Wendy Cartwright said that Murdoch press contacted the Arts Society of NSW with a request for some weavers to work with them on a book. They had, at times, purchased woven articles at the gallery and so asked for those weavers whose work they knew. The editor visited them and commissioned some items. Wendy resurrected a project which she had done years earlier and it became the basis of the explanations on weaving at the beginning of the book. She contacted Lynne Peebles asking her to participate because of her off loom weaving.

At first Lynne said no to being involved but they persisted and eventually she gave in and found the experience more enjoyable than she anticipated although she had to work frantically to meet deadlines.

Mary Hawkins became involved because someone from Murdoch press had bought a scarf of hers at the gallery. She had to work from a distance. Mary insisted, from the beginning, that there had to be some off loom weaving and so she contributed the triangle scarf project. She had to rush to complete her projects but she enjoyed the experience and she hopes that people will enjoy using the book.

Helen Frostell said that the people from Murdoch books were a delight to work with. Her advice is to keep records of weaving projects; that is what saved the day for her and allowed her to reproduce projects for the book.

Anne Miller was invited to take part but she has been working on another book, that we hope to see soon.