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Chargement... Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Woolpar Clara Parkes
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The writing was okay and the author's journey through the sourcing, spinning, and dyeing of wool was okay. Not great, just okay. The publisher added an annoying restatement of what was perhaps thought to be profound (it wasn't) and added bold and large sentences directly from the text on various pages. This added absolutely nothing. Some interesting things to learn about the history of spinning and dyeing wool yarn were shared and kept me interested in finishing the book. ( ) Clara Parkes is well-known in the fiber arts world for her knowledge of fibers used to make yarn, and the process of spinning and dyeing fiber. Her books, The Knitter’s Book of Yarn and The Knitter’s Book of Socks, are on my reference shelf. Parkes has emerged as an advocate for the wool industry, no doubt influenced by the experiences chronicled in Vanishing Fleece. Clara Parkes spent about a year working with different spinners and dyers to turn a 676-pound bale of fleece into yarn. The bale was divided into fourths with different partners processing each portion. Working with both small- and large-scale operations, she took an active role in production and was able to observe the process, get to know the people involved, and learn about the challenges facing the American wool and textile industries. Four very different types of yarn emerged, each with its own benefits and flaws. I really enjoyed her narrative style and the way she brought the process to life. Since publishing this book Parkes has launched The Wool Channel, a free newsletter with more perks available for patrons. While wool remains a declining industry worldwide, there are glimmers of hope as new uses are found, and as consumers begin to appreciate the benefits of moving away from synthetic fibers, for the environment as well as overall comfort. I have no idea where I heard about this one, and now I am wondering if it was an Audible Daily Deal at some point. It's fascinating and completely charming. The author narrates it herself and does and excellent job - and I am very picky about my narrators. This is an examination of the American wool industry and why it is slowly vanishing. She starts with the sheep, and takes you all the way through her journey of turning a bale of fleece into marketable yarn. She divides up her fleece and some it goes through independent mills and some through highly commercial ones. She does the same thing when it comes to dying it. She asks great questions and makes you care about what the answers are, all the while making the journey a highly entertaining one. A fun look behind the scenes of the American wool industry. The author is a well-known knitting expert. She's offered an opportunity to work with a 700 pound bale of raw wool. She takes us on a journey through wool processing from shearing to cleaning to yarn spinning to dyeing and finally to a finished product made with the dyed wool. She returns a few times to a question she asked of a sheep rancher: How can we save the wool industry? The answer: Use more wool. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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