Jun 022015
Dish Brush and Scrubber with Natural Bristle Fibers, 10 Inch
- Strong Natural Bristle Fibers
- Beech Wood Handle
- 10″ in Length
- Brush is 3″ in Diameter
- Made in Germany
This dish brush with beech wood handle has strong natural bristle fibers. 10 inches in length, and the brush is 3 inches in diameter. Made in Germany.
List Price: $ 4.95
Price: $ 4.95
The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn
- Dimensions: 10.3 in. H x 8.6 in. W x 1.4 in. D
- Weight: 3.77 ounces
- Made in United States
This one-of-a-kind photographic encyclopedia features more than 200 animals and the fibers they produce. It covers almost every sheep breed in the world — from the longwool breeds of the United Kingdom to the Tasmanian merino, the Navajo churro, the northern European Faroese, and dozens and dozens more. It also includes goats, camelids (such as alpacas, llamas, and vicunas), bison, horses, musk oxen, rabbits, and even dogs. Each entry includes photographs of the featured animal; samples of i
List Price: $ 35.00
Price: $ 21.12
Great scrubber,
Who gets excited about a dish scrubber? Anyone who does dishes and hates a slimy sponge on the end of a flimsy plastic rod. I like this dish brush. It lasts about a month for our family of four with frequent dinner guests. It works well, is easy to clean, doesn’t hold oder or slime and at the end of a month or so, I toss it and start over with a new one. Great for getting the pots and pans clean.
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|Doesn’t hold up well,
I was very disappointed in this brush. I bought four. The head pulled out of handle on every single one. Yeah, you can push it back in, but it keeps coming out. Not a great buy.
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|Wonderful!,
Since I’m writing a sheep book (The Backyard Sheep) for Storey Publishing, Storey graciously sent me a PDF of the sheep section of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook. It’s so beyond fantastic that I don’t know what to say except WOW.
The British Wool Board’s British Sheep and Wool was my wish book until now, but this book goes way, way, way beyond that. The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook is 448 lavishly color-illustrated pages simply jam-packed with information. Every breed of sheep you can possibly think of (and more) is covered, along with goats, rabbits, horses, camelids, bison, yaks, musk oxen, dogs and cats, and even wild animals such as wolves.
Each breed section incorporates wonderful color pictures of the breed in question, of raw and washed staples of its wool (in several colors, where applicable), and of several types of yarn spun from its fiber along with information about the tools used in its creation. Breed sections range from two to ten pages; Shetland people, you are going to love the Shetland section!
As I write this I’m reviewing the three-page section about Rough Fells, a breed I would keep if they were available in North America. Material includes a comprehensive description of Rough Fells illustrated by a gorgeous picture of a group of five sheep (love those guys!), a big color picture of Rough Fell staples and yarn, and a page with “Rough Fell Facts” (fleece weight, staple length, fiber diameter, lock characteristics, and natural colors) along with a half page write-up on “Using Rough Fell Fiber” including dying, fiber preparation and spinning tips, and knitting, crocheting, and weaving.
And, a photo I took of Lori Olson’s ram (Lori is my friend and partner-in-sheep), Shepherd’s Croft Oran, illustrates the Brecknock Hill and American Miniature Cheviot pages. The Miniature Cheviot write-up is right on!
Carol Ekarius and Deborah Robson know their sheep. They have written an absolutely must-have volume not only for fiber enthusiasts but sheep fanciers everywhere. Well done, ladies! I can hardly wait to own a copy of this book.
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|It’s Like a Who’s Who of Sheep!,
This book-a true sourcebook-is like the Who’s Who of the sheep world. It’s exhaustive and chock-full of huge amounts of research. This not only includes the list of over 200 different breeds, families, groups (along with non-sheep species), but … Photos! Stories! Songs! Legends! Charts! Maps! If there’s a story behind a breed, pertinent facts about the geography, a farmer who dedicated his life to raising them, a legend about their origin, it’s in here. And did I mention the photos? Oh, the photos! Not only pictures of the sheep (in the fields as well as properly posed “show” pics), but of the fleece-both clean and raw-yarn spun from it, swatches knitted and woven from it. So many beautiful photos. This book is full of true eye candy for a sheep lover.
I was prepared to be impressed by this book. Just knowing the amount of work that went into it, I was ready to like it. (How much work? Just for starters, the bibliography is five pages long. The index ix nine pages.) But “like” is too mild a word. I was floored by how exceptional this book is. Though it’s true-there are no patterns in this book. There are no instructions on spinning. No step-by-step guides on how to prepare a fleece for spinning. There are plenty of books that do those things. But this? This is a love letter to sheep, to wool, and to the history of human beings and natural fiber.
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|Everything I had hoped for and more,
The Fleece and Fiber Source Book is everything I had hoped for and more. The information is so complete! No matter what your interest in the fiber world, this book has something to teach you. Starting with the cellular make-up of different fibers, archeological facts, the specifics of breeds, and the photographs are beautiful. As a spinner, knitter, weaver, and dyer this is a book I will reference again & again. It has become the star of my (quite large) collection of fiber books. No matter what area of fiber use you prefer or what your level of accomplishment, this book is a treasure and a bargain. I have paid much more for much less.
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