Fabric Dyer’s Dictionary by Linda Johansen, softback published by C&T Publishing in theUSA. ISBN 978-1-57120-863-7, price 23.95 US dollars, from www.ctpub.com

I have read many books on dyeing, I love colour. Apart from giving the basics of the process and preparation, this book gives wonderful ‘recipes’ for dyeing cloth in fabulous shades of colour. None of my other dyeing books do this. So I think this book is tops. In addition it has information on speciality techniques such as soda ash to get texture into the dye, layering and much more. Highly recommended for dyers.