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WILD FIBERS Magazine
The mission of this magazine is to promote all aspects of the natural fiber industry including everything from raising yaks in Tibet or cashmere goats in the United States, spinning camel hair in the Gobi Desert, to knitting with yarn made from buffalo fiber, with specific emphasis on sustainable practices and cultural preservation, and the importance of the human touch.
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Summer 2011, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: Why is America's Rarest Sheep stored in a test tube? - The CVM (California Variegated Mutant) is America's rarest sheep. When the original CVM/Romeldale flock was dispersed in 1982 by Glen Eidman, only one farmer eventually stepped forward who was completely committed to keeping the bloodlines pure; Hare Today, Hare Tomorrow. - How did Pope Gregory I help set in motion an industry that would eventually lead halfway around the world? Meet the Mexican bug Cochineal that coloured the world! - Torie Olson travels off the beaten path in Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn how colorful life is on the nopal. Complete list of features »
Price: $9.95
* weight: 270 g
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Spring 2011, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: Stonehadge Fiber Mill Goes Global - Chuck McDermott, a former manager at General Motors, is now dedicating his "retirement" years to ensuring that there will always be a place for the American farmer and his flock. In 1998, his Stonehadge Fiber Mill officially opened its doors. Now his fiber mill custom-processes about 1,500 to 2,00 pounds of raw fiber a month for customers throughout the U.S. and around the world. Gotland's Lord of the Lambs - fanciful and fuzzy, the Gute is Sweden's oldest sheep breed and not to be upstaged by its popular descendant, the Gotland. Hollywood has done the Gute sheep a great injustice. When "Lord of the Ring" came to the silver screen in 2003 nearly every knitter on the planet (along with millions who don't knit) knew that the magnificent, grey fellow-ship-cloaks were spun from Gotland wool. Is Your Wool Predator Friendly? - Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is changing the way farmers handle predators. In Western countries where farming is frequently a hobby and questions of gun control are guaranteed to erupt in a heated dispute, solving the problem of predation peacefully is perhaps a more understandable alternative. Complete list of features »
Price: $9.95
* weight: 290 g
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Winter 2010-2011, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages. Articles: Taming Tibet - a lone white yak wandering along the Tibetan plateau, a cashmere goat basking in the sun, a young lamb apparently not wanting to go home, nuns, monks, pilgrims, spiritual seekers of all descriptions, an endless selection of prayers flags, yak horns, juniper incense, Nepalese biscuits, and turquoise jewelry - a story about Tibet; Mossy and the Master - Chris Devaney was a crystal growth engineer for 27 years, for the last 10 years he has been a freelance technical writer working from his yak ranch in Main; The Isle of Portland - a story about the Portland Sheep who has managed to survive in spite of shipwrecks, plagues, invasions, jailbreaks; The Way of Wool in the Land of Snows - the traditions in Tibetan carpets making. Complete list of features »
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* weight: 270 g
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Fall 2010, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: If I Were a Rich Man - invasions, plaques, and political upheaval dominate Peru's alpaca history; Aftershock - How will keep Jade Tree spinning after the earthquake in Tibet?; Made in U.S.A. - Becca Smith turns a forgotten fleece into an amazing bump of yarn; Fortune or Fuel? - Fill-up your car with alpaca fuel? Alpaca breeder Dan thinks it could someday happen. Complete list of features »
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* weight: 270 g
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Summer 2010, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: Modern Day Ice Age - discover the untold story behind Arctic Qiviuk; On The Road Again - India has nearly 80 million nomads, no one can ever really count them all, but the Rabari have been roaming the state of Gujarat for centuries taking their camels, sheep, goats, and children as they go; Buy Stock in America - the future of fiber farms in America never looked better as Susan Gibbs takes the lead in launching the first farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), to grow crowd of fans and shareholders. Complete list of features »
Price: $9.95
* weight: 280 g
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Spring 2010, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: Saving Incan Textiles - in the heart of the Peruvian Andes, Nilda Alvarea is Preserving ancient weaving tarditions that were nearly lost; To Russai With Love - changing careers from diamonds to goats in Lesotho (a former diamond digger now turned Angora goat farmer); Falling Fortunes - declining cashmere prices are creating hard times for Mongolia's nomads, but they have survived far worse. Complete list of features »
Price: $8.95
* weight: 270 g
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Winter 2009-2010, Published by Linda Cortright, 84 pages.
Articles: Coral Stephens Handweaving - in tiny town of Piggs Peak, Swaziland, weavers have been creating innovative mohair designs, with a little help from the king, for 60 years; Never Say Dye or how to change lives by changing the color of cotton; Hard Times in the Gobi - interest in baby camel fiber is on the rise, will the ship of the desert survive?; Appearing the Goddess - the river goddess is happy now in polluted and poisoned by toxic dye waste Pangang and Thailand, - handweavers started to use safe natural dyes; etc. Complete list of features »
Price: $8.95
* weight: 280 g
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