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Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
«Given 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!»
John Hodgman, actor, humorist, and author of Vacationland
A 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.
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A 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.
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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Abrams Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781419735318
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 21 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«Given 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!»
John Hodgman, actor, humorist, and author of Vacationland
«“While I laughed and loved Clara's prose, I was left with so much more. It's actually a lovely and melancholy look at an American industry that's quickly changing, and a beautiful story of the people who are sacrificing to maintain it."»
Judy Greer, actor, director, and author of I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star
«“Long before social media cluttered every corner of our existence, Parkes’s conversational 411 about new yarns and interesting pattern designs forged connections among far-flung knitters, who discovered they were a global community rather than lone practitioners of a cozy hobby they’d learned from Mom.”»
Kathy Blumenstock, The Washington Post
«“Quite possibly the only writer you will ever read who can make a discussion of micron counts absolutely riveting.”»
Mary Mooney, The Oregonian
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