Publisher's Synopsis
A Comprehensive Classic Guide to Fabric Textiles and Fibers for DIY Spinning & Dyeing!
This deluxe reprint Legacy Edition of Paul N. Hasluck's All About Traditional Textile Fabrics For DIY Spinning, Weaving, And Dyeing (previously published as "Textile Fabrics And Their Preparation For Dyeing" in 1906) is full of old-time tips and methods for learning the traditional approaches to textiles, fabric making, spinning fibers, and preparing cloth for fabric coloring in the traditional way. Originally published in 1906, this handy little guide touches on every aspect of traditionally used textiles, including information on plants and their growth, animal sources of fiber (e.g., wool and silk), structural information on fibers, and how to prepare fibers for turning them into cloth and dyeing.
Hasluck describes many essential aspects of textile growth and processing, including cotton, flax, jute, wool, and silk. Hasluck also describes the bleaching and mercerising processes for textiles, as well as how to scour and bleach wool and silk. Finally, a brief discussion on fabric dyeing is provided to readers on how to traditionally process fibers for their eventual coloring. This knowledge is invaluable to handcrafters, DIY textile spinners and yarn-makers, and traditionalists!
This book makes a perfect gift for aspiring or expert textile makers, spinners, home fabric dyers, DIYers, traditional crafters, homesteaders, and handcrafters of all kinds!
A part of the Hasluck's Traditional Skills Library: Volume 8
This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of All About Traditional Textile Fabrics For DIY Spinning, Weaving, And Dyeing is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge for years to come.
About the Doublebit Press Legacy Edition Reprint Collection
Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. But sometimes, remembering the old ways of doing things gives a human component to handcrafts and traditional arts. With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency!
As a part of the Doublebit Press Legacy Edition Reprints Collection, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any homesteader's, handcrafter's, or outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations.
