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Adventures in yarn farming : four seasons on a New England fiber farm / Barbara Parry ; photography by Ben Barnhart.
A knitting book focusing on the sheep-to-shawl process by a well-known knitter, shepherd, and artisanal yarn producer. Gain an insider's view on fiber farming and yarn craft, from sheep to skein, all told through the eyes of shepherd and textile artisan Barbara Parry. Follow her flock over the course of a year and discover all the facets of life with sheep: from shearing day and lambing season, to preparing fiber for yarn. Along the way you'll find projects for the fiber obsessed by top knitwear designers, essays on country life, and over 100 photographs. With the growing locavore movement, the rising trend in sustainable farming, and the ever-increasing interest in crafting, this book is perfect for those who yearn for a closer connection to a rural lifestyle and who enjoy making things by hand.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781590308233 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1590308239 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: ix, 310 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Roost Books, [2013], ℗♭2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Includes projects for spinning, dyeing, knitting, and weaving"--Cover. Maps on lining papers. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Casting on -- The road to Springdelle Farm -- Flocking -- Spring -- Good fibrations -- The ideas of March -- Springdelle jacket -- Lamb watch -- The full lamb moon -- Jammies for lambies -- Troubleshooting lams -- Lamb-pedes and a llama -- Summer -- Hay-lelujah! -- Cutting the apron strings -- Grazing days -- The kitchen garden -- A summer meal from the kitchen garden -- Lavender harvest -- Lavender pillows -- Bridge of flowers cardigan -- Fun with tractors -- Hay day -- Fall -- At the mill -- The zen of dyeing -- Dyeing and hand spinning a self-striping yarn -- Field and sky woven tablet cozy -- The ram is half the sweater -- Goats are born looking for trouble -- Dyeing, combing, and spinning mohair -- Sundance scarf -- New York State Sheep and Wool Festival -- In a wild place -- Wildwood cabled pullover -- Winter -- Gathering the flock -- Ice storm -- Winter solstice -- Solstice hat -- Snowshoe shepherd -- Dip-dyed yarn -- Full snow moon cowl and mitts -- In the sugar bush -- Sumac mittens -- Binding off -- Abbreviation -- Glossary -- Guidelines for safely dyeing yarn and fiber. |
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| Subject: | Parry, Barbara. Sheep farming > Massachusetts > Anecdotes. Wool. Farm life > Massachusetts > Anecdotes. |
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