Looking for an outdoor hobby to engage your children and encourage them to be crafty and creative? Wood carving is not only easy to learn and fun to do, but almost everything you need to get started can be found for free -- right outside your door!
Together you can craft a tumbling tower game, a racing car toy, a dolphin ......
Climate change is making us rethink how we use resources and not subscribing to fast-fashion and re-using and mending our clothes has become a mark of pride. This is visible mending, more akin to embroidery and embellishment that will make your favourite clothing even more personal and save it from landfill.
From woolen to (nearly!) worsted and everything in between
As more and more spinners delve into fiber preparation for intentional spinning, the blending board has become more popular than ever before. Its space efficient, lightweight, and far less costly than investing in expensive blending tools and machinery.
In The Compact Beginners Guide to Painting, well guide you through the basics of the most popular mediums, from watercolours to oil. Well explore the kit you need to give yourself a head start, and reveal the techniques you need to master to unleash your inner artist. So, what are you waiting for? Get painting!
440 Patterns for Textures, Shells, Bobbles, Lace, Cables, Chevrons, Ed
This is the ultimate collection of crochet stitch inspiration! 440 stitches are presented, each with a sample swatch of the fabric and charted instructions with written notes and detailed chart keys. Divided into ten chapters by the type of stitches, such as shells, waves and chevrons, openwork, cables and textures, and even borders and granny ......
Understanding the Weave Structure 34 Projects to Practice Your Skills
Whether you have been putting off a Summer and Winter project because you think it will be too difficult or youve tried in the past and failed, the explanations and instructions from expert weaver and teacher Susan Kesler-Simpson are guaranteed to make your next attempt a success
Step-by-step instructions for first-time stitchers, plus 10 designs for denim, shoes, linens and more
Get ready to embellish with embroidery! In just 10 lessons, you'll be ready to brighten up jeans, tops, shoes, and more with beautiful stitches! Lesson 1: Transferring a motif Lesson 2: Starting and ending an embroidery Lesson 3: How to make the indispensable embroidery stitches Lesson 4: Adding beads and sequins Lesson 5: How to choose ......
Every weaver weaves hand towels! They are small in size and weave quickly, are perfect for using up small amounts of yarn, make great gifts, are perfect for beginners and for learning new techniques, and they are eminently practical and you need new ones now and then. This collection of hand towel patterns is just the reference you need! With 43 ......
