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Vanishing Fleece : Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-101419735314
ISBN-139781419735318
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038573138
Product Key Features
Book TitleVanishing Fleece : Adventures in American Wool
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicNeedlework / Knitting, General, Fiber Arts & Textiles
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Crafts & Hobbies
AuthorClara Parkes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-958831
ReviewsGiven my hatred of puns, I absolutely do not want to say Clara Parkes spins an incredible yarn, but how else to describe this incredible book? Parkes is the Marc Kurlansky of wool!
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal338.4767731
SynopsisA 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.
LC Classification NumberMLCS 2021/45259 (H)
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- Aug 17, 2021
A Knitter's Delight
This book was very enjoyable. A must read for knitters who want to understand the progress of the sheep to wool history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
