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New Knits on the Block: A Guide to Knitting What Kids Really Want
New Knits on the Block: A Guide to Knitting What Kids Really Want

Vickie Howell · Sterling; First Edition edition
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

Vickie Howell--the popular host of DIY network's Knitty Gritty--plus a dozen contributing designers have stepped out of the box with 25 super-original, funky playtime projects that are as much fun for parents to knit as they are for children to receive.Not another boring sweater! Vickie...
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Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden
Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden

Niki Jabbour · Storey
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback

Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden...
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Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor
Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor

Kasey Rogers · kp books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Within these colourful pages, readers will find fifty beautiful, vintage looking Halloween crafts and party recipes and learn how to use them to create a special holiday. Detailed, step-by-step instructions allow all crafters to create these unique projects, including "Instant Ancestors"...
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Landscape Makeovers
Landscape Makeovers

Jan Riggenbach · HGTV
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

40 inventive projects and dozens of ideas for yards, asmall corners, and everything in between.Before-and-after photos showcase the results—along with how-to and techniques.Features a variety of home styles, yard sizes, and project costs. Builds homeowners’ confidence to choose...
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The Salvage Sisters' Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic
The Salvage Sisters' Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic

Kathleen Hackett · Artisan
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by everyday objects, the Salvage Sisters rescue more than fifty common castoffs—orphaned drawers, a hobbled couch, a broken birdbath—and cleverly transform them into style statements loaded with ingenuity, wit, and humor. Join intrepid hunters and gatherers Kathleen...
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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

Rick Darke · Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows how to do it. By combining the insights of two outstanding...
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101 Crochet Squares
101 Crochet Squares

JEAN LEINHAUSER · ANNIES ATTIC LLC
Pages: 100
Format: Print book

Unlike most crochet patterns, those in this book specify no gauge - and no suggested hook size and no yarn amounts! That's because each of the 101 squares can be worked with your choice of yarn - from bulky to crochet cotton - to achieve just the look you want. Designs make use of up to four...
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