In Sheep's ClothingThis highly readable, authoritative reference provides a comprehensive look at the characteristics of wool of 100 breeds of sheep. Essential reading for handspinners, wool growers, and other fiber craft enthusiasts, this guide gives special attention to fleece characteristics, methods of preparation and spinning, and best end use. Everything from baby-soft merino to silky lincoln to sturdy karakul--the full range of nature's miracle fiber--is represented here with expert advice on selecting top-quality fleeces; cleaning wool efficiently and thoroughly; teasing, flicking, combing, carding, and other preparation methods; and spinning and plying a variety of yarn styles. Actual fleece locks are shown in full-size photographs. Knitting, crochet, weaving, and other techniques illustrate the importance of matching wool type to end use. |
Other editions - View all
In Sheep's Clothing: A Handspinner's Guide to Wool Nola Fournier,Jane Fournier No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
4½-6½ pounds Australia batt blend bobbin Border Leicester butt end carder carding carpet yarns clean Clun Forest coarse coarser colored fleece commercially Coopworth Corriedale crimp crossbred domestic sheep Dorset down-type fleeces drafting drum carder drum-carded English Leicester ewes Exmoor Horn faces and legs Fiber diameter Fleece weight flick carder flick-carded Found free from wool garment grease hair hairy Hand-carding handle Handspinners horns hosiery inches 50 inches 75 kemp kg-3 kg knitwear lambs lazy kate left carder locks longwools luster lustrous meat medium medium-sized Merino mohair natural colors outercoat outerwear Perendale plying pounds 2 kg-3 preparation methods produce Rambouillet rams rectangular remove resilience right carder rolags Romney Scottish Blackface sexes are polled sheep short fibers sliver soft spinner spinning spun stain Staple length suitable Swaledale sweater tapered tips Targhee Teeswater tweeds twist undercoat United Kingdom usually washing white faces wool combs wool fibers woven fabrics yarn Zealand