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Nine Ten Publications
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Publisher of books by Canadians about how to make things and how things are made. 🇨🇦🧶🧷🧵✂️📐🪡🎨🔨
https://shop.ninetenpublications.ca
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In print 🎉🎉🎉
Photo of The Globe and Mail Canadian non-fiction bestseller list from November 1, 2025, laid on top of the front page of the Arts & Books section of that same newspaper. #5 on the list is Math for Knitters, by Kate Atherley.
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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And huge thanks to the knitters who pre-ordered the book. Not only did you help us finance our biggest-ever print runs, you also made the book a bestseller!
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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MATH FOR KNITTERS is out this week, and what a splash it is making, coming in at #5 on the Globe and Mail's Canadian Non-Fiction Bestseller List!

Congratulations, bestselling author @kateatherley.bsky.social 🏅
Under a heading of "It's Math Time!!" is the cover of Math for Knitters, by Kate Atherley, on a beige tone-on-tone background of calculators and arithmetic symbols. Under a heading of "Math for Knitters" is the cover of the book of the same name, on a blue tone-on-tone background of calculators and arithmetic symbols. Text around the book cover reads: "Globe and Mail BESTSELLER. Ask for it at your local bookstore or yarn shop. No fancy math required. Pattern customization. Everything you need to know about gauge."
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I am 💀

HUGE congratulations to Globe bestselling author @kateatherley.bsky.social!!

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/133b5f1...
Math for Knitters, by Kate Atherley, debuts at #5 on The Globe and Mail bestseller list of Canadian Non-Fiction: November 1, 2025
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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All Hallowe'en Greetings!

(Public domain image from Toronto Reference Library. Arts department.)
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Our shipping carrier is anticipating delays at the border later this week due to changes in the U.S's tariff schedule. Coupled with uncertainty about trade talks between Canada and the U.S, we just don't know how long new direct shipments to U.S. readers will take to arrive. (More 👇)
Above an illustration of a delivery truck on a road is a heading that reads, "U.S. Shipping Update." Below it: "Our books are now available in the U.S. and we encourage you to order through your local craft shop or bookstore as we pause shipping to the U.S. in our online store. More details below!"
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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BC author Jess Driscoll – jessdriscoll.com/ – rails against the patriarchy by providing simple instructions for how to sew everything from the most basic patch pockets to more involved in-seam pockets to retro-inspired tie-on pockets.
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The Canadian edition of THE MAGIC OF POCKETS is making its way into the world this week! Now we have no excuse but to free ourselves from having to ask our bepocketed friends to hold our phone—we will sew pockets into the clothes that, well, really should have them to begin with!
The cover of the book The Magic of Pockets: A Feminist's Guide to Adding Pockets to Clothing That REALLY Should Have Pockets to Begin With appears at an angle in front of a black background with repeating grey words reading, "Book Birthday, Canadian Edition." At the bottom in teal type it says, "Now available in Canadian bookstores and online." Under the heading, "Thanks, it has pockets!" the book cover of The Magic of Pockets is surrounded by arrows pointing to text that reads, "down with the patriarchy," "DIY the revolution," "make the pockets you've always deserved," and "the perfect gift for literally every woman lamenting their pocketless clothing."
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Such a fabulous BC book launch for THE TRUE COST OF WOOL, by @longwayhomestead.bsky.social! Thank you, Iron Dog Books for being amazing hosts and Baaad Anna's for staying open late, and to all the wool lovers and curious readers who came out!
Poster on the glass front door of a bookstore for BC book launch of Anna Hunter's book, THE TRUE COST OF WOOL. Over the top of a book display including a copy of THE TRUE COST OF WOOL, about 40 people are listening to an author wearing a buffalo plaid shirt. Seen over the top of a blurred stack of books, a woman in a plaid shirt is giving a talk to an audience not quite visible behind the books. An author takes a selfie with a crowd of about 40 people behind her in a bookstore.
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Just 3 hours left to back A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, and pre-order this game-changing book at the special campaign price! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
Image including the mocked-up book cover of "A User's Guide to Yarn," by Michelle Boyd, and text reading: "Last Chance! Kickstarter. Just 3 hours left to back the book on Kickstarter & pre-order at the campaign price. 'Yarn, while not a living thing itself, is constantly affected by the world around it just like we are.' Coming in Fall 2026, A User's Guide to Yarn, by Michelle Boyd, is everything you didn't know you didn't know about yarn. Level-up your knitting, crochet and weaving!"
August 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Kickstarter for A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, ends Monday! It's your last chance to back the book at the lowest price. Thank you for making the book possible! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
August 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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⏰ The 10% earlybird discount on pre-orders of MATH FOR KNITTING, by @kateatherley.bsky.social, ends this coming Thursday, August 21 ⏰

shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/mat...

The book is going into layout next week, and it will also be released in late October as an EPUB ebook.
The cover of "Math for Knitters" is in the centre of a promo graphic with the title as a headline at the top. Arrows point from the book to phrases: "everything you need to know about gauge," "pattern customization," and "no fancy math required." It also says, "Coming in October!" in the top-right corner, and at the bottom, "Pre-order today!" leads via an arrow to the URL shop.ninetenpublications.ca. Under a headline that says, "Pre-orders open! 10% earlybird discount ending soon," is the cover of the book "Math for Knitters," by Kate Atherley, against a background immage of illustrations of calculators and arithmetic symbols.
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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We're so excited and grateful to have met our campaign goal already! THANK YOU! We'll be able to cover a massive invoice from the printer in its entirety 🎉 That's what we set our campaign goal for: to cover the huge print cost.

Read on for the 🎯 STRETCH GOAL

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
The mocked-up book cover of A User's Guide by Yarn, by Michelle Boyd, appears against a background of purplish yarn. A green banner at the top of the image reads, "Just Funded: Kickstarter," and gold confetti rains down the top 2/3 of the image. White text on a purple background is splashed diagonally across the bottom of the book cover and says, "THANK YOU! Read on for what our STRETCH GOAL is!"
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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We're SO CLOSE 🙏

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
Screenshot of part of the Kickstarter dashboard. It says: "A User's Guide to Yarn: The Ultimate Book for Yarn Nerds. CA $19,819 pledged. 99% funded. 400 backers. 14 days to go."
August 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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MATH FOR KNITTERS, by @kateatherley.bsky.social, breaks down the numbers behind knitting so you'll never be left guessing (or hyperventilating) again.

📣 Get 10% off earlybird pre-orders for a limited time!

shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/mat...

More about the book 👇
The book cover of "Math for Knitters," by Kate Atherley, is on a patterned background of calculators and arithmetic symbols. A heading reads, "Pre-Orders Open! 10% off for earlybirds."
August 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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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...
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?"
August 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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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

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
Three piles of grey swatches on a stained wooden surface. Clockwise from bottom-left: crochet, knitting, and weaving.
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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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!

www.instagram.com/ninetenpub/
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."
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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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 🧵

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
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.
August 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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 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!"
August 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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!

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!
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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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/...
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."
July 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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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...
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."
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🎈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...
July 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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...
July 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM