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The LEGO Trains Book

Holger Matthes - No Starch Press
Format: Hardcover

Learn the model-making process from start to finish, including the best ways to choose scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration for your own LEGO train designs.Inside you'll...
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Corner-to-Corner Lap Throws For the Family

Sarah Zimmerman - Annie's Attic
Format: Paperback

Corner-to-Corner is a fun and unique way of crocheting! By following a pixel graph instead of a written pattern, you can incorporate virtually any character or image you want into a crochet blanket. This great book includes how-to instructions and step-by-step photos. Also included are instructions...
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Stitch Mountain: 30 Warm Knits for Conquering the Cold

Laura Zander - Sixth & Spring Books
Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sixth & Spring Books Language: English ISBN-10: 1936096676 ISBN-13: 978-1936096671 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.7 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
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Maker projects for kids who love games

Rebecca Sjonger - Crabtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Game design requires many skills including imagination, problem solving, communication, and teamwork. These characteristics make it a natural fit for the Maker movement. From board games to video games, this exciting title introduces readers to the essential basics of game design including...
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Wool Studio: The Knitwear Capsule Collection

Interweave Editors - Interweave
Format: Hardcover

Round out your wardrobe with luxurious knitwear design!Wool Studio is a capsule collection for the modern knitter featuring sophisticated, simple, and luxurious designs. In this collection you'll enjoy exquisite patterns from top knitwear designers including Norah Gaughan, Kate Gagnon...
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350 Crochet Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets

JAN EATON - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Give a professional finish to your crochet garments and accessories with this indispensable compendium of technical know-how and troubleshooting tips. Techniques are organized in the order that you'd need them as you work through a project, from choosing the right yarn to looking after...
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A Dog's History of the World

Laura Hobgood-Oster - Baylor University Press,
Format: Print book

Canines and humans have depended upon one another for tens of thousands of years. Humans took the initial steps of domesticating canines, but somewhere through the millennia, dogs began dramatically to affect the future of their masters. In A Dog's History of the World, Laura Hobgood-Oster...
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Increase, Decrease: 99 Step-by-Step Methods; Find the Perfect Technique for Shaping Every Knitting Project

Judith Durant - Storey Publishing, LLC; Spi edition

The key to a polished, perfect project lies in using the right increase or decrease technique to shape your knitting. Increase, Decrease is a comprehensive guide to 99 different methods for increasing and decreasing knitting stitches. Each method is clearly described and includes step-by-step...
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Deck the Halls: 20 Knitted Christmas Ornaments

Annie's - Annie's
Format: Print book

Deck the Halls and Raid the Stash! In this exciting pattern book, we've got 20 ornaments to keep those idle hands busy all season long as you happily knit the hours away creating handmade ornaments for your very own tree, and as treasured gifts for friends and family. Making these...
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