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Standard kitchen equipment is all that's needed to set up a kitchen dye shop. Dyeing can be done in a microwave oven, a sturdy stove top kettle, a crackpot, a traditional oven, or even an electric frying pan. The author covers various methods. She uses fibre, colour, and heat to create exciting new yarns and yarn colours.

52 Weeks of Easy Knits is a contemporary collection of 52 uncomplicated knitting patterns, ranging from beanies, mittens and scarves to sweaters, socks and cardigans, from Nordic knitting experts Laine. For people who are picking up needles for the very first time, or for experienced knitters who are looking for an effortless comfort project, this gorgeous book contains a fun, cozy and modern knitting pattern for every week of the year - each one a pleasure to knit. The 52 projects have been contributed by leading knitwear designers from across the world. The book uses a 'super easy' label to mark the patterns that are perfect for your very first knitting project.

Knitting is a versatile method that can produce fabrics with a wide range of properties for many uses, from apparel to medical applications to technical textiles. As a knitwear designer, it is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of the industry and the materials and techniques used in knitwear production.This book provides comprehensive technical information on the industry. The visual elements throughout the book make it easy to understand the various aspects of knitting, from fiber and yarn to common knitting techniques and structures, as well as post-production and quality control.The 101 examples of common knitted stitches at the end of the book provide inspiration and practical examples of how to incorporate the techniques and materials covered in the book into your designs.We hope that the Knitting Manual will be a valuable tool for designers, providing insights into your designs and serving as a go-to guide throughout your knitwear design career.

A complete deck of 78 tarot cards and an accompanying guidebook, gorgeously illustrated in rich, original line art that evokes the classic Rider-Waite designs, all ready for you to color in, customize, and bring to life. A comprehensive, classic deck and guidebook: The 78 cards in this deck feature the Major and Minor Arcana in beautiful, simple black line art reminiscent of the classic Rider–Waite​ tarot deck illustrations, and the guidebook includes the meanings of each card and information on how to pull and read cards and spreads. Complete set: This set includes 78 colorable illustrated cards (3 x 5 inches), shrink wrapped and housed in a card box; an 112-page, colorable illustrated paperback book (3 x 5 inches); a full-color folded poster insert of suggested color palettes (6 x 10 inches); and a keepsake magnetic closure box (3-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches). Ideal format for coloring: The cards and guidebook are printed on thick, uncoated paper stock ideal for coloring with pencils, watercolor, pens, markers, or your medium of choice, and the guidebook contains information on coloring basics for beginners. Includes a primer on color magic: Many magical practitioners believe in the magical properties and intentions of different parts of the color spectrum, and the guidebook includes information on these meanings to guide the user's color choices.   A note on packaging: In order to help honor our planet and reduce waste, we have only shrink wrapped the interior tarot cards, rather than the keepsake box. Please feel confident that your product is not defective or used, but rather represents a step we are taking to protect our collective home. When you open your deck, you will find that the actual cards inside the box are shrink wrapped for protection and to ensure first use by the buyer.

What is it about these knitted animals that captures children's imaginations? Making Knitted Animals offers an enchanting collection of animals to knit with soft wool and natural materials--ducklings, teddy bears, lambs, piglets, a handsome rooster, and more. These twenty projects can be knitted easily using odds and ends of wool from recycled garments or left over from other knitting. Many of these projects can be completed in an hour or two. Making Knitted Animals is ideal for helping children to develop new skills and their imagination, as well as for knitters looking for fresh ways to reduce their yarn stash!

Created to suit your dog's individual needs, the 16 knitted patterns--including sweaters, neckerchiefs, and snoods--can be sized up or down to suit a range of small to medium sized breeds.

Spend some time with a high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant and a chivalrous tiger... in an updated edition of this crochet classic, with over 250,000 copies sold. These crochet animals are made using simple techniques and a supersoft yarn in natural colours and will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!

"In this collection of 20 projects, bestselling cross stitch designer Emma Congdon gets inside the mind of a finickity feline to deliver a humorous selection of projects that will chime with cat owners everywhere. Easy-to-follow full-colour charts, step-by-step instructions on the techniques, and a gifty package make this ideal for beginners."--Provided by publisher.

Whether you're preserving a memory or recreating your favorite flower, this book will teach you the simple technique to creating a stunning and personal piece of art through quilting. Perfect for quilters of any skill level or even those without any experience at all, Capture Your Own Life with Collage Quilting will show you how to make amazing collage quilts. From choosing a photograph to creating the pattern, you will then learn about choosing the right background, free-motion quilting techniques, and finishing the quilt. Included in this book are 12 different project ideas in a variety of styles and themes, including pets, animals, birds, fish, flowers, houses, musical instruments, and landscapes. Whether you choose to hang your quilt or make it into a table runner, pillow, clothing, or a bed-sized quilt -- the possibilities are endless!

Following on from the hit PAINTING HAPPINESS, quirky and super-popular Instagram artist Terry Runyan presents a playful follow-up in her same charming, unique style - PAINTING CATS.

This keepsake book includes more than 1,000 full-color stickers and showcases unique art inspired by the Harry Potter films.

Enter the world of the reclusive yet mischievous Impkins!I¿m sure you have seen them out of the corner of your eye from time to time, racing from hiding place to nook or cranny¿odd little creatures of stitch and stuffing, of endless variety in form and manner. In these pages, you will not find a taxonomy of their features or a list of the names by which you might call them, you will find guidance on something far more important¿the techniques and methods by which you might craft one of these little stitchlings of your very own.It is a wonderful thing, I assure you, to bring an Impkin to life with hook and yarn, and herein you will find the detailed instructions necessary to craft one, with an endless array of options for ears, antennae, hats, wings, tails, scales, horns, hairstyles, clothing, and accessories. Each Impkin is unique, and only you can listen to find out what yours longs to be. Stitch by stitch, yoüll cast a spell, until at last you have made a brand-new creature. Don¿t be surprised if it asks for a snazzy vest or a satchel to hold its treasures!Though hard to spot at first, when you see one Impkin you can be sure there are more around. Impkins are social little creatures; once you make one, it is sure to clamor for a multitude of friends from your hook!

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Help kids build confidence and find their own creative voice through this collection of 25+ invitations for drawing. In Drawing Workshop for Kids, art educator Samara Caughey, founder of the highly praised family-centered art studio Purple Twig, shares drawing activities that support the development of creative, confident children ages 7 and up. All kids need to begin engaging in the pleasure of these simple yet inspiring drawing projects area pencil and paper. Along the way,new materials are introduced, giving kids the opportunity to experiment with new techniques. Each of the three main chaptersdrawing from life, drawing from images, and inventive drawingfocuses on techniques to explore, such as observation, mark making, shadow, line, composition, detail, contour, and perspective. Drawing Workshop for Kidsstrives to inspire children to investigate drawing and develop their own approach to art, building creativity and confidence.

Expressive Sketchbooks shares a host of creative ideas and prompts, tools and techniques, methods for working around obstacles and barriers, and tons of visual inspiration to help you grow in your sketchbooking practice. An expressive sketchbook is a place for you to explore, express, and enjoy your own innate creativity on your own terms. It is a safe playground for the imagination—a place to mess about, play, and experiment—and to gain confidence in your abilities as you develop your skills.Expressive Sketchbooks offers techniques and creative exercises that incorporate mark making, watercolor, mixed media, collage, words and text, and more. It unpacks some of the obstacles and barriers that you may face along the way and offers wisdom and encouragement to help you decide why and how to start your sketchbook and how to develop and expand your artistic practice. This book is packed with ideas and exercises, including:Exploratory drawing exercisesHow to utilize color in your sketchbookHow to create dynamic and varied sketchbook pagesHow to find inspiration in nature and in your everyday lifeWays to mix media and art suppliesWays to kickstart your creativityHow to find and develop a process that feels personal to youThrough this book, you'll find out what lights you up, what makes you curious and fascinated, and what makes you expansive. Discover how to magnify your creativity and enliven your art skills by using an expressive sketchbook as your daily companion.

Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a diverse assortment of animals drawn in classic cartoon styles, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Cartoon Animals is a must-have drawing and visual reference book. For student and aspiring artists, illustrators, character designers, and more, this modern step-by-step drawing guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion and anatomy as you learn to draw a wide array of cartoon-style animals and their poses and expressions, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Artist and author Keilidh Bradley's expert drawing technique will make this a go-to sourcebook for cartoonists, artists, and designers for years to come.Draw Like an Artist: 100 Cartoon Animals is a library essential for any artist interested in learning the fundamental techniques for drawing animals in classic cartoon styles. The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly illustrated visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.

Fresh, artistic and cheeky designs for a new generation of creative florists.Bold, modern and more than a little bit cheeky, Flower Porn ditches the traditional floral bouquets for designer arrangements that you can recreate at home. Kai Kaimins, founder of East London florist My Lady Garden, shows you how to fill your home or office with eye-catching, Instagram-worthy arrangements.By following her flower recipes, you'll unlock the secrets of colour theory and get up close and personal with a huge array of blooms, season by season. Complete with an essential chapter on floristry techniques, this book will show you how to choose the best flowers for each arrangement, and prepare each stem to make sure that your bold creations will last.Float into the pages of this flirty flower book to explore: - Four chapters of flower arrangements are arranged by season, with each project presented as a recipe, complete with a food-related heading.- A preliminary chapter will cover the key techniques and processes readers will need to create each flower recipe.- Featuring vivid photography and modern layouts that capture Kai's style and the My Lady Garden aesthetic.There's nothing quite like a bouquet of flowers, and there is absolutely nothing at all like the bouquets, arrangements and stunning displays in Flower Porn to bring beauty to a room.A must-have addition to the library of every flower-arranger - whether you're discovering the art form for the first time, or already a professional florist looking for new ideas for the business, Flower Porn has something for everyone to love.

A directory of 150 Tunisian crochet stitches, featuring step-by-step photographic guides to creating each stitch, with clear written and charted instructions, and accompanied by well-presented swatches.

Coverage includes: - Step-by-step tutorials of the basic double knitting technique - Reading charts, changing colours and learning to read your knitting - Methods of casting on and casting off - Different textures in double knitting - Methods of increasing and decreasing - Non-mirrored double knitting - Five exclusive patterns to practise the technique

By writing just one sentence a day in this illustrated journal, you can collect your thoughts year after year and create a beautiful keepsake to treasure forever.Featuring gorgeous textile patterns, this journal offers a simple way to capture daily thoughts and turn them into a precious time capsule of the next five years. Turn to the day’s date and respond to the writing prompt. Then see how your answers change year after year. Questions include:• Write the first sentence of your autobiography• What’s the next book you want to read?• What is the most honest thing you’ve said today?• What’s your favorite brunch food?This unique and beautiful new version of our phenomenally successful Q&A a Day pairs the original prompts with stunning patterns from a beloved textile designer.