Fiber Gathering: Knit, Crochet, Spin, and Dye More than 20 Projects Inspired by America's Festivals
by Joanne Seiff
- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Wiley (March 9, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 047028935X
If you've never been to a fiber festival, Joanne Seiff's Fiber Gathering is a fun place to start. Joanne spent the better part of a year traveling to fiber festivals across the U.S. photographing the festivities and bringing a bit of the flavor of each festival to the armchair traveler. Each chapter in the book focuses on a different festival and its interesting aspects. Each chapter also has projects for you to do, from knitting, and spinning to dyeing, rughooking, recipes and even fleece washing. Joanne's prose is part descriptive travelogue, part folksy almanac and all fiber love. The festivals are arranged according to region, and festivals included are Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival, Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, The Tennessee State Fair, Michigan Fiber Festival, Heart of America Sheep Show and Fiber Fest, Black Sheep Gathering, Estes Park Wool Market, and The Wool Festival at Taos. The book is hardcover and coffee table worthy. If you're new to festivals, this will make you want to attend one, If you're a seasoned festival goer, you'll be itching to try out the unique festivals across the country from you.
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