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Like a lot of fiber artists, I learned much of what I know because I saw it first in print. I still have and use the orange embroidery booklet from Coats & Clark. A circa 1959 copy of Good Housekeeping's Complete Book of Needlecraft by Vera P. Guild, which I pinched from my mom years ago, was my introduction to netting with shuttle and gauge and much more. In high school, I bought Mara Cary's Basic Baskets and some reed and taught myself to weave. My idea of a good time is scouring a used book store for titles that may be long out of print but still offer insight and ideas. I am an unrepentant dog-earer of pages (when the books are my own), and have broken my share of spines by weighting books to hold them open while I figure something out.
My love of books and magazines guided my choices in college and after, where excellent teachers helped me learn how to write and excellent editors helped me develop the confidence to write in my own voice. My sister once suggested (wisely, I fear) that I turn my writing skills to the perennially popular genre of bodice-rippers. While the idea had its appeal (fame, fortune, photo shoots with hunky models), frankly, my dear, I've always been more interested in writing about how to remodel the bodice after it's been shredded.
And thus I announce the publication of the second book in my New Age Fiber Arts series -- New Age Looping.
I'm sure you would love to click a button right now and use your credit card to order copies for yourself and five best friends. And that would be lovely, except I don't take online orders or Paypal or credit cards. What can I say? These techniques are inspired by traditions that are thousands of years old. A couple more days is not the end of the world. But if you will dust off your checkbook and send me your order, I'll mail your books promptly along with my heartfelt thanks.
Want to read more before you go to all that trouble? Click on the links below for details. Thanks for reading.
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