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Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things

Rosemary Davidson · Harper Wave
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Integrating mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology, and creativity research, Craftfulness offers a thought-provoking and surprising reconsideration of craft, and how making things with your hands can connect us to our deepest selves and improve our well-being and overall happiness.We...
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Block Print Magic: The Essential Guide to Designing, Carving, and Taking Your Artwork Further with Relief Printing

Emily Louise Howard · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Block Print Magic is an essential guide to the techniques of linoleum block printing, with step-by-step images and a gallery of finished works for inspiration and visual demonstration. Block Print Magic is the perfect reference for a wide range of printmaking enthusiasts. The easy-to-follow...
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Feminist Cross-Stitch: 40 Bold & Fierce Patterns

STEPHANIE ROHR · Lark Crafts
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Make a statement - and smash the patriarchy, one stitch at a time - with these 40 feminist-themed cross-stitching patterns! Crafty activists will love this snarky book with its 40 irreverent, vintage-inspired cross-stitch patterns. Whether you want to proudly announce to the world that...
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The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Tell Your Story, Change Your Life

Tom Hart · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows...
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Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles: An Easy, Innovative Technique for Creating Custom Designs, with 185 Stitch Patterns

Melissa Leapman · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Shawls are practical, versatile, and an ever-popular project among knitters. Noted designer Melissa Leapman has developed an innovative technique that promises hundreds of beautiful shawl design options in Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles! Beginning with a simple triangular wedge,...
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30 Knit Ponchos and Capes: Easy-to-wear styles for any occasion

Rita Maassen · Stackpole Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Ponchos and capes are so easy to wear! They don't slip and slide like shawls can; just toss one over a basic tee and you are ready to go and look anything but basic. They go with nearly anything and can be dressed up or down as you please. Add in the fun of knitting a variety of styles,...
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Thread Folk: A Modern Makers Book of Embroidery Projects and Artist Collaborations

Libby Moore · Paige Tate Select
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Thread Folk: A Modern Makers Book of Embroidery Projects and Artist Collaborations is a modern refresh of an age-old craft. Author Libby Moore teaches basic stitches and how to choose materials, and shares original patterns with easy-to-remove perforated pages. Thread Folk includes: 15 embroidery...
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How to Be a Bourbon Badass

Linda Ruffenach · Red Lightning Books
Pages: 157
Format: Hardcover

There is no right or wrong way to drink bourbon -- in a cocktail, straight up, on the rocks, or with a splash of soda. You will never know which is your way until you try them all, and How to Be a Bourbon Badass will guide you on the path of your own bourbon adventure.In How to Be a Bourbon...
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Doubleweave Revised & Expanded

Jennifer Moore · Interweave
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Conventional shaft loom weaving constricts the weaver into making only a single layer of fabric that is no wider than the loom. Increase your loom's capabilities with Doubleweave Revised & Expanded! In this comprehensive guide to doubleweave, master-weaver Jennifer Moore revisits...
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20 Projects for Alcohol Inks: A Workbook for Creating Your Best Art

Karen Walker · Schiffer
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Using your creativity and the vibrant medium of alcohol inks, create these 20 beautiful representational paintings. With a broad range of painting subjects including florals, animals,landscapes, and more, they demonstrate a variety of approachesto alcohol ink painting to inspire and ignite...
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