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Fair Isle Knitting: A Practical & Inspirational Guide

Monica Russel - Search Press
Format: Paperback

The definitive book to learning Fair Isle knitting by expert knitter, teacher and founder of The Knit Knacks, Monica Russel, featuring 60 pattern swatches and beautiful, practical projects to test your new-found skills.Fair Isle knitting has a timeless appeal, and is celebrated all over...
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Knot Bad Amigurumi: Learn Crochet Stitches and Techniques to Create Cute Creatures with 25 Easy Patterns

Vincent Green-Hite - ?Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

In Knot Bad Amigurumi, discover a world of 25 adorable and unique crochet creatures you'll love to make, keep, and display.Create the unexpected: a smiling rocket ship, a jubilant glass of boba tea, a joyful acorn, a breezy beach hat, and much more. These modern characters spring from...
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Baby & Me Knits

Celeste Young - Sellers Publishing
Format: Paperback

The 20 hand-knit designs in Baby & Me Knits feature projects for every season and style. Knitters of all levels will find inspiration in author and new mom Celeste Young's patterns simple knit and purl textures give way to subtle lace, cables, and stranded colorwork, each accompanied...
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Wood Shop: Handy Skills and Creative Building Projects for Kids

Margaret Larson - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Come on, kids: Grab a hammer, step up to the workbench, and get ready to measure, saw, drill, and make cool things! Wood Shop is an exciting introduction for today's kids to an age-old tradition: building with wood. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, aspiring woodworkers...
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Crochet Baby Sets: 30 Patterns for Blankets, Booties, Hats, Tops, and More

Kristi Simpson - Stackpole Books
Format: Hardcover

Welcome baby with crocheted blankets, sweaters, hats, booties, and more!In this collection for baby, you'll find patterns for matching sets of baby classics like sweaters, blankets, and booties. Make the sets as shown or mix and match--all items are made with DK weight yarn so it is easy...
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Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity

Heather Ecker - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

A sumptuous exploration of the ways in which the Islamic arts have inspired the famous jewelry house Cartier, this book accompanies a major exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, and the Dallas Museum of Art.Louis Cartier (1875-1942) , the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-François,...
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Thread Stories: A Visual Guide to Creating Stunning Stitched Portrait Quilts

Jennifer Day - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Tell captivating stories in fabric and thread! Acclaimed quilting artist Jennifer Day invites you to create realistic portrait quilts. Turn your photos of people and animals into one-of-a-kind story quilts as you learn to stitch the details with thread painting. This step-by-step visual...
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The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War

Mark Stille - Osprey Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy swept all before it in its numerous victories in the Pacific and Far Eastern waters. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War pulls from many of Ospreys bestselling books on the subject...
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Simply Redwork: Quilt & Stitch Redwork Embroidery Designs

Mandy Shaw - David & Charles
Format: Print book

Mandy Shaw is well known for her distinctive sewing designs and motifs and in this book she brings her own style to the traditional and increasingly popular technique of redwork embroidery.You will learn how to create two quilts, the first has nine different heart-shaped quilt blocks, each...
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