Descriere: A guide to crochet techniques and garment constructions, such as seamless top-down crochet, ribbing, unusual starts and finishes, amigurumi and lots of lace. It features 20 cozy garments and cute accessories, from a baseball jersey, cap, bat and ball to a sundress and basket, that bears can wear.
Page dim. 218 x 209 x 9
Weight: 326 grams
Autori: Amy O'Neill Houck | Editura: Potter Craft | Anul aparitiei: 2010 | ISBN: 9780307462121 | Numar de pagini: 96 | Categorie: Crafts
Wenlan Chia
Twinkle's Big City Knits: Thirty-One Chunky-Chic Designs
The founder of Twinkle, a successful designer line of clothing, shares 31 patterns for stylish, chunky knits that are sweet, sophisticated, and quick to make. Chunky yarns have never had a reputation for looking stylish--until now, as these whimsical and hip pieces demonstrate.
Mastini Frank, Frank Mastini
Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits
In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don't need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozens of shortcuts: How to plank a hull "egg-shell tight"; how to build and rig complicated mast assmeblies without profanity; how to create sails that look like sails. . . . And along the way he points out things that beginners usually do wrong--beforehand, not after they've taken hammers to their projects. Ship Modeling Simplified even includes an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms, the key to assembling the many high-quality Italian kits on the American market. Model building is fun, and not nearly as difficult as some experts would have you believe. Here is everything you'll ever need to get ...
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Japanese masters have developed the techniques of ikebana over centuries and, while many different styles have evolved, they all share the same fundamental principles. The art embodies aesthetic considerations, knowledge of the natural forms of plants, and a profound understanding of the space around them. This book explains these principles by describing the lessons learned from master arranger Bokuyo Takeda and the underlying Zen symbolism in the art of ikebana. Readers will learn that training in ikebana is a process of achieving spiritual enlightenment and that the craft of arranging flowers is a form of meditation. These lessons provide a perfect escape from the stresses of everyday life and the incomparable satisfaction of creating beauty in the home.