Kreativitet

15 contemporary sweater designs to knit yourself

Guides knitters through intarsia, stranded knitting and two-colour double knitting. This title includes 12 original projects, 200 stitch patterns and knitting and design tips and tricks.

Run wild with this new collection of minis from Kerry Lord and her Edward's Menagerie animals. This is one of the new gift series from TOFT (Kerry's yarn company), which contains four books, each with 25 crochet patterns on a different theme: Wild, Ocean, Farm and Pets.

Bring kids' decor to life with this collection of sensational animal rug designs, by popular crochet designer Ira Rott. Crochet an elephant, a giraffe, a cat, a monkey, a crab, a dinosaur and a panda, each with a coordinating pillow and accessory - from book tidies to placemats, blanket buddies to toy bags - to continue the crochet animal theme.

Corner to corner crochet - also known as C2C crochet - is the perfect way to create colourful, graphic designs without having to learn complex colourwork techniques. Using basic crochet stitches you can create stunning, contemporary designs for home decor items and accessories.

A highly diverting celebration of television's favourite naturalist, packed with games, trivia and Attenborough-inspired activities.

Discover indigo; one of the most mystical yet widely used plants in the world. With inspirational images and luxurious presentation and binding, this book shows you how to grow, extract and dye with indigo. Indigo will encourage both beginners and experienced dyers to cultivate, dye and create with a wide range of recipes and unique projects.

Accompany woodsman Ben Law as he celebrates the amazing diversity of craft products made from materials sourced directly from the woods. With fascinating information on the history, language and traditions of the crafts, coppice management and tree species, this book teaches about all aspects of the low-impact woodland way of life.

You can draw portraits easily and Jake Spicer shows you how in only 15 minutes.

Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time. This book talks about the educational model based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. It uses the works of Old Masters and realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting.

Teaches how the main basic and advanced haircuts are achieved. This book features photographs which demonstrate how to improve your technique and perform the perfect cut. It explains exactly how the main basic and most important haircuts are done.

Not everyone can keep a cow, but everyone can make cheese. This book shows you the very basic equipment needed to make your own cheese: the ingredients, including different milks, herbs and flavours; how to make a simple cheese; and how to produce some of the worlds speciality cheeses such as Roquefort, Brie and Edam. You will find recipes for making many cheeses at home. Whether you are making a cheese cake, a ricotta-based pudding or a stonking salty blue, this book is a cheese lover s guide to making their own favourite food and there are some recipes for the biscuits to go with it, too.

Containing 200 pictures, this book provides a clear, concise, step-by-step, easy to follow guide to drawing all external components of a car like the professional design studios. Includes 'trade tips' on rendering the images to bring them to life. Showcase illustrations demonstrate in stages and by example how these techniques produce great car art and design.Covers all drawing materials/methods from pencils to marker pens, airbrushes to computer generated drawings.

Learn how to make an entire farm of needle-felted animals, people and buildings with this unique craft book. Contains step-by-step instructions and beautiful colour photographs, plus an illustrated story of a fun-filled day on the farm.

This book was created for knitters who want standard sweater patterns in a variety of sizes and gauges, as well as those who want a template from which to develop their own design ideas.

32 elegant cross stitch designs of wildflowers and grasses from renowned embroidery artist Hisako Nishisu.

The first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. The book's approach is direct and practical, and its style easy to understand. Using a simple, step-by-step system, the authors explain how to ...