This morning, a friend wrote me a note, and mentioned that she liked the bags on the cover of my new book.
I was startled-
How on earth did she know what was on the cover?
Aha!
Amazon.ca….
wheeeeeeeeeee!
There it is!
and they are taking pre-orders…. yay!
So, I thought that I would check Amazon.com to see if it was there, too.
Nope….. not there.
Instead, I was asked the question:
‘Did you mean: “The Women Big”?’
Well, once I wiped the tea off my computer screen, I politely declined to look for
“The Women Big’.   Thanks, I’ll just wait for The Woven Bag.
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See this big box?

Okay, it’s a small pic, but really, the box is a big ‘un!
AND – it is FULL of my life!
Yep…. this is hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours of designing, writing, illustrating, frogging and work work working!
This box is full of the projects for my new book.
Here I am , just about to take it to the post office to lob it off to my editor:

Whew…. it cost $50 to mail! sheesh……
Can I tell you anything  about the book?
sigh…. no, not yet…..
Let us say that a lot of yarn is involved……
and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds …read more

I’m working to deadline on a new book…. well, 2 new books.
I’m working on one book that is all my designs (+30 of them). I am also working on a group effort. It’s the 2nd book that a group of designers that I  are self-publishing.
We’ve just released our first one- The Belt Book
and now we’re going full throttle on our second one.
Will let you know when we release it.
This week, I’ve been working really hard on drawings and illustrations for the books.  I do all my illustrations by hand. Some people cleverly know how to do their illustrations on the …read more

We’re downsizing like mad around here, but believe me, there are some books that I would NOT part with.
The weaving books that I can’t recommend highly enough and simply wouldn’t part with are:
Inkle Weaving by Helene Bress – it’s one of the best books  about Inkle weaving and luckily, it’s still available on the web.
Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving by Betty Davenport- another treasure, and luckily…. still available.
Saori – Self Discovery through Free Weaving by Misao Jo and Kenzo Jo, available from Salt Spring Weaving.
Saori may not be familiar to you. It’s a wonderful process of free form weaving that …read more