This book begged me to examine it during tonight's Border's visit. And it was so worth my time (and putting on my "to buy" list.I should have known I'd like it because the author, Barbara Albright is also the author of Knitter's Stash (not to mention 1001 Reasons to Love Chocolate!!)
Delights include:
- More kinds of fiber than most of us have seen
- Photos of the animals or plants that produce the fiber
- WAAAAAAAAY better than average patterns using each material
- An extensive collection of names, addresses, web addresses and phone numbers of resources: not just fiber vendors, but spinning equipment, etc.
I was upset while reading the book jacket that the references to Ms. Albright were all in the past tense. I might be the only person who didn't connect the dots earlier. She died of a brain tumor at the premature age of 51. Her home state obituary is here.
A friend said of her, "
"I never ever saw a bad day out of that woman. Her life was brownies and margaritas."
Not a bad epitaph at all.
2 comments:
That's a GREAT epitaph.
I LOVE this book. Purchased it at Borders a few weeks ago and did not connect the dots. So sorry to hear of Ms. Albright's passing, but what a lovely quote from her friend. We should all be so lucky.
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