New Zealand THE WOOLCRAFT BOOK-Spinning-Dyeing-Weaving

 

~ THE WOOLCRAFT BOOK ~
Spinning Dyeing Weaving
by Constance Jackson & Judith Plowman

This New Zealand book from 1982 is aimed at beginners but anyone interested in the three crafts will find valuable information here. It contains numerous photos - both colour and black & white - as well as drawings and is a comprehensive sourcebook. The contents are as follows:

1. Spinning Wheels: Buying a spinning wheel - How a spinning wheel works - Care of your spinning wheel - Other equipment needed for spinning

2. The World of Wool: Choosing your first fleece - Wool for spinning - Sheep breeds - Sorting a fleece

3. Washing and Storing Wool: To wash or not to wash before spinning - Standard wash for fleece - Washing Merino and Halfbred woold - Washing spun wool - Preshrink and softening processes for knitting wool - Storing fleece

4. Preparation of Wool for Spinning: Teasing - Combing - Flick carding - Hand carding - Drum carding - Putting an electric motor on a drum carder

5. Spinning Part 1: Learning to Spin: Drafting - Treadling - Drive ratio - The leader and tensioning - Spinning a continuous thread

6. Plying for Plain Knitting Wool: Plying - Problems with Plying - Examining your knitting wool

7. Knitting with Handspun Wool: Comparison with millspun wool - Knitting needles - Tension sampling - Knitting patterns - Making a pattern for a raglan jersey - Knitting a jersey with a Fair Isle yoke on circular needles

8. Spinning Part 2: More Advanced Spinning: A summary of drafting methods - Worsted and woollen spun yarns - Spinning a worsted thread using the short draft - Spinning a woolly-worsted using the medium draft - Spinning a woollen thread using the long draw - Spinning to suit the fleece - Spinning for maximum efficiency or production spinning - Construction and design of yarns - Spinner's gossip

9. Dyeing Wool: General dyeing equipment - Synthetic dyes - Dye colours - Recipe and method - Mixing colours, basic rules - Plant dyes - Mordants and mordanting - Plants, preparation and proportion - Dyeing methods - Tests for fading - Dyes from trees, garden flowers, vegetables, weeds, native plants, lichens - Dyer's gossip

10. Weaving: Equipment for weaving - Loom types - Buying a table loom - Buying a treadle loom - Reeds - Heddles - Other accessories

11. Yarns and Sett: Yarn - Yarn counts - The sett of the cloth - Estimating sett

12. Getting Ready to Weave: Planning the warp - Making a warp - Raddling - Beaming - Threading - Sleying - Making the front tie - Quick reference guide for dressing the loom

13. Learning to Use a Loom: Weaving a heading - Checking for errors - Work in progress - Some problems - Selvedges - Shuttles and bobbin winding - The weaver and the loom

14. Finishing the Cloth: Mending - Washing - Fulling - Drying

15. Projects for New Weavers: Reading drafts - Ten projects for table looms - Ten projects for treadle looms

16. Weaver's Fancy: Postscript for the rigid-heddle loom - Four lace weaves - Four surface interest techniques - Postscript for the four-shaft loom - Warping with two threads - Making a raddling cross - Time saving tips - Making a draw-down

17. Handspun Warp and Weft: Spinning the yarn - Making the warp - Sizing the warp - Suggestions for weaving - Problems in finishing

Appendices:
A. Yarn Counts (Old System)
B. The Sheep of Great Britain, South Africa, Australia and the United States of America
C. Booklist
D. Glossary of Weaving Terms

Condition: this is a softcover book. The cover is mainly good with light surface scuffs and a little cornerwear. There is a little damage at the bottom of the spine on the front that is covered with a piece of clear tape (see above scan) but the book is nice and tight. The inside is very good apart from the top corner but off the first page and a former shop stamp on the same page.
Publisher: William Collins Publishers Ltd, New Zealand, 1982 softcover of 1980 first publication.
ISBN: 0-00-216592-9 / 0002165929.
Size: 18.8 by 25.3cm : 7½ by 10 inches.
Pages: 192.
Weight: 755g.
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