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Tamie Snow
Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy
by HP Trade (Paperback)

From the creator of RoxyCraft.com, a collection of adorable crocheted creatures. This colorful guide presents twenty-one sweet and simple-to-make yarn creatures for crafters young and old. Each animal is assembled using several basic crochet stitches—stitches even beginners can easily master—and the results, from a winsome little lamb to a wide-eyed lemur, make for delightful yarn friends.

Nancy Zieman
Serge With Confidence
by Krause Publications (Paperback)

Timesaving techniques are a big part of today's hobbies, and in this beginner's guide to serging author Nancy Zieman demonstrates the essential skills to quickly and easily create stunning fashions, accessories and home decor projects. This book gives sewers: Solid skills for operating multi-threaded, multi-needled sergers and completing sewing projects more quickly than with regular sewing machines; guidelines to serging tools and terms; 20 projects to enhance the home and wardrobe; and confidence to tackle more complex techniques and projects. "Serge With Confidence" empowers sewers to tackle a new skill, and seek out projects to challenge themselves.

Jo Ippolito Christensen
The Needlepoint Book: A Complete Update of the Classic Guide
by Fireside (Paperback)

Since its original publication in 1976, The Needlepoint Book has become known as "The Black Bible" -- the one resource every aficionado of needlepoint needs to own. Completely revised and expanded, this updated edition includes your favorite features, plus: * A 16-PACE COLOR INSERT WITH ALL-NEW PROJECTS * A CRASH COURSE ON THE NEW FIBERS UPDATED INFORMATION ON MATERIALS, AS WELL AS HOW TO WORK WITH AND CARE FOR THEM * DOZENS OF NEW STITCHES AND A CHAPTER ON THE POPULAR OPENWORK STITCHES * MORE THAN 1,300 ILLUSTRATIONS * 369 STITCHES! DIAGRAMS FOR ALL PROJECTS SHOWN The Needlepoint Book covers all the information you need to learn needlepoint and improve your technique -- in a single comprehensive volume. You'll find section on: * CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROJECT * TRANSFERRING DESIGNS * ELEMENTS OF GOOD DESIGN: COLOR, PROPORTION, AND BALANCE * LEFT-HANDED NEEDLEPOINT * FINISHING TECHNIQUES * CLEANING NEEDLEPOINT * AND MUCH MORE! The Needlepoint Book is a complete guide to the ...

Gail Diven
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting & Crocheting
by Alpha (Paperback)

You're no idiot, of course. You can sew a button, tie a knot and even thread a needle in under 30 seconds. But when it comes to knitting and crocheting, you feel as prickly as a pin cushion. Don't unravel just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting shows you how to create beautiful crafts worthy of becoming heirlooms. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Hugh Ehrman
The Ehrman Needlepoint Book
by Readers Digest (Hardcover)

Here are 35 needlepoint projects from 14 top designers, including Kaffe Fassett, Candace Bahouth, and Elian McCready. Ehrman needlepoint sets are recognized all over the world and this new and varied collection reveals the Ehrman standards at their best.

Hope Hanley
101 Needlepoint Stitches and How to Use Them: Fully Illustrated with Photographs and Diagrams (Dover Needlework)
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

Treasury of over 100 decorative stitches, with an easy-to-read chart and an actual size photograph for each one. 150 illustrations. 98 photographs.

Susan Higginson
Needlepoint Stitches: 52 Stitches Explained and Illustrated
by Search Press (Paperback)

Filling a canvas with elegant needlepoint is made easier with this go-to reference for crafters seeking basic knowledge of frames, techniques, needle threading and embellishments. Fifty-two stitches, photographs, diagrams, and a section depicting the ways to use the stitches to design new pieces are included in this volume directed at all skill levels. With illustrations of straight, cross, pile, leaf, and many other stitches, beginners and experts alike will find valuable instructions for basic and decorative work.

Elian Mccready
Elian McCreadys Needlepoint
by David & Charles (Paperback)

A glorious collection of this well-known needlepoint designer's best work to date. Artist and embroiderer Elian McCready has been one of the best-selling designers for Ehrman Tapestry for years, and this book includes work that has previously only been available in kit form, as well as six new creations. Elian's work is theatrical and larger than life, but her skill is to create highly colored yet subtle results. The projects are worked in tent stitch and long stitch, and superb colour charts and photographs make the instructions easy to follow. Materials for each project are listed and there is advice on stitching and making up.

Beth Russell
Arts & Crafts Needlepoint: 25 Needlepoint Projects
by Anova Books (Hardcover)

This glorious guide presents 25 classic needlepoint projects based on the designs of William Morris and his contemporaries in the Arts & Crafts movement.Arts & Crafts Needlepoint is an exquisite collection of patterns inspired by one of the most influential design movements of the Victorian era—from the lush florals of William Morris to the luminous stained-glass motifs of the Tiffany Studios. The designs range from the simple to the more elaborate, with alternative patterns often provided. Each of the designs is accompanied by clear, stitch-by-stitch charts, suggestions for the best needle size and canvas mesh, precise yarn requirements, stitch types, and order of work. A practical reference section also provides complete information on basic techniques and framing. Originally published as Victorian Needlepoint, and republished here with new photos and designs, this is a timeless collection for all needleworkers.

Dominique Siegler-Lathrop
The Secrets of Needlepoint
by Down East Books (Hardcover)

This book begins with and preparation choice of materials, and then proceeds to give clear, concise directions for 99 needlepoint stitches, both basic and decorative. Inspiration and instruction for needleworkers of all levels.

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