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Light It! Creations That Glow, Shine, and Blink

CHRISTA SCHNEIDER - Checkerboard Library
Format: Library Binding

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Light It! Creations that Glow, Shine, and Blink, kids will make a wearable mask that glows, a working lamp, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life. Techniques and tips help troubleshoot...
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Small Engines and Outdoor Power Equipment: A Care & Repair Guide for: Lawn Mowers, Snowblowers & Small Gas-Powered Imple

Peter Hunn - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

This new book is more than a simple engine repair manual. Designed for the beginner with little or no mechanical experience, Small Engines Outdoor Power Equipment is a graphically appealing, step-by-step guide that covers all of the most important engine maintenance and repair skills youll...
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Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies: 101 Projects for Infants & Toddlers

Judith Durant - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Irresistible! This collection of 101 projects makes it easy and fun to crochet adorable clothes, toys, and accessories for the babies and toddlers you love. Each project uses just one skein of yarn, many take just a few hours to complete, and plenty are suitable for beginners. Hats and caps,...
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Sewing: A beginner's step-by-step guide to stitching by hand and machine

Charlotte Gerlings - Fox Chapel
Format: Book

Sewing is a timeless craft that is easy to learn - whether you're learning for practical reasons so you can mend and repair clothing or for creative reasons so you can create your own designs from scratch. Written for the absolute beginner, as well as those looking for a refresher course,...
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Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog

Lauren Watt - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

"A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation, "--NoveList."Lauren...
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Saving Vegetable Seeds: Harvest, Clean, Store, and Plant Seeds from Your Garden. A Storey BASICS® Title

Fern Marshall Bradley - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

This illustrated, step-by-step guide shows you how to save seeds from 20 of the most popular vegetable garden plants, including beans, carrots, peas, peppers, and tomatoes. Youll learn how each plant is pollinated key to determining how the seed should be saved, how to select the seeds...
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Container Theme Gardens: 42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants

Nancy J. Ondra - Storey Pub.
Format: Print book

Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every...
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Hemp Macram: 20 Easy Boho Chic Designs

Jenny Townley - Lark Books (NC)
Format: Print book

Kick off summer fashionably with these 20 beachy hemp creations! Using nature's loveliest bounty, like shiny sea glass, and working with the ever-more-popular art of macram, crafters will find that every piece of jewelry here is fun to make and wear. Fashion a knotted sea glass bracelet,...
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The Complete Guide to Crochet Dolls and Animals: Amigurumi Techniques Made Easy

The Japan Amigurumi Association - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Hundreds of photos demonstrate the best crochet stitches to use, along with lessons on how to assemble amigurumi figures correctly and give them more personality. All the basic stitches and steps are explained in detail, including extra directions for left-handed crafters.This is the official...
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