Chilcotin Yarns

Author : Bruce Watt
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781927051443

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Chilcotin Yarns by Bruce Watt Pdf

Getting three trucks and two horses stuck in the mud on "a good road" into BC's wild, remote interior was just the start of Bruce Watt's hilarious adventures—and it was his honeymoon, too. When the newly married Watt moved there in 1948 to take up ranching, he was a just a kid in his early 20s. He and his wife fell in love with Big Creek, three hours southwest of Williams Lake, and its wildlife, beautiful landscapes and quirky, down-to-earth people. Despite the tough work and difficult conditions, they put down roots and stayed, raising a family of five, along with herds of cattle and horses. This consummate storyteller tells it like was—and still is, perhaps, for many still making this place home. Bruce's hilarious stories of chasing horses and getting five kids off to school (until they were a ripe eight or nine years old and could drive themselves) have a charm all their own. These yarns capture the adventure and especially the humour of running a ranch—roping cougars, having close calls on cliff edges and all the other "usual" accidents. Watt's cowboy honesty and campfire-style storytelling are irresistible.

Author : Felicia Lo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781632504128

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Dyeing to Spin & Knit by Felicia Lo Pdf

Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!

Author : John Calam
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780774842938

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Alex Lord's British Columbia by John Calam Pdf

Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment.

Author : Nick Hutchinson
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781039177086

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A Mingled Yarn by Nick Hutchinson Pdf

Following the threads of Nick Hutchinson’s extraordinary life and adventures, A Mingled Yarn weaves together theatre, farming, family, horses, social unrest, Shakespeare, drugs, manic depression, love and more. ​ Son of renowned actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft and master advocate Lord Jeremy Hutchinson Q.C. Hutchinson grew up around the greats of British Theatre. ​As a young adult in the sixties, deeply uncomfortable with the class structure into which he was born, his idealism and passion involved him in direct action in Europe he encountered revolutionary theatre practices and in Paris the student protests. His move to Canada-first to Montreal, a city in the throes of its own revolution-brought him finally to the Wild West, where he began to live his childhood cowboy dream. As artistic director of the horse-drawn travelling show, The Caravan Stage Company he mounted thought- provoking, audience - immersive productions under the open skies, later founding the Caravan Farm Theatre for farm centred shows- from a masked Animal Farm among real pig pens to a winter production of the Snow Queen on horse drawn sleighs and the first Caravan Shakespeare productions. A Mingled Yarn is a journey through modern theatre history. It is a testament to the power of theatre and the creative process-even when it borders on mania. But it is also a celebration of community and a simpler life, lived on the land. Hutchinson’s sweeping autobiography has broad appeal, particularly for creative people and theatre lovers, as well as those who find their peace in wide open spaces on the back of a horse.

Author : Alexander Russell Lord
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780774803816

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Alex Lord's British Columbia by Alexander Russell Lord Pdf

Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural BC schools shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation, and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator, developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment. Although not completed, these memoires invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province. We meet many of the unusual characters who inhabited this last frontier and learn of their hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, and eccentricities. More particularly, we are reminded of the historical significance of the one-room rural school and its role as an indispensable instrument of community cohesion. John Calam has organized the memoirs according to the regions through which Lord travelled. He has included in his introduction a biography of Alex Lord, a brief description of the British Columbia he knew, a sketch of its public education system, and an assessment of the place Lord’s writing now occupies among other works on education and society.

Author : Jane Ellison
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Knitting
ISBN : 9780307405746

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Knitting Noro by Jane Ellison Pdf

Designer Ellison presents 30 patterns to knit with Noro yarns--exquisite, multicolored yarns that are individually dyed to produce a unique palette of vivid and subtle hues. 100 full-color photos.

Author : Clara Parkes
Publisher : Potter Craft
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780307352163

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The Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes Pdf

Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater that started pilling before it even came off the needles. The stunning colorwork scarf that you can’t wear because the yarn feels like sandpaper against your neck. If only there were a way to read a skein and know how it would behave and what it wanted to become before you invested your time, energy, and money in it. Now there is! With The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, you’ll learn how to unleash your inner yarn whisperer. In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations used by large-scale manufacturers and importers, medium-sized companies, boutique dye shops, community spinneries, and old-fashioned sheep farms. And, because we learn best by doing, Parkes went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimize the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it’s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it longs to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you won’t have to wonder what to do with it. You’ll just know–the way any yarn whisperer would.

Author : T. L. McCarty
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847698629

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Language Planning and Policy in Native America by T. L. McCarty Pdf

Comprehensive in scope yet full of ethnographic detail, this book examines the history of language policy by and for Native Americans, and contemporary language revitalization initiatives. Offering a critical-theory view and emphasizing the perspectives of revitalizers themselves, the book explores innovative language regenesis projects, the role of Indigenous youth in language reclamation, and prospects for Native American language and culture continuance.

Author : Chilco Choate
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1894384075

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The Fire Still Burns by Chilco Choate Pdf

Old Nero, the biggest grizzly of the Chilcotin; Siberia, the too-friendly black wolf; and Lucky, the not-so-lucky guide are some of the characters in Chilco Choate's latest collection of yarns and pithy observations from BC's backcountry. Changing some names to protect the guilty, he skewers the once-a-year hunters who, stricken by "buck fever," blast away like they're at a target range then wonder why their guide won't take them out after big game. This long-time hunter also reveals how he's maybe softening with age, enjoying time in the bush as much with a camera as with a gun and sometimes cheering on the prey instead of the predator. There are tried-and-true packing tips for readers planning their own expedition to the backcountry, a discussion of fire power, and culinary ideas sure to whet the appetite of a trail-weary traveller, as well as a few yarns about memorable bush-camp meals that maybe weren't quite so tasty. There are also close encounters with wolves and cougars, and fascinating details on the lives and behaviour of some of BC's most revered critters. For a change of pace, Chilco describes a winter he spent away from his beloved Chilcotin, feeding herds of elk in the East Kootenay. This gives him a chance to examine the resource-use plans too often dictated by ranchers and foresters who turn a blind eye to conservation and the rights of the wildlife that was on the range first. Chilco Choate first came to the Chilcotin in 1952 to try cowboying. Enticed by the lure of the great plateau, he was soon leading both seasoned hunters and hesitant dudes through the back country by day and spinning campfire stories by night. Chilco's previous book for Heritage House, Born for the Wild Country, tells of his early years, hunting and playing hooky along the Nicomekl River near White Rock, BC. In Unfriendly Neighbours, his first book, he describes his volatile relationship with the Gang Ranch.

Author : Kathleen Taylor
Publisher : Interweave
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : CORNELL:31924100507411

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Yarns to Dye For by Kathleen Taylor Pdf

Beginning and veteran knitters alike can learn how to produce homemade self-patterning yarns with this easy, step-by-step guide. Instructions are provided for choosing materials and equipment, skeining and preparing yarn, and painting and dyeing the yarn--all with materials that are found in most grocery and craft stores. Twenty-five quick projects, each presented with dyeing and knitting instructions, will help develop the reader's technique and produce exciting, colorful garments, including gloves, mittens, scarves, and even a summer shell. Guidelines for modifying projects, tips on embellishing, and ideas for leftover yarn are also included.

Author : W. J. Johnson
Publisher : Creative Publishing International
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781589237889

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Yarn Works by W. J. Johnson Pdf

Introduces the processes of spinning and dying yarn and explains how to match homespun fiber and yarn to knitted projects.

Author : Glenbow Museum,National Gallery of Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000021374081

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The Spirit Sings by Glenbow Museum,National Gallery of Canada Pdf

Author : Sixth & Spring Books
Publisher : 60 Quick Knits Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1936096609

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60 Quick Knits from America's Yarn Shops by Sixth & Spring Books Pdf

Presents sixty knitting projects by more than forty designers using Cascade 220 yarn, for such items as hats, scarves, socks, mittens, and shawls.

Author : Irene Stangoe
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1895811996

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History and Happenings in the Cariboo-Chilcotin by Irene Stangoe Pdf

This is Irene Stangoe's third collection of historical stories and great yarns about the people and events that shaped the Cariboo-Chilcotin. Read about: Farwell Canyon's pioneer families and ranches; Chief Anahim, who left the misty Bella Coola Valley for the high Chilcotin country many moons ago; the Lord of 100 Mile House, who moved from a grand mansion in England to a bug-infested stopping house in the Cariboo; the Hub of the Cariboo, tracing 140 years of Williams Lake history, from tiny settlement to modern city; the Great Bank Robbery, and a bank manager's nightmare ride with a gunman wanted for murder; Homer, the basset hound who played the part of a French poodle in a 1920s musical; and other events that could happen only in the Cariboo.

Author : Anna Schumacker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Crocheting
ISBN : OCLC:1423523809

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The Columbia Book of Yarns by Anna Schumacker Pdf