Table of Contents

Dedication
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Timeline
PART I - The Raw Materials

CHAPTER ONE - Plant Fibres
CHAPTER TWO - Plant Fibres
CHAPTER THREE - Animal Fibres
CHAPTER FOUR - Silk

PART TWO - Processing

CHAPTER FIVE - Spinning
CHAPTER SIX - Weaving
CHAPTER SEVEN - Felting
CHAPTER EIGHT - Knitting

PART THREE - Surface Decoration

CHAPTER NINE - Dyeing
CHAPTER TEN - Printing and Painting
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Embroidery

PART FOUR - The Industrial Revolution

CHAPTER TWELVE - The Industrial Revolution

PART FIVE - Textiles in the Modern World

CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Man-made Fibres
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Fibre Art
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Literary Textiles – Quotes, Metaphors etc.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Care of Textiles

Glossary
Textile Places of Interest
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index