Wanted: Horse Lovers Wishing to Wear Their Love on Their Sleeve

NEW ALBANY, Ind. - May 22, 2021 - PRLog -- A new book is sure to appeal to the equestrian wishing to celebrate their bond with a horse by braiding a bracelet from its hair.

Braiding Horsehair Bracelets: Your Beginner's Guide is the book author Janet Wolanin Alexander wished was available when she discovered braided horsehair jewelry while trail riding with a friend in 2005. When she saw the bracelet her friend had purchased out West on vacation Alexander vowed to learn how to braid a bracelet from her horse's hair.

The only book she could find on the subject was illustrated in black and white and plunged right into challenging projects beyond her ability. Eventually, Alexander found a horsehair artist in Ohio willing to give her a lesson. A few years later she received an Individual Artist's Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission to study under an artist in Canada.

After publishing her first book, At Home on a Horse in the Woods: A Journey into Living Your Ultimate Dream, a memoir and testimony to the importance of taking your dream seriously and winner of a 2020 Equus Winnie Award, Alexander wrote Braiding Horsehair Bracelets: Your Beginner's Guide. .

The book teaches how to legally obtain horsehair, prepare it for braiding, create three different braids, size the braids, attach the end caps and clasps, and care for the bracelets as well as suggested projects for those interested in further challenges.

Award-winning artist Donna Murray (horsehairandwoolcreations.com) wrote this endorsement for Alexander's book, "…she has put in a tremendous amount of time, effort and patience to create this beautiful book and share her knowledge. Wonderful color photos and clear instructions for three different types of braids from start to finish…This book is of great importance to help keep the art of horsehair work alive and available for anyone interested."

Alexander's books are available worldwide wherever books are sold, including online stores such as Amazon and Google Books. Braiding Horsehair is available in hardback and paperback; At Home on a Horse in the Woods is available as an audiobook, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardback.

The author is a retired teacher who lives in Southern Indiana with her husband Jim and their cats and dogs. They board Highlander near the horse trails in the nearby Clark State Forest. Besides writing horse TALES, Alexander also braids jewelry from horse TAILS.

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