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Author
Publisher
C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Aimed at absolute beginners?the book starts with an overview of basic techniques and then progresses on to simple lessons for making flowers, plants, leaves, and branches. Each lesson comes with a detailed reference photograph, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, and pattern. Once the lessons are complete, the reader can progress onto a series of beautifully-designed projects (featuring the plants and flowers previously practiced). Each project...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Japanese knitting guru Hitomi Shida is known for combining different classic stitches to create unique new patters. In Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible she shares some of the best that Japanese needlework has to offer. Strikingly original stitches and variations on every classic stitch imaginable result in patters that form the basis of stylish new knitted garments. Featuring some rewardingly intricate cables, popcorn stitches, twisted stitches, edgings...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022, 2021.
Description
"The 25 knitted lace patterns in this book are designed to showcase your stitches in pieces that can be worn anywhere. They incorporate Japanese lace stitch patterns to beautiful effects in pullovers, socks, shawls, hats, mitts, and more, in infinitely wearable patterns"--
Lace for every day! Knitted lace pieces are stunning, but that is no reason to save them for only special occasions. The 26 lace patterns in this book are designed to showcase...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Cast off with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee on the ultimate journey through the knitter's world. Pack your crafting bag, chart a course to the nearest yarn shop, and pick your traveling companion by looking for the telltale needle holes in her purse. With wry humor and a contagiously obsessive love for everything knitted, Pearl-McPhee takes you on a hilarious tour of the Land of Knitting and introduces you to the wacky, wonderful people that choose to inhabit...
Author
Publisher
[Tuttle Publishing]
Pub. Date
[2018].
Description
Unleash Your Inner Crazy Craft Lady!
Here a cat there a cat, everywhere a crafted cat! Cats to decorate your home, to wear, or to give to someone you love. The Cat Lover's Craft Book is dedicated to those who craft and those who are in love with all things cat-related! Whether you like to embroider, crochet, sew, knit or felt, there's a cat-tastic project inside this charming book you'll want to try your hand at, including:
Turn your umbrella handle...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2010
Formats
Description
New and experienced knitters can try their hand at lace knitting—the style taking the yarn shops and runways by storm.
Lace knitting is not just for shawls or doilies! It can be sweet or sexy, depending on how much you choose to reveal. Lace trim adds flair to your jeans, and you can use shimmering crystal beads and satin ribbons within your pattern to add glamour and sparkle to a plain sweater or dress.
This fantastic book includes...
Lace knitting is not just for shawls or doilies! It can be sweet or sexy, depending on how much you choose to reveal. Lace trim adds flair to your jeans, and you can use shimmering crystal beads and satin ribbons within your pattern to add glamour and sparkle to a plain sweater or dress.
This fantastic book includes...
Author
Publisher
C&T Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Learn to draw...with your sewing machine! In this beginner's guide to free-motion, continuous-line quilting designs, the focus is on selecting the right forms and lines that get you where you need to go...because sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next! You'll gain confidence in your innate artistic ability to draw basic shapes, then you'll learn how to put them together into over a hundred different all-over quilting designs....
Author
Publisher
C&T Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
With just seven basic knots and stitches, you can add lovingly handmade details to everything you sew-from quilts to craft projects to fashion accessories.
Learn to make 122 exquisite floral elements with ribbon, using just seven basic knots and stitches. Create a stunning fabric landscape and fill it with beautiful ribbon blooms like sweet cottage daffodils, bold and bright dahlias, or perfect little sweet peas.
Suitable for every skill level,...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
With expert answers to scores of new knitting questions, Margaret Radcliffe's classic guide is better than ever. You'll find a wide assortment of cast ons and bind offs, techniques for beading and knitting backwards, tips for knitting in the round, and strategies for measuring tricky fabrics. Whether you're a beginner venturing out into the wide world of yarn crafts or a more experienced knitter struggling through complex needlework challenges, “The...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
Discover the pleasures of knitting in the round! Margaret Radcliffe presents classic circular knitting techniques - including Fair Isle, helix, and tubular - in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences. This comprehensive guide provides directions for 35 demonstration projects, so you can practice each technique on a miniature hat, mitten, or sweater before applying it to a larger project. With tips on how to adapt any straight-needle pattern...
Author
Publisher
C & T Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Alex Anderson, the host of Home & Garden Television's premier quilt show, "Simply Quilts," takes you on a journey into the exciting world of star making. Discover how traditional stars translate beautifully into contemporary pieces. Explore how fabric, size and scale of print, color, and basic design decisions can make even the simplest star shine. Alex presents a stunning collection of star quilts in her new book, Simply Stars: Quilts the Sparkle....
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Description
The tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. At Knit's End captures the wickedly funny musings of someone who doesn't believe it's possible to knit too much and who willingly sacrifices sleep, family, work, and sanity in order to keep doing it. Covering everything from the deadly "second sock syndrome" to a pile of yarn so big it can hide a washing...
Author
Publisher
Martingale
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Stitch. Share. Gift. Repeat. Nothing beats the feeling of giving and receiving a handmade gift. Now starring in the role of Santa: you! Use cotton fabric, wool, or hand-dyed linen, then embellish with simple hand embroidery, rickrack, and trims to bring Christmas cheer to you and yours. Your heart will be brimming with pride and joy when you fill your sleigh with tiny, handmade treasures. Popular author of Bowl Me Over Debbie Busby is back to share...
Author
Publisher
C&T Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Aller shows you how to get the look of stained glass on your quilt to help you expand your quilting repertoire. She shows you ways to add "leading" between with pieces without bias tape and includes variations to help you personalize your work. The projects include traditional, picture, and improvisational quilts.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A hilarious, heartfelt romp that will bring you home to yourself. You don't have to be a knitter to fall in love with this book, any person who's ever made anything with their hands will dive joyfully into these pages and come back up renewed and ready to create.
Internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron shows that when life unravels, there's usually a way to knit it back together again, and if there's not, there's still hope to be found...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"An exciting book from Wendy Bernard, Knitted Gifts for All Seasons is packed with 30 new garments and accessories. Projects are organized by season and range from cozy slippers, mittens, and a pom-pom wreath to Fair Isle yoke-neck sweaters for the whole family. Embracing the full calendar year and a wide spectrum of reasons to gift knits, each project captures the season's essence through color scheme and project type, resulting in a well-rounded...
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