I have been privileged to be involved with textiles all of my career, many years with some giants of the industry and can recall annual production of a mills’ seasonal layout publication of the type Laura produced in "Magic in the Water". In the early years of my career I recall mills having complete sampling departments (people and equipment) devoted to producing that type of publication for internal use, the contents of which were guarded like the gold in Fort Knox. Few were more complete or contained more vital information than "Magic in the Water". In my opinion the book is as necessary for the newbie as the experienced weaver. And every Library, Guild and public, should have it available. Tom Beaudet, Textile Engineer, Retired

“The work you did on that (Magic) just blows me away, I consider it one of the most outstanding contributions to the weaving society in the last 50+ years.” Carol Larsen

Magic in the Water; wet finishing handwovens is a very limited edition publication with actual samples of the fabric before and after wet finishing.

As of July 15, 2007 Magic in the Water; wet finishing handwovens has been updated with information on regenerated bamboo and soy protein fibre yarns and comes with two more samples for a total of 22 projects.
Sample 21 is Koi Polloi - silk warp with soy protein fibre weft in a fancy twill
	Sample 22 is Bamboo Bubbles - bamboo and wool/lycra in the warp with bamboo weft. This fabric can be woven on four shafts.
Both loom state and wet finished samples are provided so that the impact wet finishing makes on the web can be seen and felt. View samples of The magic of wet finishing blankets here