Category: book review

  This morning someone posted the payment rates for music streaming services with the comment that across all platforms they earned, on average, about $30/month. Per *month*. They commented that when they perform live they offer CDs for sale, but many people will ask for which streaming service they can download their music from and…

  A friend sent me info on this book, which I discovered was in the local library with no holds, so I requested it and have been working my way through it. It’s not actually difficult to read.  The author writes well and explains technology so that a layperson like me can understand it.  The…

  A friend sent me info on this book, which I discovered was in the local library with no holds, so I requested it and have been working my way through it. It’s not actually difficult to read.  The author writes well and explains technology so that a layperson like me can understand it.  The…

  A friend sent me info on this book, which I discovered was in the local library with no holds, so I requested it and have been working my way through it. It’s not actually difficult to read.  The author writes well and explains technology so that a layperson like me can understand it.  The…

  Textile Design Theory in the Making I have been making my way through this book, not because it is difficult to read (although it does use academic language) but because of the concepts it is presenting. For me, this is a book to be taken in small bites, savored on the tongue, chewed thoughtfully,…

  Someone mused on line about books about Canadian textiles/by Canadian authors.  I started thinking about my learning curve, which began in 1975, and the history of handweaving in Canada. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, just what I can remember off the top of my head.  It will attempt to be…

  I have been told repeatedly by People Who Know that no one reads blogs anymore. Which kind of makes my blog an outlier, then? I am constantly amazed at how loyal a following I have with this blog.  When I started writing it in August of 2008, it was partly a celebration of life,…

  I first saw mention of this book on line, but it wasn’t available in North America yet.  However, I found a UK bookseller who was quite happy to send a copy of the book, which arrived just before Christmas. I wasn’t feeling very well and had library books that needed to get back to…

  If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Now, I’ve been a weaver for a very long time and doing the math involved is necessary for a lot of reasons.  But the math that I normally do is pretty specific – do I have enough yarn for this application?  Or no?  I am…