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Knitting Reimagined: An Innovative Approach to Structure and Shape with 25 Breathtaking Projects

Nicky Epstein · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover

Rethink traditional knitting with this groundbreaking collection of 25 sophisticated patterns for beautiful sweaters, jackets, and accessories from one of the most influential voices in knitwear design.Award-winning author Nicky Epstein offers knitters of all skill levels adventurous, wearable...
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Kitchenalia: Furnishing and Equipping your Kitchen with Flea Market Finds and Period Pieces

Vinny Lee · Jacqui Small LLP
Format: Hardcover

Kitchenalia is an inspiring guide to putting together a unique and creative kitchen using reclaimed and reinvented surfaces, furniture, objects and equipment. Period pieces, whether farmhouse furniture, salvaged surfaces, vintage textiles or retro cooking utensils and gadgets, are the antithesis...
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The Naturally Bug-Free Garden: Controlling Pest Insects without Chemicals

Anna Hess · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your health and your garden? If you answered yes to both of those questions, The Naturally Bug-Free Garden has all the answers to your troubles.This...
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Team Dog: How to Train Your Dog--the Navy SEAL Way

Mike Ritland · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland teaches all dog owners how to have the close relationship and exceptional training of combat dogs. In TEAM DOG, Mike taps into fifteen years' worth of experience and shares, explaining in accessible and direct language,...
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Learn Swedish Weaving & Huck Embroidery

Katherine Kennedy · Annie's; Pap/Chrt edition
Format: Print book

Filled with step-by-step photos, color stitch charts, and informative drawings, this book teaches a simple, straightforward needlework form that can be mastered and enjoyed by all ages: Swedish weaving, also known as Huck embroidery. It takes crafters through the techniques...
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99 Cent Solutions: Over 1,300 Smart uses for everyday stuff including clothespins to keep hems in place as you sew, wiping down the fridge with tomato ... produce a bumper crop

Reader's Digest · Readers Digest; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Save a fortune with over 1,300 easy solutions to hundreds of common household problems. You dont have to be rich to live well now you can outfox the high cost of living the old-fashioned five-and-dime way. Dont be tempted by all of those new products on the shelves instead, rediscover the power...
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Cool Flowers: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques

Lisa Mason Ziegler · St. Lynn's Press
Format: Hardcover

Everyone longs for fragrant early spring blossoms – Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven’t learned the simple cool-weather techniques that make it possible. Expert...
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The Language of Dogs

Justin Silver · Gallery Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The canine expert and star of the hit TV show Dogs in the City shares his cutting-edge methods for training and caring for happy, healthy dogs in the city.Do you have a doggy dilemma? Struggling with canine claustrophobia? Are you trying to give Fido the best care and attention, but your...
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Knit Noro: Accessories 2: 30 More Colorful Little Knits

Sixth&Spring Books · Sixth&Spring Books
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover

Every knitter loves stylish patterns, quick projects, and stunning colors. This collection of Noro knits has them all! Want more accessories to knit? This gorgeous entry in the Knit Noro series offers 30 brand-new designs that incorporate fun techniques - cabling, mitered squares, short...
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Brazing and Soldering

Richard Lofting · Crowood Press
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to the main brazing and soldering types soft soldering, silver soldering, and brazing—perfect for home metalworkers, engineers, and workshop mechanics   Brazing and soldering are essential metal joining techniques for a range of jobs in the workshop. This new practical...
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New Vintage Lace: Knits Inspired By the Past

Andrea Jurgrau · Interweave
Format: Book

Enjoy gorgeous projects that include hats, small and large shawls circular, semi-circular, and triangular, scarves, and wraps - all inspired by traditional lace doily patterns. Lace-knitter Andrea Jurgrau shows how she creates her patterns, lifting or creating and adjusting individual motifs,...
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Sewing for Children: 35 step-by-step projects to help kids aged 3 and up learn to sew

Emma Hardy · CICO Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Teach your child to sew with this amazing step-by-step guide, filled with 35 fun and easy projects! Suitable for ages 3 and above, Sewing for Children is full of projects that are specially designed to help children learn to sew. Split into five sections, there are projects for every child...
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The Paper-Pieced Home: Quilting a Household One Block at a Time

Penny Layman · Interweave; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Print book

A sweet collection of unique paper-pieced quilt blocks.Sewing since the age of six and a quilter for many years, author Penny Layman is inspired by everyday household items that connote cozy kitchens and domestic warmth. Here Penny creates 40 paper-pieced quilt blocks celebrating the home...
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The Big Book of Table Toppers

Karen M. Burns · THAT PATCHWORK PLACE
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Long and skinny or short and wide, modern and minimal or traditional and scrappy, the 56 toppers in this book fit any table. This collection features patterns by today's favorite designers.Styled photography offers a colorful preview of how the quick-to-stitch projects look on tabletops...
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Learn to Weld: Beginning MIG Welding and Metal Fabrication Basics - Includes techniques you can use for home and automotive repair, metal fabrication projects, sculpture, and more

Stephen Blake Christena · Quayside
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback

Master MIG welding and the metal fabrication techniques you need to repair, create, and duplicate projects in your home welding studio. Learn to Weld starts with the basics: setting up your studio, the right safety gear and safety procedures, and the equipment and materials you will need...
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