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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction: Spinning Rare Fibers
Chapter One: A Rare and Luxurious Excess
Down Undercoats
Very Wild Downs
Mother Nature Gets a Helping hand
Chapter Two: The Magical Factory
A Little Fiber Science
The Follicle Factory
Is it Wool or Is It Hair?
How the Different Fibers Work Together
Crimp and How It’s Formed
A Spinner’s Perspective: Why Does Wool Science Matter?
The Comfort Factor
The Importance of Crimp
Chapter Three: The Cast of Characters
The Wild Downs
Camel
Musk Ox
Bison
Yak
The Not-So-Wild Downs
Cashmere
Designer Downs
English Angora Rabbit
Vicuña and Paco-Vicuña
Pygora
Chapter Four: Gathering Rare Fibers
How They Come
What to Look For and What to Avoid
Scurf
Dehairing
The Dreaded Nepps
Hunting for the Rare and Luxurious
Fiber Shows
Breed Associations
On the Internet
On Travels
Chapter Five: Rare Fibers in Your Hands
Washing Rare Downs
Sorting Raw Fiber
Dehairing by Hand
Carding Rare Fibers
HandCarding
DrumCarding
Protecting Rare Fibers
Fiber Storage
Chapter Six: Rare and Blended
Why Blend?
Synergy
Economy and Scarcity
Improved Spinning Ability
Changing the Hand, Adding Structure
Blending Techniques
By Hand
With Tools
By Marling
Ply and Cable Blends
Chapter Seven: Spinning Rare and Precious Fibers
On a Spindle
Supported Spindle
High-Whorl Spindle
On a Wheel
Pulleys: How They Work
Adjusting Your Wheel
Ready to Spin
Semiwoolen
True Woolen
Worsted
Practice, Practice, Practice
Chapter Eight: The Wild Side of Rare Fibers
Encasement Yarn
Spinning Encasement Yarn
Bernat’s Beautiful Yarn
Spinning Bernat Yarn
Garnetting: Reused and Recycled
Making Garnetted Yarn
Bouclé
Spinning Bouclé Yarn
Plying Bouclé Yarn
Chapter Nine: Knitting and Weaving with Rare Fibers
Knitting with Rare-Fiber Yarns
Consistency
Yarn Structure and Knitting
Singles
Two-Ply
Three or More Plies
Cabled
Finishing Knitting Yarns
Fulling Knitting Yarns
Weaving with Rare-Fiber Yarns
Chapter Ten: Dyeing Rare Fibers
A Little Dye Science
Dyeing Rare Fibers
Dyeing Raw Fiber
Dyeing Skeins
Dyeing Fabric
Synthetic Dyes
Nature-Based Dyes
Cochineal
Indigo
Osage
Overdyeing
Acknowledgments
Marketing Page
Copyright
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