Title:
Vanishing fleece : adventures in American wool / Clara Parkes.
ISBN:
9781419735318
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Abrams Press, 2019.
Physical Description:
184 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Wool harvest -- Double bubble bale and trouble -- Infiltrating Big Wool -- Moving bodies -- Ready to roll - Bartlett bound -- The Stradivarius of salvage -- Journey to the heart of the Madder -- Rust Belt revival -- Tree house confessions -- Saved by the ball -- Halloween spooktacular at the haunted dyehouse -- Casting off.
Summary:
Clara Parkes presents a fast-paced account of the year she spent transforming a 676-pound bale of wool into commercial yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way.
OCLC Number:
on1086015604
Availability:
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