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  • Conner, Cindy, author.
     
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  • Flax.
     
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  • Flax spinning.
     
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  • Linen.
     
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  • Cotton growing.
     
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  • Cotton manufacture.
     
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  • Dressmaking.
     
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    Homegrown flax and cotton : DIY guide to growing, processing, spinning & weaving fiber to cloth / Cindy Conner.
    by Conner, Cindy, author.
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    Essex, CT : Stackpole Books, [2023]
    Subjects
  • Flax.
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  • Flax spinning.
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  • Linen.
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  • Cotton growing.
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  • Cotton manufacture.
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  • Dressmaking.
  • ISBN: 
    9780811772198 (paperback) :
    0811772195 (paperback)
    Description: 
    viii, 144 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
    Edition: 
    First edition.
    Contents: 
    Why wear homegrown, handspun clothes? -- Growing flax for linen -- Retting -- Breaking and scutching -- Hackling -- Spinning flax into linen -- Growing and harvesting cotton -- Preparation for spinning -- Spinning cotton -- The cotton project -- How to manage spun fiber -- Turning yarn into fabric -- Clothes to make -- Guilds, fiber festivals, fibershed movement -- Spirituality of handspun cloth.
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    Summary: 
    "A complete guide to growing flax and cotton in your home garden for the purpose of making clothing: how to grow, harvest, and prepare the fiber for spinning into yarn; how to spin cotton and flax/linen; the basics of weaving cloth; and suggestions on patterns and how to weave to create the pieces you need for clothing, and how to sew your woven pieces together."--Provided by publisher.
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