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In recent years we have seen a popularity boom surrounding all kinds of crafts. Once the reserve of older generations, hand-knitting skills have taken on a new life as a modern art form and relaxing pastime. So, from lavish fashion trends to homemade gifts, add a hand-crafted touch to your garments, gifts and decorations with the help of The Compact Beginners Guide to Knitting. Start by choosing your yarn and needles before getting to grips with casting on, knitting, purling, ribbing and casting off again. Once you've mastered the essentials, find out how to finish projects with finesse. Next you'll put your newfound skills into practice with a range of creative project patterns that are perfect for newbie knitters. So pick up your needles today, and you'll be an expert in no time at all!

Crochet as a hobby has boomed in recent years, with the art being passed down to younger generations. Fashionable and thrifty, making your own garments, gifts, and decorations has become a really popular pastime. The Complete Beginners Guide To Crochet shows you all the essential stitches and techniques you'll need to get started, from your very first foundation chain to adding embellishments like fringe and edging. Once you've mastered those techniques, it's time to put them into practice! Turn to the starter projects section for easy-to-follow patterns from experienced crocheters. Start with the rose corsage and basic bunting, then progress onto more advanced projects like the amigurumi baby sloth. Follow our simple steps and you'll soon be creating beautiful items worthy of the high street. Happy crocheting!

Learn how to crochet beautiful gifts and homewares that your friends and family will adore! Make beautiful blankets and throws for around the home. Create celebratory vintage-style bunting, greetings cards with a twist, and cute table decorations. Craft handy placemats, coasters, and plant-pot holders to liven up your space, and storage baskets that are as practical as they are pretty. Plus, there are patterns for a brilliant range of baby gifts and amigurumi toys, comfy cushion covers, pet beds for your furry friends, and a whole host of other fun projects to add colour and texture to every room in your home. Full of great projects for all the family Including: A sweet pea blanket, amigurumi hearts, a seat cover, crochet baskets, a jewelry box, a cot blanket and bumper, a windmill blanket, an octopus plushie and some super toys.

First established in medieval times, quilting and patchwork have grown from a re-emergence in the 1960's into a positive boom with today's crafters. The Compact Beginners Guide to Quilting and Patchwork will show you everything you require to start completing your own patchwork projects, from the basic tools you will need through all the best techniques and block patterns so you can create your very own quilt. Step by step tutorials and great starter projects include an ice-cream quilt for the beach, a tote bag ideal for shopping, and more.

"These loveable little amigurumi monsters are so cute and quick to crochet, you'll want to make them all! At 4 inches high, these manga-inspired plushie creatures are perfect little companions that can peek out of your pocket. Using just one size hook, crochet your partner or a whole team of beasts with unique powers, from a sprout-like sidekick and spiky wolf guardian, to a springy mouse and a fiery cat! Suitable for crocheters of all abilities, these tiny collectables make awesome gifts and mini makes for any age"--

Contains 30 sewing projects including bags, keyrings, cushions, and pencil cases, all easy to customize and can be made independently or with an adult.

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Learn the art and timeless techniques of hand-tooled Japanese woodworking.Japanese woodworking utilizes ingenious hand-tool joinery to construct pieces without the use of fasteners or adhesives. These techniques emphasize the strength of each individual piece of wood creating a finished project that will stand the test of time. There is no rotting via rusted fasteners and no cracking or splitting from constraining the wood when it wants to move. As the perfect place to begin a journey of understanding the nuanced beauty of Japanese woodworking, Essential Japanese Joinery is geared toward beginners with no Japanese woodworking knowledge.  Author Hisao Zen, creator of the popular online video course, DIY Japanese Joinery, starts readers with an explanation of all the tools needed and how best to keep them sharp. With tools ready for use, the step-by-step photography and expert instructions detail how to craft essential connecting and splicing joints by hand.  With several plans for skill-building projects, Essential Japanese Joinery puts all the newly learned abilities to work.With Essential Japanese Joinery, anyone interested in hand-tool woodworking will discover: How to read anticipate the movement of wood grain. Expert techniques for using each tool. Sharpening and maintenance practices for hand tools. The strengths and weaknesses of joints and when to use them.

Adorn your life with crochet stars!These easy and fun to crochet stars can be used for so many things! Start with the basic star that can be stitched onto clothing as a decorative patch or worn as a pin. Create adorable stuffed "star babies" with hugging arms and cute little faces. Frame your favorite "star" in a picture frame or make a magic wand for a fairy. Decorate a journal cover or wear small stars as earrings. Make multiple stars and then sew them together to make a scarf, table runner, place mat, or garland. Once you've mastered the basic stars, customize your creations with beads, ribbons, lace and other embellishments.These little stars are perfect for using up small bits of yarn and to stash in your bag for crocheting on the go. The 20+ ideas here are a great place to start, but once you start crocheting stars, the sky is the limit!

Cross-stitch your cottage life!Whether you live in a cottage or an urban apartment, if you daydream of a simple life in a little house on a hill or near the sea, this book is full of designs that will inspire and feed your love of all things homey and sweet. The 20 stitchings feature a variety of tiny homes--from cabins with beautiful gardens to hobby farms and even a little camper home--and the relaxing rituals of cottage living, such as baking, gardening, and enjoying wildlife and sunshine. Every project includes chart, finished photo, materials, and full instructions. Find your peace as you make each stitch, and then display your work where you can be transported to your cottage dream every time you see it!

Crocheting items for the home provides a wonderful opportunity to display and enjoy your handmade items every day. From blankets and pillows, to baskets, place mats, coasters, wall hangings, rugs and more, the 10 designs in this book from Salena Baca will enhance any décor.

Welcome a new baby with handmade blankets, sweaters, hats, booties, mitts, and more. In this collection, you'll find sets of coordinating items that can be made together (or mixed and matched) to make a great gift for baby. Each set includes 3 items, such as a blanket, hat, and booties. There are 10 sets--30 pieces in all.

Ready to get radical with your potholder weaving?Most of us learned to weave on our potholder looms in Plain Weave, and it's a great place to start, but your little loom is capable of so much more! Author Deborah Jean Cohen began exploring the possibilities of potholder weaving and found a whole group of similarly obsessed weavers on Facebook. Soon they were sharing and swapping techniques and patterns. They found that many Twill weaves translate easily to the potholder loom. And if you weave each of the two strands of a loop separately (instead of as one unit), you double the number of warps and wefts on your loom and exponentially increase the number of designs you can make. And have you tried weaving with a clasped weft to divide your weaving into sections for entirely new effects?Begin your radical potholder journey by trying the multitude of intriguing potholder designs presented in easy-to-follow charts. Many patterns are shown in a variety of color schemes to give you an idea of the possibilities, and you'll find yourself lost in many hours of joyful weaving. When you are ready to make your own designs, you'll find the advice on adapting an existing weaving draft to a potholder loom chart invaluable. You'll be amazed at the hundreds of variations you can make with just this one simple loom!

Crochet Monsters contains instructions for 37 unique bodies and more than 15 teeth patterns, tongues and horns, hair and scales, tails and limbs and more! Nearly everything is interchangeable so with over 30 limb options and so many more ways to customize your Monster, you can make a unique creature every time you return to this book.

Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Start with a plate shape to learn the technique. Then experiment with four basic container styles to create round, oval, square, and other shapes. Create purses, baskets, and bowls in an endless variety of sizes, shapes, and colorsSimply wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and secure with machine stitchingSpecial sections on lids, handles, and embellishments offer unlimited options for your own variations

Don't be afraid to mix colors and cables!The often-repeated advice that it is best to choose solid-color yarns when you crochet cables is not always true. With a little bit of knowledge and planning, you can crochet beautiful Celtic cables and enhance the design with your choice of a multicolored yarn. Author Noelle R. B. Stiles is a vision scientist at the University of Southern California and has done extensive research into the art and science of color play (so that you don't have to!). What she brings to this book is the practical side of color usage. She gives you a broad look at how colors and designs work together and illustrates how color choices affect the final outcome of your crochet pieces. She specifically sets out to prove that multicolored yarns should not be sidelined in your textured crochet pieces and can be used to great advantage. With practical examples and 20 patterns, she shows how crochet designs can feature both a multicolored yarn and an intricate cable to gorgeous effect. Patterns include eye-catching scarves, hats, mitts, blanket, cardigan, and more. If you are new to cabling, there are step-by-step instructions and several beginner patterns. Pull out your favorite hand-painted or variegated yarn and give it a try!

Create your own 100% natural vegan candles!Making your own candles allows you to choose ingredients that are healthy for you and for the planet. It also gives you the opportunity to play with a wealth of fragrances to create candles that are meaningful and purposeful for creating atmospheres of relaxation, warmth, concentration, energy . . . the possibilities are endless! Nearly any glass container can be made into a candle, so use your creativity and resourcefulness to combine containers, scents, and inclusions such as flower petals or coffee beans to make your own unique candles.The candle-making process is simple. Even if it's your first time, you'll find success by following the instructions in this book. You'll learn:the materials and tools needed to begin, and how to choose the best natural ingredientsthe steps necessary to make both container and molded candles21 recipes with the exact scents to combine to make candles for a variety of moods

Knit sweaters to LIVE in!Comfy pullover? Office cardigan? Weekend hoodie? Fitted turtleneck? Think of those sweaters you wear most often, the favorites you reach for time and again because they look great and are also comfortable. Now imagine them hand knitted in soft, beautiful yarns in the colors of your choice. With the 20 patterns in Essential Knit Sweaters you can create the sweater collection of your dreams! Each of the designs is a classic, essential type of sweater everyone should own¿jacket cardigan, turtleneck, oversize tunic, slouchy cardigan, hoodie, raglan pullover¿and all knit in easy stitches but with added details to make them unique. Knitting tutorials and detailed instructions make the sweater designs accessible for beginner to advanced knitters. Sweaters are shown in neutral tones for a modern look, and to allow a canvas on which to envision your own favorite hues. Grab your needles and some gorgeous yarn and start filling your wardrobe with sweaters you'll reach for again and again!

Celebrate 10 years of Half Yard Heaven with this special, revised, anniversary edition. Ideal for beginners and beyond, this heavenly book is a must-have for every sewist! The revised anniversary edition of the classic, contains 26 colorful fun, easy-to-follow projects, including a pincushion and sewing machine cover for organizing your sewing spacean apron and oven gloves for a practical, customized kitchenbags, slippers, a tea cozy and even a doorstop. >7 of the original projects have been reimagined and reworked by Debbie, and the book contains a useful techniques section at the start, along with friendly advice and practical tips throughout. Since publication of the original edition in 2014, which has now sold over 100,000 copies, Debbie has published a further 30 popular sewing titles selling over 750,000 copies, won countless sewing awards and set up an award-winning online sewing club, and has over 270,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel.

Master Swedish weaving, also known as huck embroidery, with 50 designs for modern homewares, accessories, and more Swedish weaving, also known as "huck embroidery" or "huck weaving," is a needlework style that has existed for hundreds of years. This book contains everything stitchers need to complete Swedish weaving (huck embroidery) designs, making it perfect for both seasoned stitchers and beginners who are just trying the craft for the first time. This book includes the types of fabric, needles, and thread used, and a handy stitch guide showing the stitches necessary to create unique heirloom textiles that will not date. Projects include towels, runners, coasters, ornaments, cards, pillows, table toppers, jar cozies, gift bags, afghans, baby blankets, and wall hangings. Each project is labeled as either level 1, 2, or 3, making it easy for a range of stitchers to choose their own difficulty level and move at their own pace.