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2) The weaver
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
High above the world, a weaver spins thread from such things as clouds, dyes it with colors from the sky and grass, and weaves a cloth filled with the emotions she sees throughout the day to make a blanket of dreams.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a young weaver learns the history and practice of weaving through the centuries and around the world. Includes notes on the history of weaving, and the different kinds of textiles that are woven around the world.
6) Beguiled
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After making a deal with an old washerwoman spirit called the Bean-Nighe, seventeen-year-old weaver Ella begins creating beautiful pieces that attract the notice of a rich patron, and soon Ella is entangled in magic that refuses to let her go.
Since her father's death Ella's livelihood depends on her loom. In order to buy her supplies she goes into debt. Then her loom breaks, and Ella turns to the old washerwoman spirit called the Bean-Nighe who...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Roseingrave hates nothing more than a swindler. After her family lost their piano shop to a con man in London, they're trying to start fresh in a new town. Her father is convinced Carrisford is an upright and honest place, but Sophie is not so sure. She has grave suspicions about silk-weaver Madeline Crewe, whose stunning beauty doesn't hide the fact that she's up to something. All Maddie Crewe needs is one big score, one grand heist to properly...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Extraordinary things just don't happen to fourteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabil, a talented weaver who dreams about life outside of her tiny village. But that all changes when a mysterious young wizard named Wayland North appears and asks for Sydelle's help. He's got a shocking secret that could stop a war between kingdoms--if he can reach the capital with the news in time. North needs a navigator who can mend his magical cloaks, and Sydelle is perfect...
10) Spin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Arachne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.
Arachne has no claims to divinity or fortune. Ostracized by all but her family and best friend, Celandine, she finds her voice and her strength in weaving. In the city of Colophon, word of her talent leads to a confrontation with the goddess...
Author
Publisher
Waterbrook
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Laurel Millard, youngest of seven children, is expected to stay home and "take care of Mama" by her older siblings, but Laurel has dreams of starting her own family. Operating a silk loom at the Atlanta Exposition will give her the chance to capture the heart of a man wealthy enough to take care of Laurel and any children she might bear, as well as her mother. Brendan Rochester's parents have given him an ultimatum: settle down with...
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