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Carol Kroll:
The Whole Craft of Spinning
From the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn
Heft, ca. DinA4, 48 Seiten, 43 s/w Zeichnungen,
Dover Publications, 1981, ISBN 0-486-23968-3
Inhalt
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I - The Story of Spinning(early hand spinning, handspindles, spinning wheels,)
II - Preparing the Fiber for Spinning(selecting the fiber, sorting, washing, adding oil, carding)
III - Spinning with the Drop Spindle(attaching the lead, and joinging up; Spinning)
IV - Spinning on the Treadle Wheel(attaching the lead, and joining up; spinning a woolen yarn; spinning a worsted yarn; problem beginners have)
V - Finishing the Yarn(winding the yarn, plying the yarn, washing the yarn, storage of homespun yarn)
VI - Obtaining a Spinning Wheel(how to shop for an old wheel, how to buy a new wheel, making your own spinning wheel)
VII - Spinning Other Animal Fibers(dog and cat combings, goat hair, camel hair and down, deer and antelope hair, cow and horse hair, angora and other types of rabbit fur, other fur-bearing animals, human hair, fibers from birds)
VIII - Spinning Other Fibers(flax, cotton, silk, jute, hemp, manila hemp, ramie, sisal, java cotton, cair, raffia, corn silks, milkweed floss, dandelion fluff, cattail fluff, thistle down, cottonwood fluff, synthetic fibers)
IX - Making Novelty YarnsX - Using Your Homespun Yarns(weaving, knitting and crocheting, needlepoint and embroidery, macramé)
Bibliography and Sources of Supply