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  • Ultimate Crochet Bible

    by Jane Crowfoot ...
    Now available in paperback, this best-selling title is THE essential guide to crochet.Ultimate Crochet Bible is a definitive reference for all aspects of crochet – from the first chain to the care and maintenance of your projects. The first two chapters are packed with useful information such as choosing and using a hook, how to read a pattern, holding the yarn and basic stitches. Once you are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.49 USD

  • Extrusion

    The Definitive Processing Guide and Handbook

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Why is it important to get to equilibrium and how long does it take? Are there problems running polypropylene profiles on a single screw extruder? Does the job involve compounding color concentrates on a corotating twin screw extruder? This unique reference work is designed to aid operators, engineers, and managers in quickly answering such practical day-to-day questions in extrusion processing. ... Read more

    $359.99 USD

  • The Fabric of Civilization

    How Textiles Made the World

    From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)The story of humanity is the story of textiles—as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture.In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Perfect Red

    Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

    “You’ll finish [Greenfield’s] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for that common commodity.”—Houston ChronicleInterweaving mystery, empire, and adventure, Amy Butler Greenfield’s masterful popular history offers a window onto a world far different from our own: a world in which the color red was rare and precious ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014

    It’s 3D Printing: The Next Generation! The technology’s improving, prices are dropping,new models are hitting the market, and 3D printers are appearing on desktops, workbenches, lab shelves, and kitchen tables all over the world. Not only are we seeing better, faster, and cheaper 3D printers, we’re also seeing new printing materials, easier-to-use design software, powerful scanning technology, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Man Made Magic - When Science Meets Fashion: The Story Of Nylon And Man-Made Textiles In Fashion

    by Ronnie Price ...
    The tumultuous events during and after two world wars changed society forever.The new status of women no longer prepared to be tied to the home a major re-adjustment of the class system the pill and new sexual mores. Clothes and fashion played an important role in perceptions of social advancement and man-made textiles supplied modern fabrics inexpensive enough to open up mass markets. They ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Cotton

    The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

    by Stephen Yafa ...
    In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domestication 5,500 years ago to its influence in creating Calvin Klein's empire and the Gap, Stephen Yafa's Cotton gives us an intimate look at the plant that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Dyer's Handbook

    Memoirs of an 18th-Century Master Colourist

    Series Book 26 - Ancient Textiles
    Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax, grass green, green sand, rotten olive, modest plum, agate, rich French gray, gunpowder of the English……..just some of the color names of old fabric to fire the imagination. Memoirs on Dyeing concerns a unique manuscript from the eighteenth century; a dyers memoirs from Languedoc, containing recipes for ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silk for the Vikings

    Series Book 15 - Ancient Textiles
    The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silk

    Processing, Properties and Applications

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Silk is a natural, environmentally-friendly fibre with a remarkable range of properties, making it ideal for use in apparel and many other applications. Silk: Processing, properties and applications provides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing, silk properties and its applications.The book begins by looking at key aspects of sericulture, including the range of ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • 3D CAD with Autodesk 123D

    Designing for 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and Personal Fabrication

    If you've arrived at a stage in your creative life where you're ready to do more with your computer, it's time to learn how to combine its power with new advances in computer-aided design (CAD) and fabrication to make something awesome--in three dimensions!The free suite of Autodesk 123D software offers all the tools you need to capture or design three-dimensional objects and characters. This book ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Textiles

    For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker’s Trades

    TEXTILESFOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND DOMESTIC ARTS SCHOOLS;ALSO ADAPTED TO THOSE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS, WOOL, COTTON, AND DRESSMAKER’S TRADESThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTS (abridged list)CHAPTER I FIBERSAnimal Fibers—Wool, Silk, Mohair. Vegetable—Cotton, Flax, Jute, Hemp. Mineral—Asbestos, Tinsel, Metallic. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Fibershed

    Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

    A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economiesThere is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Leathers, Skins and Tools for Artistic Leather Work

    by Anon ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to decorating leather, with information on staining, painting, modelling, tools and equipment, and many other related aspects. Written in simple plain language and full of handy tips, this book is ideal for the beginner, and is not to be missed by collectors of classic leatherworking literature. Contents include: “The Charm of Artistic Leatherwork”, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

    Edited by Linda A. Felton ...
    Series series Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Aqueous-based film coating has become routine in the pharmaceutical industry. This process eliminates the use of organic solvents and thus avoids economic, environmental, and toxicological issues related to residual solvents and solvent recovery. Aqueous-based coating, however, is complex and many variables may impact the final product and its performance. This fourth edition of Aqueous Polymeric ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Functional Nanofibers and their Applications

    Edited by Q Wei ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Nanofibers are a flexible material with a huge range of potential applications in such areas as technical textiles. Functional nanofibers and their applications summarises key trends in the processing and applications of these exciting materials.Part one focuses on the types and processing of nanofibers. Beginning with an overview of the principles and techniques involved in their production, it ... Read more

    $229.99 USD

  • Ultimate Knit Stitch Bible

    This jam-packed stitch bible begins with a guide to the best tools and equipment, detailed instructions on how to knit, and information on reading stitch diagrams and understanding knitting abbreviations.The stitches are divided into five sections. The first section introduces basic combinations of knit and purl. These two basic stitches can be configured into patterns and constructed into all ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East

    Series Book 17 - Ancient Textiles
    The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role. The 22 papers presented here explore the place of wool in the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biotechnology of Silk

    Edited by Tetsuo Asakura, Thomas Miller ...
    Series Book 5 - Biologically-Inspired Systems
    This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry. The field encompasses backyard silk production from ancient time to industrial methods in the modern era and includes an example of efforts to maintain silk production on Madagascar. Once revered as worth its weight in gold, silk ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Extrusion

    The Definitive Processing Guide and Handbook

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    The second edition of Extrusion is designed to aid operators, engineers, and managers in extrusion processing in quickly answering practical day-to-day questions. The first part of the book provides the fundamental principles, for operators and engineers, of polymeric materials extrusion processing in single and twin screw extruders. The next section covers advanced topics including ... Read more

    $314.99 USD

  • Fluoroplastics, Volume 2

    Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Fluoroplastics, Volume 2: Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book compiles the working knowledge of the polymer chemistry and physics of melt processible fluoropolymers with detailed descriptions of commercial processing methods, material properties, fabrication and handling information, technologies, and applications, also including history, market statistics, ... Read more

    $314.99 USD

  • Fluoroplastics, Volume 1

    Non-Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Fluoroplastics, Volume 1, compiles in one place a working knowledge of the polymer chemistry and physics of non-melt processible fluoropolymers with detailed descriptions of commercial processing methods, material properties, fabrication and handling information, technologies, and applications. Also, history, market statistics, and safety and recycling aspects are covered. Both volumes contain a ... Read more

    $296.99 USD

  • Leather Bags and Purses

    by Elsie Mochrie ...
    The making of bags and purses with leather is one of the oldest and most universal of its uses. This fascinating book is intended to offer a selection of simple and practical shapes, giving the fullest value to the beauty of the material itself rather than emphasising the decoration. A brilliant book full of helpful diagrams and illustrations, 'Leather Bags and Purses' is the ideal book for anyone ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Textiles and the Medieval Economy

    Production, Trade, and Consumption of Textiles, 8th–16th Centuries

    Series Book 16 - Ancient Textiles
    Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. Archaeological evidence is used to demonstrate the existence or otherwise of international trade and to examine the physical characteristics of textiles and their ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus