50 Sensational Crochet Afghans & Throws
by Bobbie Matela
from DRG / The Needlecraft Shop
If you love trying out new stitches, you will love this array of colorful afghans and throws. We included looks to coordinate with popular color schemes being used in today's homes. We've even included a chapter of afghans for kids and babies.
The Crochet Stitch Bible
by Betty Barnden
from Krause Publications
Author Betty Barnden shared her knowledge of needlecraft design with embroiderers in The Embroidery Stitch Bible--now she uses her expertise as a hand-knitter to bring readers The Crochet Stitch Bible. This is the book crochet enthusiasts have been waiting for. Hundreds of traditional and contemporary stitches are photographed and accompanied by detailed charts in this essential illustrated reference.
More than 200 crochet stitches are each clearly explained with a photographed sample, row-by-row instructions, easy-to-follow symbol charts, and comprehensive descriptions of all the associated techniques. Whether novice or expert, this book provides clear guidance for all skill levels with additional chapters on basic techniques and materials, a stitch identifier, and a how-to-use section.
* More than 200 photographed stitches accompanied by detailed instructions * Includes a stitch identifier for easy reference to all 200 stitches
18th Century Embroidery Techniques
by Gail Marsh
from Guild of Master Craftsman
Kokoro no Te: Handmade Treasures from the Heart
by Kumiko Sudo
from Breckling Press
KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects from Knitting's New Wave
by Sabrina Gschwandtner
from Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
Provides an intimate look at how 27 of todayÂ’s most innovative, inspiring, and groundbreaking knitters live and work
Captures the zeitgeist of the craft renaissance
KnitKnit, the highly collectible Â’zine, has been featured in The New Yorker and on Style.com
All over North America and Europe, a brand-new generation has taken up knitting—and is transforming the venerable needlecraft by blurring the boundary between craft and art. In Copenhagen, Denmark, Isabel Berglund hand-knit an entire room. In New England, Dave Cole constructed an enormous “knitting machine” (he used excavators and utility poles) that knit an 800-stitch, 35-by-20-foot American flag. But the projects aren’t all of a monumental scale. In Los Angeles, Bridget Marrin knits little dollhouses—complete with lawns, shrubbery, and smoke-filled chimneys, all made of yarn. Using surgical wire, Indiana-based knitter Althea Merback hand-knits sweaters smaller than a dime.
Five years ago, Sabrina Gschwandtner founded a ’zine to tackle the blurry edge between craft and fine art. Now, her book KnitKnit brings together profiles of 27 of the most talented artist-crafters knitting today. But KnitKnit does more than just document their ingenious creations. Each of the profiled knitters has contributed a project—a sweatshirt kimono, a mohair and metal belt, a pair of high-heeled boots, a geodesic-patterned cap, even a teddy bear knit from fiberglass insulation—meant to inspire you to find and follow your own creative path.
Creative Recycling in Embroidery
by Val Holmes
from Batsford
personal souvenirs. Along with the practical instruction, there’s inspiring advice on how recycling can be used to give special creative meaning to a piece of embroidery. The exciting possibilities are illustrated throughout with stunning color photographs of work by some of today’s leading embroiderers.
From Needles to Hook: Complete Guide to Converting Knit Patterns to Crochet
by Donna Scott
from DRG / The Needlecraft Shop
Starting with the basics, From Needles to Hook provides the clues to solving the mystery of changing knit pattern stitches to crochet. Each chapter guides you from one step of the process to the next.
Crochet for Babies
by Bobbie Matela
from DRG / The Needlecraft Shop
Prepare for the arrival of a new baby or make a special crocheted item for a darling toddler. This colorful collection is a sensational source for gifts that are as unique as each precious child. Chapters include: Hello Little One; Wrapped in Love, Sugar & Spice Baby Girls; Baby Boys; Cherub Christening;and Toddler Town. This is the perfect sourcebook for crocheters of all experience levels.
Three-Dimensional Embroidery Stitches (Needlecrafts Series)
by Pat Trott
from Search Press
Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification
by Harold S. Colton
from University of New Mexico Press
A Hopi Indian will tell you that a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. Each child receives a doll made especially for him by his male relatives. He treasures the doll and studies it so that he can learn to recognize and respect the host of spirit kachinas that people the Hopi world.
Kachinas are difficult to classify because different Hopi pueblos have different ideas about their appearance and their functions. The late Dr. Harold S. Colton identified 266 different kinds of kachina dolls, and in this book he describes the meaning, the making, and the principal features of all of them. Each type of doll is pictured in a simplified line drawing. There is also an illustrated key to help the collector identify the various types.
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