We looked on our bookshelves, and started a list of books related to our mission of producing ecologically conscious clothing that represents systemic beauty—from seed to skin. This list is in progress, so if you have additional links to suggest, please email us at fibershed@gmail.com.
We always encourage purchasing books from your local bookstore, but we are linking to online sources so you can learn more about the books.
Natural Dyes
- The Dyer’s Garden: From Plant to Pot, Growing Dyes for Natural Fibers by Rita Buchanan
- Dyes from Kitchen Produce: Easy projects to make at home by Setsuko Ishii
- Eco Colour, Botanical dyes for beautiful textiles by India Flint
- The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes: Personalize Your Craft with Organic Colors from Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee, and Other Everyday Ingredients by Sasha Duerr
- Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes by Rebecca Burgess
- Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments & Myco-Stix by Miriam C. Rice
- Natural Dyes: Sources, Tradition, Technology and Science by Dominique Cardon
- Nature’s Colors: Dyes from Plants by Ida Grae
- Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes by Jenny Dean
Fiber and fiber animals
Knitting
- The Opinionated Knitter by Elizabeth Zimmerman, and other titles published by Schoolhouse Press
Sewing
- Alabama Stitch Book by Natalie Chanin
Textile Design
- Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Resist Dyeing by Wada, Rice and Barton
Weaving
- A Handweaver’s Pattern Book by Marguerite P. Davison
- Spider’s Games: A Book for Beginning Weavers by Phylis Morrison
Land Based
- California Native Plants for the Garden by Bornstein, Fross and O’Brien
- Farming in Nature’s Image by Judith Soule and Jon Piper
- Gardening with a Wild Heart by Judith Larner Lowry
- The Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing
- Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson
Children’s Books
- Pelle’s New Suit by Elsa Beskow
Anthropology
- Cloth and Human Experience by Annette B. Weiner and Jane Schneider
- Blue: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau
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