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Against a background of purplish yarns, the mocked-up cover of a book titled, "A User's Guide to Yarn: Harness Fibre, Twist, and Structure to Make the Cloth You Want," by Michelle Boyd. A green banner across the top says, "Nearly Funded: Kickstarter." Text at a diagonal and slighly overlapping the bottom of the book cover reads, "We're so close to our goal! Will you be the yarn lover to get us over the line?"

Halfway through the campaign, we're about 25 backers from meeting our goal to cover the minimum printing cost of A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by the brilliant @spindleprincess.bsky.social. Will you be the yarn lover to get us over the line? Choose your rewards at www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Three piles of grey swatches on a stained wooden surface. Clockwise from bottom-left: crochet, knitting, and weaving.

Author @spindleprincess.bsky.social posted about all the samples she's swatched for A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN—in knitting, crochet AND weaving. We're SO CLOSE to meeting our Kickstarter goal. Read more, and help us make bring the book to life!

📸 Michelle Boyd

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Author Michelle Boyd hopped on a live video with Nine Ten publisher Kim Werker to chat about her upcoming book, A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, coming in the fall of 2026, and the Kickstarter we're running to find production of the book. Learn all about it at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ninetenpub/a-users-guide-to-yarn-the-ultimate-book-for-yarn-nerds A User's Guide to Yarn: Author Michelle Boyd all About the Book

If you missed us live yesterday, grab something to make and have a watch or listen to @spindleprincess.bsky.social and me chat about her new book, A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, and the Kickstarter that's aaalmost fully funded! (Help get us over the line at www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...!)

See you in a couple hours!

On a gradient background from pink to orange, a cropped cover of A User's Guide to Yarn and the words, "We're going live! Michelle Boyd, Author. Kim Werker, Publisher. Thursday, August 7, 1:30 PM Eastern Time. Join us on Instagram @NineTenPub."

Join author Michelle Boyd @spindleprincess.bsky.social for a live chat about A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, Thursday Aug 7 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time/10:30 AM Pacific, on our Instagram page! Bring questions if you have 'em. We're so excited to tell you more about this book!

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Will be getting direct pre-orders up in the next few days!

If you've already backed the book, you can adjust your rewards or add-on selections at any time before the campaign ends. Thank you for helping us bring Michelle's incredible book out into the world!

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Every dollar we raise beyond our goal will help us manage our cash flow during this fragile time for small businesses—it'll make a HUGE difference, both for our ability to make this book the best it can be, and for our tiny startup press.

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✅ Ultimate Yarn Nerd Bundle for Sharing includes 2 copies of the book, 2 signed book plates, and 2 WPI tools. Give half to a yarn nerd you love, or go in on this one with a local friend to save on shipping!

We're getting closer to our goal every day!

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We've listed a couple new bundles as rewards, so you can get all the goodies at a slight discount compared to adding them one at a time.

✅ Ultimate Yarn Nerd Bundle includes a copy of the book, the ebook, a book plate signed by Michelle, and the WPI tool we're having made just for the campaign.

As Michelle explains in the book, wraps per inch (WPI) is "the most practical measurement of yarn size that we can use when we are choosing a yarn for a project." This tool helps you measure any yarn's diameter so you can make confident yarn substitutions.

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Collage image announcing that final rewards have been added to the Kickstarter for the book A User's Guide to Yarn, by Michelle Boyd. Against a background of purplish yarn are small images of the book cover, a mockup of the book cover on a tablet, a WPI yarn gauge tool, and a mockup of a signed book plate.

We realized a perfect addition to the Kickstarter for A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, would be a WPI measurement tool 💡 Good thing it wasn't too late to connect with Canadian maker Cottonwood Creations to make it happen! A short 🧵

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Against a bright purplish background, a mockup of the cover of A User's Guide to Yarn, by Michelle Boyd, topped by a heading that says, "Last chance for earlybird pricing!"

Today's the last day for earlybird pricing over on Kickstarter! We just confirmed a rad new reward we'll add soon, but today is the final day the book will be available at its lowest price. It's coming in 2026 and it's going to blow your mind!

Head over to www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin... 🏃‍♀️

Against a background of pinkish yarn, a quote from the book: "Yarn, while not a living thing itself, is constantly affected by the world around it just like we are. Sometimes we notice the effects, sometimes they are not so obvious. But yarn is always flexing and adapting to those changes." Below it, the text: Earlybird rewards end THIS WEEKEND. Back A User's Guide to Yarn on Kickstarter!

Earlybird rewards end this weekend! Help make A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, and pre-order the book at the lowest price 🏃‍♀️

🎯 Just a week into the campaign, we're already nearly 75% of the way to our goal! Help get us over the line!

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Screenshot of the mobile version of BookNet Canada's website, featuring their logo and a greyscale illustration of unlabelled books, and the headline, "Making the bestseller list: The true impact of a pre-order campaign," followed by metadata: "BookNet Canada * July 31, 2025 * Publishing."

The folks at BookNet Canada read our news about THE TRUE COST OF WOOL, by @longwayhomestead.bsky.social, landing on The Globe and Mail bestseller list, and asked if they could feature us on their blog 🥹

What does it mean for the book to be a national bestseller? www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2025/7/...

I am IN.

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Against a background of purplish yarn, a quote from A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN that reads, "None of us will ever know all there is to know about yarn. New yarns will come and go, we will drift into other crafts or our bodies will change and we will have to learn to work another way. But the basics of using yarn are constant. Fibre, twist, and our hands will always make magic together." Plus a call to action: "Back A User's Guide to Yarn on Kickstarter! Earlybird rewards this week only."

A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN by @spindleprincess.bsky.social sets crafters on a path to lifelong learning, providing a foundation of understanding you will build on with every project you make and every yarn you use.

Special 🐥 earlybird 🐥 pricing for a few more days! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners - this book will interest you!

🎈Today is @spindleprincess.bsky.social's birthday, and to celebrate we've added a very limited number of handspun yarn + book bundles to the Kickstarter for her book, A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN! Run quick to snag one! And wish her a happy birthday, too, eh? 🎈 www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

We're already 20% of the way to our goal! 🤯 Here's the first update to the Kickstarter to fund production of A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

A User's Guide to Yarn: The Ultimate Book for Yarn Nerds Harness fibre, twist and structure to knit, crochet or weave the cloth you want 🧶

This book blew my mind. I've worked in the yarn industry for over 20 years and it never even occurred to me to wonder about half the details @spindleprincess.bsky.social covers. Help us bring it to life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

I originally planned to hold this campaign in May. Then all mayhem broke out (um, tariffs) and it took a while to adjust to a new normal (lol) and ensure the campaign wouldn't consist of panic and desperation. I have read the book and it is AMAZING...

A User's Guide to Yarn: The Ultimate Book for Yarn Nerds Harness fibre, twist and structure to knit, crochet or weave the cloth you want 🧶

@ninetenpub.bsky.social 's latest project is live and looks to be awesome. This will join my permanent reference library for sure.

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❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing!

A green banner at the top of the image reads, "Just launched—Kickstarter." Against a background of a few kinds of pinkish yarn is a book cover for "A User's Guide to Yarn: Harness Fibre, Twist, and Structure to Make the Cloth You Want," by Michelle Boyd.

The Kickstarter for A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, just launched! Help make this super nerdy book and follow the publishing journey! 🙏🧶📚 We have an exclusive reward of book + signed book plate just for our fans who use this link! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

🚨Coming soon: Help us bring Master Spinner Michelle Boyd's (@spindleprincess.bsky.social) ultimate reference book for yarn nerds to life! Follow the campaign page to be alerted as soon as we launch the Kickstarter campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin... Sorry, this time with alt text!

🚨Coming soon: Help us bring Master Spinner Michelle Boyd's (@spindleprincess.bsky.social) ultimate reference book for yarn nerds to life! Follow the campaign page to be alerted as soon as we launch the Kickstarter campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

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I pre-ordered this today. Fashion history, feminism, and POCKETS!!!