Raw Material: Working Wool In The West

In Raw Material, Stephany Wilkes tells not only her own story, but also that of American wool. What begins as a knitter's search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely, and irresistible side job. Wilkes become a certified sheep shearer and wool classer, working at the very first step in the textile supply chain, ultimately leaving her high-tech job for a new way of life considered long dead in the American West.--Provided by publisher.

• | Author: Stephany Wilkes
• | Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 20, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0870719513
• | ISBN-13: 9780870719516