Today I handed in the manuscript for my next crochet book. It is a ritual for me to deliver the package in person to Stackpole Books. I met with the editor and designer/project manager to go over our timeline and path forward. The next steps are layout and copy editing, which will take a couple of months. The book is scheduled for inclusion in the spring 2011 catalog, which means it should probably be printed by January 2011 (in time for the winter TNNA conference in California – already thinking about a book-signing at that event).Once we have the pages in pretty good shape and the design firmed up, I will be able to announce the book’s content. This will probably be in March or April. For now I can say that it has 20 patterns, half Tunisian and half regular crochet. I used yarn from Abuelita, Blue Heron, Kangaroo Dyer, Jojoland, Lion Brand, Louet, Plymouth, and Tahki Stacy Charles, with hooks from ChiaoGoo and Denise Interchangeables. It has been a pleasure to work with such high-quality products.
Tomorrow I will tidy my office and get ready for the next project. I’ve working on some new shawls, wraps, and other patterns for my website. Just have to get the photos done and put the patterns in publishable format. After the long slog of the book, I’m looking forward to some projects with short turnaround time from start to finish!
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