Plant Fibre Processing

Plant Fibre Processing - Small-Scale Textiles

Paperback (15 Dec 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the last of the Small-scale Textile series and covers the pre-spinning processes which make plant fibres suitable for textile manufacture. The book includes not only familiar plant fibres such as cotton, sisal and jute, but also less well known fibres from plants such as Himalayan nettle, pineapple leaf and kenaf, which are of great value to small communities where they are used for both utilitarian and decorative purposes. As well as extraction and other pre-spinning processes, there is background information on the growing areas, soil and climatic requirements and methods of harvesting, and details of equipment suppliers and sources of further information.

Book information

ISBN: 9781853393853
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Imprint: Intermediate Technology Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 677.02821
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 52
Weight: 218g
Height: 269mm
Width: 213mm
Spine width: 4mm