IMAGINE BEING A SQUIRREL!

Your world would be all blue and yellow. Or a dog: add violet to your palette. Now imagine being Keith Recker, author of True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments. Suddenly you can see not only the vast spectrum and the uncountable hues that make our world such a rich and mysterious place, but you would also be hearing, smelling, tasting them. Such is the world of the synesthete. Keith has created a new eBook entitled “Speaking in Color,” that we are thrilled to provide to you for FREE

Join Keith as he explores the history and cultural meaning to be found in each of the hues of the rainbow and beyond. Have a favorite color? Read all about it. Prepare to be fascinated.

FREE NAVAJO WEAVING EBOOK

As we prepare to launch an important new book, How To Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman, we’d like to share some of the deep knowledge that has made Navajo weaving an enduring treasure. Fifth-generation weavers Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas have dug deep into the history of the Diné and of their own family and generously shared not only their weaving know-how, but also the life lessons that give it enduring value. If you never set up a four-selvedge warp, if you never spin yarn on a lap spindle—we know you will feel the truth in this FREE EXCERPT and know how to apply it to your own life and work.

COLOR THEM! STITCH THEM!

We’ve collected a few patterns from The Secret Language of Miao Embroidery, and offer them here FOR FREE for you to ponder and enjoy. You can use them for your own embroidery. You can use them for reverse applique. Or our favorite use in these stressful times, just print them out, get out your markers, and color them!

FREE CAST-ON PATTERN + A BONUS TECHNIQUE: ANDEAN MIRROR KNITTING

The content in the free download had been carefully selected from the bestselling book by Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, Secrets of Spinning, Weaving & Knitting in the Peruvian Highlands. We’re delighted to be able to share this sample content for free and hope you’ll consider purchasing the entire book and helping support our mission.