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Another official Pokemon Crochet book! Make your own adorable Pokemon characters with simple crochet patterns and step-by-step photos to guide you.

The essential guide to needlepoint for beginners and experts alike, with over 100 stitches and techniques demonstrated with photos and diagrams. Alongside the stitch directory, you'll find all the information on materials, equipment and stitching techniques and 10 easy and accessible projects with full-colour charts.

Lotus’s range-topping Type 122 Evora was introduced in 2008. This book, by Lotus expert Johnny Tipler, tells the whole Evora story from concept until the end of production in 2021.

Crochet a garden of kawaii happiness with this super-cute collection of 40 amigurumi patterns from modern crochet designer Yarn Blossom Boutique. Featuring a wide range of crochet flowers and plants, alongside adorable bugs and butterflies, this collection will bring a little of the outdoors in, and add some crocheted cheer to your day.

A full colour guide to all ,Riley cars from 1953 to 1969 and Wolseley cars built from 1948 until 1975. With an informative history, detailed model-by-model comparisons and technical information, it is a comprehensive guide.

The essential reference from the internationally renowned cake designer. Known for her signature sugar flowers and her glorious wedding cakes, Jacqueline Butler has shared her tips and techniques in this beautifully illustrated guide. Bakers at every level can find clear, easy-to-follow directions to create a distinctive, contemporary look for their cakes. Covering single-tier, multi-tier, and premade arrangements, Butler reveals her secrets for lilacs, lavender, dahlia, freesia, camellia, and many other floral creationsplus advice on tools, supplies, and coloring.

The ultimate guide to every aspect of sock knitting for knitters of all abilities. Whether you've never picked up a double pointed needle in your life or you've already started your sock knitting journey, this book will help you on your way.

A comprehensive guide to beads and beading techniques. This bible for the modern beader guides you through the basic skills, tools and materials, before tackling more advanced techniques and projects. The essential beading reference!

Create beautiful paper flowers with this easy origami guide, with 10 tutorials and 400 pages of high-quality coloured and patterned origami paper for you to fold straight away. Create roses, tulips, lilies, cherry blossom and more, with step-by-step tutorials and folding diagrams and a rainbow of papers.

Create beautiful macrame projects that invoke the sacred elements of Earth, Air, Water, Fire and Spirit. This unique book celebrates the elements with projects that even beginners can tackle with ease. 20 projects include mooncatchers, wall hangings, home accessories and jewellery, which draw inspiration from nature and the elements.

A year-long magical adventure with everything you need to develop your modern witchy practice, through the seasons and sabats of the pagan calendar. Whether you're a solitary hedge witch, part of a coven, a practising witch or an aspiring one, this guide will furnish you with the knowledge to enrich your journey and sprinkle magic over every day.

A comprehensive guide to painting in goauche, a medium that creates opaque effects making it more vibrant and graphic than traditional watercolors. Zoe Ingram shows you how to get the most from gouache, with a run down on materials and techniques. Step-by-step exercises and projects give you hands-on practice to build your confidence with gouache.

A collection of knitting patterns based on Honsestrikk, a Danish knitting movement from the 1970s which broke traditional knitting rules. Honsestrikk was influenced by the social and political movements of the time and this can be seen in the personal and political messages of the some of the pattern designs.

Ten years have passed since the original edition of this book was published, but Alfa Romeo enthusiasts everywhere are still active today more than ever in preserving, modifying and racing these excellent cars. Throughout this time, the author in true Alfista fashion, never stopped looking for and trying new techniques to increase the power, overall performance and reliability of Alfas and their engines. This book is the result of much research, also first-hand experience gained through many Alfa rwd model projects, from the 105 series to the last of the 75 models. There is a lot of completely new information here regarding TwinSpark Cylinder head mods, big-brake mods, LSD adjustment procedure, electrical system improvements, plus many flow-bench diagrams, dyno plots, and much more.

New Updated Fourth Edition, now in paperback. The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow & Bentley T-Series were a revolutionary step forward when launched in 1965. Here's the full story, including related coachbuilt cars & the Silver Wraith ll, Corniche & Camargue.

A comprehensive trouble-shooter that no TR4/4A owner should be without. This glovebox-sized book describes all the main components of these cars and details what can go wrong with each of them, how to fix common problems and even a number of improvements that can be made to the car.

This comprehensive pictorial overview of Rover cars covers 1945-2005 models. It describes and illustrates all the great classic Rovers up to and including the SD1, British Leyland models with Rover badges, the models designed in conjunction with Honda, the later British-designed cars and, finally, the little-known City Rover.

STOP! Don't buy a Porsche 996 without buying this book first! Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Adrian Streather's years of Porsche ownership. Learn how to spot a bad car quickly and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price!

Demonstrates and explains relevant and safe massage for your dog, together with information about how the dog 'works' in relation to what effects massage has. Clear, specially-commissioned photos and technique descriptions explain how you can be so much more in touch with the health of your canine companion

 Cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, budgies, guinea pigs, goldfish, rats and ferrets are just a few of the popular animals featured in this parade of pets in cross stitch. Over 40 popular breeds of dog and cat alone give the stitcher plenty of choice, whether they want a detailed portrait or a nose-to-tail likeness. Additional themed alphabets, fitting sentiments and cute motifs reflect the humorous side of being a cat or dog lover. Other pets are also represented, from the tiniest mice and goldfish to wide-eyed reptiles, mischievous ferrets and familiar farmyard friends. Advice is given on changing thread colour to match your subject, and many chart keys feature alternative colour combinations. Gift and keepsake ideas suggest how to display your prized pet's pictures

Learn over 150 cake decorating techniques with this bestseller from the renowned sugarcraft expert! This is the ultimate guide to contemporary cake designyou'll learn how to make decorated cakes, starting with basic sugarcraft tools, baking recipes, and ingredients, and finishing with advanced modeling techniques, including royal icing stenciling, brush embroidery, buttercream piping, using sugar cutters and molds, making cake jewelry, and so much more! Get creative with simple, step-by-step instructions for more than eighty celebration cake, mini-cake, cupcake, and cookie designs. Essential tips and advice are included for all skill levels, from complete beginners to the most confident of cake decoratorsand you can even learn how to make Lindy Smith's signature ';wonky cakes.'

The definitive guide to all the crochet techniques and stitches necessary to create stunning contemporary crochet projects, like the ten included here.Learn how to stitch stunning contemporary crochet projects using traditional techniques with a twist such as filet crochet or more recent techniques such as corner to corner crochet. All the key crochet techniques and stitches including Tunisian, tapestry, corner to corner, overlay, mosaic, filet, color pooling, and crochet embroidery are featured, as well as instructions on how to use the exciting, new yarns that are available.As well as step by step instructions and photography, there are patterns for over ten cutting edge modern crochet makes for you and your home. Choose from a cowl, blanket, wrap, bag, rug and many more.

A comprehensive reference for contemporary quilters, with ten projects included.Learn how to create stunning modern quilts with the Modern Quilt Bible: the ultimate reference guide to patchwork and quilting techniques. Author of Beginner's Guide to Quilting Liz Betts explains over one hundred techniques used by designers to create eye-catching modern quilts.Try your hand at improv piecing, free motion quilting, playing with scale, curved piecing, and much more. There are featured quilts from the world's best modern quilt designers and ten unique quilted projects using a range of modern quilt techniques so you can practice your newfound skills.

Learn the skills for making sugar flowers in this exquisite new collection from acclaimed sugar artist and bestselling author Jacqueline Butler. Building on foundations established in Modern Sugar Flowers, this second volume introduces 20 new flowers and 6 cake designs, lavishly illustrated with hundreds of step photographs.

A fully illustrated record of the restoration of a classic Porsche 911, which was originally purchased by a world-famous celebrity. Illustrations provided by Porsche bring this journey to life, along with amazing photographs and personal experience from a life-long Porsche aficionado.

Benefit from the author's experience, with the facts you need to decide if a Triumph Spitfire or GT6 is for you. Learn how and where to buy one, and whether to restore or to buy a good example. Get advice on choosing the right model, perform key checks, and use the book's comprehensive inspection guide to evaluate a potential purchase.

Written in a friendly and accessible manner by an enthusiast of many years, this book provides a thorough and detailed restoration guide for the Norton Commando, complete with step-by-step instructions, and hundreds of colour photos.

This book examines the evolution of the popular Chevrolet Impala, from the late 1950s `specialty' vehicle to Chevrolet's best-selling, iconic model in North America. Includes full specifications, rarer performance models, industry facts and figures and optional equipment through detailed text, advertising images, and original photographs.

Learn how to perfect the prettiest trend in cake decorating - using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes - with over 30 beautiful cakes from celebrity baker Juliet Sear.