehensive guide to raising sheep, goats, angora rabbits, and alpacas · Practical information on housing, fencing, feed, grooming, shearing, plucking, basic health care, breeding and birthing. · Comparison of popular breeds and how their fiber differs from breed to breed. · Frank discussion of the energy and commitment that it takes to raise livestock, and how much room and land each animal species will need. · Essential biosecurity practices to prevent spreading pests and infectious animal diseases. · Advice on hand spinning and crafts to utilize your homegrown fiber.

Chris McLaughlin is the author of eight books written about her life passions; gardening and small livestock. Her work can be found in Fine Gardening Magazine, Hobby Farm Home Magazine, Urban Farm Magazine, The Heirloom Gardener Magazine, and Mother Earth Living. Online, she's been a staff blogger for Finegardening.com, About.com, Fix.com, From Scratch Magazine, and many more websites. Chris is currently secretary of The Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association. She and her family enjoy an active and entertaining life on their flower and fiber farm in the Northern California foothills where they grow flowers commercially and Angora goats.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.9.2019
• Verlagsort: Mount Joy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: alpaca owners association • Alpacas • Angora • angora rabbits • animal fibers • animal housing • animals • backyard farm • backyard fiber animal • biosecurity • biosecurity practices • birthing • Breeding • chris mclaughlin • creating textiles • crocheting • Embroidery • Farm • farm biosecurity • Farmer • feed • Fencing • fencing|fiber animals • fiber animals • fiber artist • fiber dying • fiber farm • fiber farmer • fiber farmer how to raise alpacas • Goats • Grooming • handmade arts • handmade crafts • hand spinning • hobby farm • homegrown fiber • how to raise alpacas • how to raise alpacas for fiber • how to raise alpacas for wool • how to raise angora rabbits • how to raise angora rabbits for fiber • how to raise angora rabbits for wool • how to raise animals • how to raise animals for fiber • how to raise animals for wool • how to raise goats • how to raise goats for fiber • how to raise goats for wool • how to raise livestock • how to raise livestock for fiber • how to raise livestock for wool • how to raise rabbits • how to raise rabbits for fiber • how to raise rabbits for wool • how to raise sheep • how to raise sheep for fiber • how to raise sheep for wool • introduction to fiber farming • Knitting • livestock • Mohair • needle felting • needlepoint • plucking • rabbits • raising alpacas • raising alpacas for fiber • raising alpacas for wool • raising angora rabbits • raising angora rabbits for fiber • raising angora rabbits for wool • raising animals • raising animals for fiber • raising animals for wool • raising goats • raising goats for fiber • raising goats for wool • raising livestock • raising livestock for fiber • raising livestock for wool • raising rabbits • raising rabbits for fiber • raising rabbits for wool • raising sheep • raising sheep for fiber • raising sheep for wool • Shearing • Sheep • small livestock • Spinning • Textiles • Traditional textiles • weaving • Wet felting • Wool • Yarn • yarn focused crafts
• ISBN-10: 1-62008-325-6 / 1620083256
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62008-325-3 / 9781620083253