Booky news!

This has been in the works for months, so it was a relief to be able to spill the beans on the KnitCast -- my third book is signed!

With Knit Wit, the book packager came to me, which was cool. The subject matter and style were right up my alley and it was a good fit. Bingo -- book 1.

With Big Girl Knits, I've gotten to work on my favorite girl's pet project [on a subject that's very close to my heart] with said girl, learning tons of new stuff and making my brain expand in quite painful ways. I'm STILL not a math girl, but I'm learning. This book makes us both proud. Blammo, book 2.

But with this third book, it's MY pet project. It's about the aspect of knitting that's most directly connected with everything I touch, and so this book has been percolating in my head for at least 2 years. Some intense brainstorming with Jillian, and blammo -- we tweaked the proposal and I sent it to the one publisher I felt was right for this book: Interweave. And they wanted it. Voilà...book 3!

Everywhere I go, a little pocket Moleskine notebook goes with me. I'm filling it with things for this book. I have people to interview, books to read, fibers to swatch. I have a call for submissions to write.

The book will be in stores spring 2007. This time, I'm taking my time. Dammit. :-)