Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn

by Joan Tapper
Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn
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33 ratings, 4.30 average rating, 11 reviews (more data...)
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published
April 15th 2008 by Potter Craft

binding
Hardcover, 160 pages

isbn
0307394034    (isbn13: 9780307394033)

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An artisan who captures Maine’s summer air in her sun-and-sea-dyed yarns. A weaver and a poet whose Buddhist stupa sits near the barns of their Massac...more




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Diane
06/27/09
Diane rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2009
Part coffee-table book, part inspirational work, and part pattern guide, Shear Spirit connects knitters to the yarn-producing community across America. This book follows the writer and photographer to 10 fiber farms and ranches across America - from the Willamette Valley of Oregon to the coast of Maine - taking a rich inside look at the challenging but rewarding lives of the people who have devoted their lives to harvesting and spinning fleece into yarn. Twenty projects featuring yarns from the ...more
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Emily
01/26/09
Emily rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in January, 2009
The Stories of the Different Farms are inspiring and eye opening. I am not to enthralled with the patterns. But this book has inspired me to contact these farms personally and get my yarn and roving from them, cutting out any middle man.
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Janelle
04/27/08
Janelle rated it: 5 of 5 stars

recommends it for: Kristina, Steven
I loved this book and alternated between reading it voraciously and trying to save it so it wouldn't be over too quickly. It profiles 10 fiber farms around the U.S. and includes at least one pattern that showcases the yarn produced by that farm. The photography is gorgeous - this is one I'll leave out on the coffee table for a while.

The book is about fiber, but it's even more about fiber PEOPLE, and it makes me want to be one. I know I'm not cut out to be a farmer, but maybe I cou...more
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Rebecca
03/26/09
Rebecca rated it: 5 of 5 stars

I loved the photography in this book and really enjoyed learning about the different fiber farms. I want to do a tour and visit them all! I also found 3 or 4 patterns that I plan to knit in the near future. All in all a great book if you're interested in fiber, fiber animals, farms, etc.
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Jan
12/21/08
Jan rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
I really enjoyed the profiles of the farms and their owners, thanks to Cindy and Rich who gave me this beautiful book. The photography is gorgeous. So much luscious yarn, so little time. This is the dilemma of my life - read or play with yarn.

I just looked through this book again today - two lambs were born this week on our farm. One is chocolate brown; since her mother is Nutmeg I've named her Cinnamon. The black lamb is a male but it has the "hand of God" marking on...more
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Jocele
06/15/09
Jocele rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2009
What an inspiring book.
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Lari
09/03/08
Lari rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: knitting
Read in August, 2008
Beautiful book. Lots of pictures of fiber animals and fiber workshops. The patterns are good too. I found one farm that is just a few miles from husband Vern's sister's house in Western PA. I'll have to look it up next time we are out there.
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Alexandra
04/20/08
Alexandra rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2008
My yarn pusher showed me this book yesterday and I bought it on the spot. Sheep farming is the LIFE!
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Lisa Beamer
07/23/08
Lisa Beamer rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: knitting-fiber
Read in August, 2008
Totally made me want to go buy a farm somewhere and raise sheep.
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tara
07/18/08
tara rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: crafting, i-own
Read in September, 2008
recommends it for: Lolly
So beautiful and inspiring! A birthday gift for myself!
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Emily
09/23/08
Emily rated it: 4 of 5 stars

A really attractive book, very interesting stories
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Diane
06/23/09
Diane rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Lara
05/08/09
Lara rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Susan
04/02/09
Susan marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read

Courtney
03/13/09
Courtney rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2009

Love
03/10/09
Love rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: handmade-life
Read in March, 2009

Mauri
02/28/09
Mauri rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: 52in2009, knitting, non-fiction
Read in February, 2009

Ruadhan
02/07/09
Ruadhan rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: fiber-arts

Julie
01/30/09
Julie rated it: 3 of 5 stars


Annie
01/14/09
Annie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2009


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