Beginner's Guide to Crochet Color Work

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Add excitement to your crochet with color! It's easier than you think, especially with this Beginner's Guide to Crochet Color Work using four popular techniques: Stripes, Mosaic, Intarsia, and Woven Fair Isle. Each section begins with an introduction to the technique, followed by a project or two to put your skills to use. Camera icons let you know when there are free online videos to help you learn the techniques. Get ready to color your world like never before! All made using medium weight yarn, the seven designs by Melissa Leapman include a striped Ripple Cowl; mosaic Baby Blanket; intarsia Kilim Pillow; woven Fair Isle Flower Hat and Ombre Throw; and Snowflake Afghan and Sampler Afghan featuring combined techniques.

Beginner's Guide to Crochet Cables

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Cables are not just for knitters anymore! Crocheters have discovered an easy way to get the look using Post Stitches. These stitches add texture on top of the crocheted fabric because they are worked around the post of a stitch on a previous row. In this Beginner s Guide to Crochet Cables, you ll learn how to combine and cross Post Stitches to create ropes and other cable patterns. Camera icons let you know when there are free online videos to help you learn the techniques. All made using medium weight yarn, the six designs by Melissa Leapman are Rope Cable Infinity Cowl, Diamonds Throw Pillow, Sexton Braid Hat, Ballykeeran Fingerless Mitts, Heirloom Aran Afghan, and Innisberry Pullover.

Sticky Kitty: A Miniature World of Cute Paper Cats

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The Internet has decided: Cats are the best thing ever. And now, with "Sticky Kitty," you can populate the world with your own teeny-tiny pop-up cats, all cut out of Post-It notes!
Sticky Kitty is full of templates, instructions, and ideas for making a three-dimensional miniature cat cosmos out of basic office supplies. You'll learn the high art of tracing cat silhouettes onto Post-Its and cutting them out with a craft knife, plus masterfully arranging them, sticky edge down, so that they adorably perch wherever they please--just like real cats do! Sticky Kitty also includes templates for easy-to-assemble, charming paper dioramas where you and your new and mewing friends can hang out.

Beginner's Guide to Thread Crochet

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Discover the joys of crocheting with steel hooks and fine thread. Learn all about the stitches and techniques; then put your skills to practice with 15 beautiful projects from coasters and edgings to a table runner and elegant shawl.

Miller's Arts and Crafts

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Arts and crafts is one of the most influential design movements of all time, beginning in the late 19th century and still being explored by designers today. This invaluable guide covers furniture, ceramics, silver and metalware, glass, textiles, jewellery, books and posters, and includes fascinating profiles of key designers such as William Morris, the Stickleys, Liberty & Co, Tiffany Studios, George Ohr, Rookwood and many more.

Idiot's Guides: Quilting

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Covering both machine and hand quilting, "Idiot's Guides: Quilting" includes hundreds of eye-catching, step-by-step color photos that will turn any novice into an expert quilter in no time. The book also includes more than 20 sample projects to reinforce quilting skills and to spark creativity.

The Painting Workbook: How to Get Started and Stay Inspired

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Popular teacher and artist Alena Hennessy takes an open, unintimidating approach, encouraging beginners to play, experiment, and discover their own personal style. She offers simple step-by-step instructions, tips on tools and materials, and 50 beautifully illustrated creativity prompts--from Working in Circles and Repetition to Wash and Drip and Layering-to spark readers' imaginations.

Zen Quilting Workbook

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The Zentangle Untangled Workbook: A Tangle-A-Day to Draw Your Stress Away

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In 'Zentangle Untangled', Kass Hall introduced you to the relaxing, innovative art of Zentangle. Now in 'The Zentangle Untangled Workbook', you'll get enough Zentangle instruction and inspiration to last all year long.

The Art of Zentangle: 50 Inspiring Drawings, Designs & Ideas for the Meditative Artist

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Zentangle(R) is a meditative process of creating art, wherein simple shapes and lines combine to make a complicated and interesting final piece of artwork. The focus of Zentangle is on the process of creation, rather than the end result. The beauty of Zentangle is that there is no right way or wrong way. If you can draw a line and a circle (perfectly or not), you can Zentangle. Zentangle is an art concept that is engaging, approachable, and fun enough for someone who has never picked up any art tools or created a piece of art, yet is still meditative, productive, and creative enough for an advanced artist to enjoy.

The Knowledgeable Knitter: Understand the Inner Workings of Knitting and Make Every Project a Success

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In this treasure trove of knowledge gleaned from a lifetime of knitting, Radcliffe ("The Circular Knitting Workshop, The Knitting Answer Book, The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques" has dispensed with the usual "how-to" reference book and written a "why-to" guide instead. Brimming with sage advice, intriguing tips and tricks, and thoughtful considerations of every aspect of knitting, this book is a must-have for knitters of all levels who want to understand how to alter, control, and personalize their work. The book is divided into chapters that follow the lifespan of a project, from "First Choices: Pattern, Yarn, and Needles" to "Putting It All Together, " to chapter on "Borders, Bindings, and Embellishments." Each chapter covers both conceptual topics("Going Beyond Conventional Construction") and practical ones ("Fixing Mistakes" or "Size and Fit Adjustments"), as well as tidbits on techniques and embellishments ("Adding Short-Row Bust Darts" or "Afterthought Invisible Pockets") The book is chock-full of useful photographs and diagrams, and its clarity, detail, scope, and companionable tone make it an extraordinary reference and a delicious read. "Agent: Linda Roghaar, Linda Roghaar Literary Agency. (Aug.)" Copyright 2014 Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly (07/07/2014):