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Books in the Small-scale Textiles S. series

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  • - A handbook
    by Alan Newton
    £13.49

    Aimed at small, rural communities this book offers an introduction to simple methods of making textile fabrics which are used throughout the world. Includes sections on weaving, knitting, fibre entanglement, lace-making, braiding and knotting (Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).

  • - A handbook
    by John A Iredale
    £13.49

    This is a valuable book which fills the need for a practical manual specifically about yarn preparation. Much has been published about the main textile areas of yarn manufacture and fabric production, because yarn preparation tends to be a series of link operations, there have been very few books specifically directed to this area of processing.

  • - A handbook
    by Cyril Jarman
    £13.49

    This is the last of the Small-scale Textile series and covers the pre-spinning processes which make plant fibres suitable for textile manufacture. The book includes not only familiar plant fibres such as cotton, sisal and jute, but also less well known fibres from plants such as Himalayan nettle, pineapple leaf and kenaf, which are of great value to small communities where they are used for both utilitarian and decorative purposes. As well as extraction and other pre-spinning processes, there is background information on the growing areas, soil and climatic requirements and methods of harvesting, and details of equipment suppliers and sources of further information.This book covers the pre-spinning processes which make plant fibres suitable for textile manufacture. It includes plant fibres such as cotton, sisal and jute, Himalayan nettle, pineapple leaf and kenaf, which are of great value to small communities where they are used for both utilitarian and decorative purposes.

  • - A handbook
    by Allison Mathews
    £13.49

  • - A handbook
    by Martin Hardingham & Prabha Shekar
    £13.49

    This book describes the stages of mulberry bush growing, silkworm egg production, silkworm rearing, silk cocoon reeling and silk fabric production. Ideal for fieldworkers, development agencies and those starting small-scale manufacture or attempting to improve or extend manufacture (Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).

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