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Japanese Knitting: Patterns for Sweaters, Scarves and More: Knits and crochets for experienced needle crafters

MICHIYO. · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback

Create versatile wardrobe essentials with these chic new Japanese knitting patterns for apparel and accessories from cult favorite author michiyo.A whole new world of fashionable Tokyo-style knitwear designs opens to experienced needle crafters in Japanese Knitting: Patterns for Sweaters,...
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Weaving Within Reach: Beautiful Woven Projects by Hand or by Loom

Anne Weil · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Modern weaving projects like you've never seen - within easy reach of anyone. Weaving is a satisfying hobby for making home or clothing accessories that look plucked from your favorite stores. Here are Pinterest-worthy projects for creating earrings, clutches, pillows, wall hangings,...
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The Complete Bordeaux

Stephen Brook · Mitchell Beazley
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

The wines of Bordeaux are universally recognized as being among the finest in the world and in this fully revised and updated edition of his classic text, renowned wine expert Stephen Brook provides an unrivalled survey of the region and its wines.The Complete Bordeaux offers detailed information...
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Honda Civic

Jeff Killingsworth · Haynes Manuals N. America, Inc.
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

With the acclaimed manuals from Haynes you can get your hands dirty with DIY projects, even if you're a beginner. This time the spotlight is on the Honda Civic (12-15) and CR-V (12-16) .

You'll get all the information you need to perform repairs, maintenance, and keep your Honda...
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Knitted Cats and Dogs

Sue Stratford · Search Press
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback

This fantastic compilation from one of Search Press's best-selling authors, Sue Stratford, brings you a concoction of cute kitties and a proliferation of perfect pooches! Combining the best from Knitted Cats & Kittens and Knitted Dogs & Puppies, the patterns are here produced...
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Fat Quarter: Bags & Purses: 25 Projects to Make from Short Lengths of Fabric

Susie Johns · GMC Publications
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

If you're a sewer or a quilter, then the chances are good that you've got a collection of scrap fabric sitting in your home somewhere that you just can't bear to throw away. With Fat Quarter: Bags & Purses, you won't have to! The 25 quick and easy projects range from:...
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Cut Paper Pictures: Turn Your Art and Photos into Personalized Collages

CLOVER ROBIN · Rock Point
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

Cut Paper Pictures allows you to create personalized art with amazing depth and texture that's fun and easy to make no matter what your skill level. Offering step-by-step instructions, visual inspirations, and even a library of unique colors and textures, visual artist Clover Robin...
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Dorodango: The Japanese Art of Making Mud Balls

Bruce Gardner · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

The exquisite Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and polishing it until it gleams. Not only are the results truly impressive, but this calm and meditative practice, once a playground game, has been rediscovered as a peaceful...
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Fashion Hacks: Your Fashion Failures Solved!

Rebecca Rissman · Capstone Press
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Do you have scuffed shoes, wrinkled tops, or stains and tears in your favorite jeans? No problem! Find the fixes to these fashion failures and more to keep your look runway ready.
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Forest Bathing: Discovering Health and Happiness Through the Japanese Practice of Shinrin Yoku

Cyndi Gilbert · St. Martin's Essentials
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Author and naturopathic physician Dr. Cyndi Gilbert introduces readers to the art and science of forest bathing, the deceptively simple Japanese practice of spending time in the forest as a way to find peace, rejuvenation, and to promote health.

Dr. Gilbert shares her own personal...

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Hygge Style Knitting: 9 cosy knitting patterns for sweaters, socks, slippers and more

Interweave Editors · SewandSo
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Capture the spirit of 'hygge' - the Danish art of finding pleasure in simple things - with this collection of cosy knitted projects. Featuring a range of small and large projects for garments and snuggly home accessories this is the perfect hygge knitting pattern collection to keep...
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Stone Painting for Kids: Designs to Spark Your Creativity

F Sehnaz Bac · Dover Publications
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Winner of a Bronze 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award!

This follow-up to the bestselling The Art of Stone Painting offers a kid-friendly version of an engaging activity that helps promote creativity. Popular stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac, a seasoned archaeologist who markets...

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Modern Triangle Quilts: 70 Graphic Triangle Blocks • 11 Bold Samplers

Rebecca Bryan · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Ready to take the triangle challenge? Choose from 70 pieced modern triangle blocks and 11 quilts! Sew beautiful 3-sided blocks from pieced stripes, chevrons, curves, and more. Play with unexpected design elements, choose a winning color palette, and achieve balance and symmetry. Grab your...
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Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity: An African American Life in Art. The Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Peggy Cooper Cafritz · Rizzoli Electa
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

After decades of art collecting, prominent Washington D.C.-based activist, philanthropist, and founder of the august Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Peggy Cooper Cafritz had amassed one of the most important collections of work by artists of color in the country. But in 2009, the more...
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Picasso: Ceramics

Pablo Picasso · Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Picasso's ceramics express the restless, fluid ease of his late yearsIn 1946, Pablo Picasso visited an exhibition of ceramics in Vallauris, an area in southeastern France known for its many potteries. He would move to the region soon after, establishing a steady relationship with the Madoura...
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