8/16/06: This Guide is a compilation of Course Outlines that were given to my Handspinning, Dyeing and Weaving Students over the years. Many students found the descriptions in a Nut Shell, along with pertinent charts and formulas very useful. I'd recommend any of these handouts as if you teach the fiber arts or if you just need a basic refresher or are a beginner Weaving, Handspinning or Dyeing student. I hope to add to this ebook over time and anyone who purchases our Fiber Arts Guide Ebook will receive any updates free of charge via download. We will keep your current email address on file to update you. If you purchase the ebook and have any questions please email me I'll try to answer and will also add them to the ebook in updates. A portion of the sales of this ebook are donated to our Asarian International Org internet server for sexual abuse survivors. Instructions for downloading the Fiber Arts Ebook will be emailed to you. $19.95. Please add an additional $5 if you wish us to snail mail you a CD. If you wish to pay through

Fiber Arts Ebook

INDEX:

PART I - Weaving Terms:
Weave Structure
Tapestry

Planning Your Project:
* Questions to Ask Yourself
* Calculating the Warp and Weft
* Formula for Calculating Your Warp
* Formula for Calculating Length of Warp
* Formula for Weft Calculation

Pointers for Measuring a Warp Using a Warping Board
* Measuring the Warp
* Counting
* Tying Off
* Chaining Off

Reed Chart - Reed Size/Dents per Inch/Order of Sley in Reed
Dressing the Loom - In 21 Easy Steps
Hemstitching

PART II
Washing Wool Fibers Using the Bulk Method

PART III - Dyeing with Natural Materials
General Dyeing Preparations
Mordanting of Fleece Yarn
Mordant Proportions
General Recipe for Local Dye Plants
* Method
* Yellow Onion Skins
Planning for Multiple Dye Baths
Indigo - Hydrosulfite Vat

Historical Natural Dyes
* Log wood
* Osage Orange

What Colors Will Historical National Dyes Yield
Using Chemical Dyes - Procedure for Kiton Dyes

PART IV - Handspinning Methods

PART V - Easy Knitting Patterns for Handspun Yarns
Fleece Lined Mittens
Simple Ski Cap
Easy Tam

8/16/06: A portion of this sale helps to defray the costs of our Asarian-Intl Org internet server for survivors of sexual abuse. This EManual is in the Microsoft Office Word 2000 format. If you require a different format please email me and I will see if I can format it for you for your particular Operating System. $19.95. We take payment through paypal. Upon receipt of payment we will email you with instructions on where and how to download the manual. If you wish us to send you the instructions on CD please add $5 plus postage to your total. Email Noel These instructions came with an Auto Knitter Machine but could easily be adapted to most any other sock knitting machine. There are 41 pages and great photographs. Index Includes some of the following: Part I How to Unpack Your Machine How Cylinder Needles Make Stitches How the Cylinder Needles are Operated How the Ribber Works

How to Do Ribbed Work
-To Place the Ribbing Attachment in Position
-Putting Ribber Needles in Dial
-Variety of Ribbed Stitches
-Transferring Stitches

Part III - Standard Socks
To form a Selvedge for Rib Work
- Dividing the Work
- The Cuff of a Standard Sock
- Measuring Work
- Transferring Needles
- Making Heel and Toe

Part IV - Making Adjustments
- Cylinder Tension Adjustment - Length of Stitch - Tension Cam
- Upthrow Cams
- Yarn Carrier
- The Dial Adjuster
- Ribber Tension
- Timing the Ribber Needles
- Take-up
- Weights
- Bobbin
- Changing Cylinders
- Holding Down Work
- To Put Work on the Machine
- Picking Up Dropped Cylinder Stitches
- Picking Up Dropped Rib Stitches

Care of the Machine
Oiling
- Needles
- Care of Needle Cylinders
- Cautions