Knitting New Scarves: 27 Distinctly Modern Designs
Lynne Barr - 2007
Lynne Barr beckons all levels of knitters back to their humble beginnings and shows them 27 modern designs, each created using a new technique or a new take on a traditional one.
Essential Oil Magic For Quick Healing: 50+ Beginners Recipes Guide You to Get Started with Easily Availabe Essential Oils for Stress Free, Boosting Energy, Reliving Pain, Superchage Memory, Happiness
ARAV Books - 2014
But When You Go Into Your Local Natural Health Care Store: It's Really confusing!! Where Should You Start Building Your Natural Medical Cabinet With? Some Common Questions Like: * Why You Use Essential Oils? * What to Know Before Using Essential Oils * Essential Oils and Fragrances!! * Top Essential Oils?? * Why Do You Need Carrier Oils and Top Carrier Oils? * Essential Oils Diffusing & Blending!! * How do you choose an application method? * Commercial and Medicinal Purposes * What is Aromatherapy? How does it work? How Aromatherapy Can Treat Many Different Conditions? * Why Aromatherapy is Widely Misused As a Marketing Tool for Advertising Top Essential Oil Recipes For Different Health Conditions * Depression Remedy * Memory and Concentration * Stress Free * Panic Disorder * Anger Bursting * Boosting Energy * Stuffy Nose * Hair Care Recipes * Quick Happiness * Fear Free Recipes * Fight off Infections Also Discover: * What Ingredients Are In The Commercial Wound Ointment And Dressings? * The Essential Oil for Disinfection Properties? * How to Use Essential Oils to Stop Bleeding? * How to Use Essential Oils for Infected Wounds? * How Essential Oils Help You to Prevent and Reduce Scarring? Would You Like To Know More? * Download and Boost Your Stamina & Transform Your Body forever ---"Today". * Scroll to the Top of the Page and Select the "Buy" Button.
Simple Sewing with a French Twist: An Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and Home Accessories with Style
Celine Dupuy - 2007
Including easy items to sew for the home, fashion accessories, delightful gifts and innovative ideas for customizing your favourite pieces of furniture, these are chic patterns that will inspire you.
Embroidered Effects: Projects and Patterns to Inspire Your Stitching
Jenny Hart - 2009
Now she takes stitchers one step further with instructions and diagrams for more than 35 stitches, some published here for the first time. To top it off, Embroidered Effects includes dozens of original (and reusable) iron-on transfers. With lots of project photos for guidance, even beginners can learn how to stitch faux tattoos on their shirt sleeves, cheeky fan dancers on their shower curtains, and many more fun projects.
Little Stitches: 100+ Sweet Embroidery Designs
Aneela Hoey - 2012
Aneela Hoey offers basic instructions for simple stitches, along with a generous selection of original embroidery patterns.
The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker: 12 Quilt Projects
Elizabeth Hartman - 2010
.Alternate colorways included with each project show you how swapping out fabrics can change the look of the same block. .Learn how to cut, piece, applique, machine quilt, bind, and finish. .Pick up helpful tips and tricks to stay organized and master the methods. Try a fresh, relaxed approach to making quilts with this new "go-to" book. The bright aesthetic and clear, simple instructions guide beginners and intermediates alike through the entire process of creating fun and useful quilts that they'll be proud to call their own."
Making Polymer Clay Beads
Carol Blackburn - 2007
The straightforward instructions discuss topics that include conditioning raw clay and making simple shapes; producing more complex shapes, such as rounds, canes, and spirals; decorating the beads with foils, powders, and milléfiori; and creating faux effects like ivory, bone, turquoise, marble, and silver. A gallery of beads by internationally renowned artists, hundreds of step-by-step photographs of new beads designed by the author, and a clay gauge that allows one to estimate how much clay is necessary to make a specific quantity of beads are included, making this a comprehensive guide that will provide inspiration, demonstrate the range of effects that can be achieved in polymer clay, and teach beaders how to incorporate these beads into jewelry designs.
Knit Noro: Accessories: 30 Colorful Little Knits
Vogue Knitting - 2012
Hand colored in vivid combinations of painterly hues, Noro yarns are as striking to behold as they are easy to work with. This follow-up to Knit Noro features 32 small projects knitters can complete in a weekend, including Leg Warmers, Cabled Mittens, a Lace Flap Hat, and even an iPad cover.
100 Snowflakes to Crochet: Make Your Own Snowdrift---to Give or to Keep
Caitlin Sainio - 2012
Crafters of all levels can easily crochet up a storm—or just make a simple snowflake or two. The designs range from simple ones requiring only a few rows to large intricate ones for more advanced stitchers. Starting with a review of crochet basics, a discussion of materials and finishings, the structure of snowflakes, and methods of blocking and starching your finished flakes, anyone can easily learn to craft one of these gossamer creations. Then onto the Snowflake Selector to browse for a pattern that matches your skill level. However, as you work through the book, you will improve your skills as you go along! These lovely flakes—intricate, delicate, and symmetrical—can be used as appliques, to hang in windows, or to adorn your Christmas tree. With full patterns and lots of project ideas for your finished snowflakes, you’re certain to find hours of enjoyment and inspiration from the next book in our bestselling series.
Wire Style
Denise Peck - 2008
Beginning with a primer on basic tools and techniques and covering fundamental wire-working skills in detail, including wire-wrapping, weaving, coiling, chain-making, hammering, texturing, and oxidizing, this guide helps jewelry makers of all skills levels develop a range of talents. Each project includes a comprehensive materials list and step-by-step instructions that guide crafters through a variety of projects, including wrapping found objects with wire, making chain mail, creating spirals, straightening wire, making jump rings and ear wires, and creating clasps. Constructed with many different materials—from precious metals to plated and colored wire—these striking creations are a mix of funky and fabulous wire designs combined with stones, beads, and cords to create an interesting and eclectic jewelry collection.
How To Crochet: A Complete Guide for Absolute Beginners
Alison McNicol - 2013
* Easy to follow How To Crochet illustrations * Fun and simple projects to make * Learn a variety of crochet stitches and skills * Perfect for absolute beginners * Projects include hats, scarves, mittens, baby blankets, scented hearts, granny squares and more! This is the ONLY beginner's book you'll need to start to crochet today!!
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More
Katrina Rodabaugh - 2018
It does all this through just four very simple mending techniques: exterior patches, interior patches, slow stitches, darning, and weaving. In addition, the book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well-being. In essays that accompany each how-to chapter, Katrina Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for appreciating our own naturally flawed selves, and she examines the ways in which mending teaches us new skills, self-reliance, and confidence, all gained from making things with our own hands.
Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook: Instructions, Patterns, and Advice for a New Generation of Knitters
Debbie Stoller - 2000
Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.
Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community
Rachel May - 2014
In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, their quilts, and their tips, tutorials, and techniques will inspire you to try something new and follow your own creativity wherever it leads.
Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves
Miyako Kanamori - 2007
Full of individuality and mischief, these stuffed creations are all pieced together from ordinary socks, gloves, and mittens. Step-by-step illustrations and instructions make it easy to craft and dress a whole menagerie, including monkeys, elephants, piglets, bunnies, and even an insouciant fish. Endearing to adults and children alike, these whimsical creatures make perfect gifts and inspiring companions.