By Gail Callahan
Don’t limit yourself to the colors available in stores — find out how fun and satisfying it is to hand-dye yarn and fleece right in your own kitchen! Self-taught dyer Gail Callahan shows you a variety of simple techniques that turn plain, outdated, or leftover yarns into colorful “new” fibers —exactly the color and quantity you want. Standard kitchen equipment is all you need; you can dye in a microwave oven, a stovetop kettle, a crockpot, a traditional oven, or even an electric frying pan — Callahan covers it all. She also includes instructions for designing self-striping and multicolored yarns with dip-dyeing, tie-dyeing, hand-painting, and other inventive techniques. Detailed advice on color theory and types of dyes, including food colors and other “grocery store” dyes, make successful dyeing easy for complete beginners.Hardcover with concealed wire bindingPages: 168 Size: 7" x 9" Color: Full-color; Photographs and illustrations throughout
What a great book this is...this step-by-step reference provides quick access for learning this essential woodworking process. More than 750 photos and drawings illustrate the equipment available for sharpening and the methods for getting sharp edges on all types of tools -- from basic chisels to molding planes and jointer knives.
Among the subjects covered:
* Choosing a sharpening system
* Sharpening planes and saws
* Touching up blades and bits
* Shaping turning gouges
* Honing carving tools
as well as all this, it covers
Gauges and Knives, Chisles
Spokeshaves and Beading Tools
Scrapers, Drills, Handsaws
Axes and Adzes, Carving Tools
Turning Tools, Chainsaws, Router bits
216 Pages Hardcover US
240x285mm
Product Code 6819
