Discover age-old techniques and enjoy making beautiful, all-natural fabrics with this comprehensive guide. Expert textile arts instructor Penny Walsh reveals everything you need to know to start making your own high-quality custom fabrics. Self-Sufficiency: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving explains where different fibres come from, how to grow and harvets your own vegetable fibres and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dyestuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Several simple projects - including a rug, a hat and a scarf - round off the book to put your newly-learnt skills to the test.
