The Good Living Guide to Keeping Sheep and Other Fiber

The Good Living Guide to Keeping Sheep and Other Fiber Animals: Housing, Feeding, Shearing, Spinning, Dyeing, and More

A comprehensive and inspiring full-color guide to small-scale fiber farming and wool craftingâ€”from selecting and raising sheep and alpacas to shearing, sorting, combing and spinning.

Fiber craftsâ€”such as knitting, weaving, and crochetingâ€”continue to surge in popularity, with sites like Ravelry (a social media community for the wool obsessed) gaining more than six million members. Artists are seeking quality raw materials in greater numbers. The cottage industry of supplying not only raw fleece, but handcrafted yarns, is strong.

Janet Garman has a small fiber flock (including Pygora fiber goats) and shares her expertise, as well as interviews, tips, and advice from fiber farmers and craftspeople across the country.

She offers the basics of properly raising sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits, with tips on selecting animals, feeding, housing, breeding, and healthcare. From there, instructions are provided for shearing, sorting, skirting, washing, picking, carding, combing, and spinning the wool. Enthusiasts will also find recipes and instructions for natural, plant-based dyes and advice for selling your finished yarn.

The proper care of fiber animals leads to a superior yarn product. Lapses in good care can show up in the fleece. As the demand for quality yarn and fiber grows, more people are becoming concerned with the animalsâ€™ treatment and care. Give your animals a good home and a happy life and enjoy superior fleece and yarn products for your own homestead or to sell.
Country USA
Brand Good Books
Manufacturer Good Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 100 color photographs; 100 Illustrations
ReleaseDate 2019-02-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781680994049

Country	USA
Brand	Good Books
Manufacturer	Good Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	100 color photographs; 100 Illustrations
ReleaseDate	2019-02-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781680994049

The Good Living Guide to Keeping Sheep and Other Fiber Animals: Housing, Feeding, Shearing, Spinning, Dyeing, and More

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