Take out the knitting needles today; wear a new shirt, shawl, or sweater tomorrow. These fashion-conscious projects will appeal to beginners eager to see results, complete with easy-to-follow instructions. Advanced knitters will find they simply can't resist the beautiful projects such as a cute little crop top with fringe around the neckline and a tie around the bottom. This title is complete with an international conversion table.
When spring arrives, it calls for decorating with brighter colors, flowers and happiness. It means that summeris not far awaywith its sunshine and warmer temperatures expecting us to go outside to enjoy life. This book includes seven spring and summer themed projects that should brighten up any home: wall hangings, place mats, pillows and runners. Enjoy, have fun and happy spring!
Woodburning with Style: Pyrography Lessons, Patterns, and Projects with a Modern Flair
Informative and inspirational, this manual teaches the craft of pyrography—the art of decorating wood with the use of a burning tool. Each chapter presents a specific skill that culminates in a finished project, such as decorated napkin rings, coasters, bookmarks, trinket boxes, and frames. From making basic marks to creating intricate designs, this guide offers step-by-step instruction, helpful photographs, and dozens of patterns, including alphabet fonts. Additional chapters on lettering, projects for children, realistic portraits, personalized gifts, and color integration are also included.
There are lonely, single skeins of yarn in every knitter’s closet — casualties of projects discarded in mid-row, single balls of luscious alpaca or cashmere that was too expensive to buy more than one, the leftovers from long-completed projects. Here are 101 original and charming solutions to the perpetual one-skein problem. Contributed by yarn shops across the country, there are hats, mittens, scarves, bags, socks, ponchos, baby sweaters, belts, headbands, a cell phone carrier, and even a tea cozy and a set of coasters for the home. A scrapbook of tastes and styles that celebrates the ingenuity of knitters nationwide, this is a collection with appeal for every type of stitcher.
Half of the projects in the book are wire projects which I was not interested in. This book does not discuss different types of threads, beads, or pliers. I did not find this book informative at all. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
