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Author:
Parkes, Clara, author.
Title:
Vanishing fleece: adventures in American wool / Clara Parkes.
Publisher:
Abrams Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
184 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Wool industry--United States.
Yarn.
Contents:
Wool harvest -- Double bubble bale and trouble -- Infiltrating Big Wool -- Moving bodies -- Ready to roll - Bartlett bound -- The Stradivarius of salvage -- Journey to the heart of the Madder -- Rust Belt revival -- Tree house confessions -- Saved by the ball -- Halloween spooktacular at the haunted dyehouse -- Casting off
Summary:
Clara Parkes presents a fast-paced account of the year she spent transforming a 676-pound bale of wool into commercial yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way.
ISBN:
9781419735318
1419735314
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1086015604
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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