"Reading" Practice book introduces children to a wide range of both informative and humorous text types including fiction, fact and poetry. The structure of each unit follows the same pattern, making the course accessible and easy to use for both teachers and pupils.
Blue & White Cross Stitch: Inspired by the Classic Designs of Willow Pattern, Delftware and Toiles de Jouy
Features 28 fresh and vibrant designs influenced by the well-known motifs of Willow Pattern ceramics Delftware Toiles de Jouy textiles and other popular blue and white designs Decorative and useful projects for living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms Each design can be adapted for other soft furnishings or accessories Easy-to-read comprehensive instructions and colour charts accompany each project Includes practical information on stitches and how to make the items featured
The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns
Good fit improves the comfort and appearance of any garment and is the reason many people sew their own clothes. However, it's common to worry about ruining a pattern when you cut it apart to make a fitting adjustment. The Perfect Fit makes pattern alterations easy with proven methods illustrated step-by-step. This complete guide includes analyzing a figure, measuring the body, customizing the pattern, and fine-tuning the fit with small adjustments like moving buttons and reshaping darts. The Perfect Fit shows how to change a commercial pattern sized for millions of women into a sewing blueprint sized to fit your figure alone.
Working one stitch at a time on a short hook, you can make projects ranging from delicate lace tablecloths to thick sweaters. Acquire practical skills like calculating yarn requirements and tension, and practice basic stitches like the chain, the slip, and the treble. Learn how to finish off, join a new ball of yarn, and read a charted pattern. Alphabet charts let you personalize practically anything. Bonus: the "pattern library." 80 pages (50 in color), 49 b/w illus., 8 3/8 x 11.
Pattern Grammar - A Corpus-driven Approach to the Lexical Grammar of English
This book describes an approach to lexis and grammar based on the concept of phraseology and of language patterning arising from work on large corpora. The notion of 'pattern' as a systematic way of dealing with the interface between lexis and grammar was used in Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (1995) and in the two books in the Collins Cobuild Grammar Patterns series (1996; 1998). This volume describes the research that led to these publications, and explores the theoretical and practical implications of the research.
