Looking for an outdoor hobby to engage your children and encourage them to be crafty and creative? Wood carving is not only easy to learn and fun to do, but almost everything you need to get started can be found for free -- right outside your door!
Together you can craft a tumbling tower game, a racing car toy, a dolphin ......
Climate change is making us rethink how we use resources and not subscribing to fast-fashion and re-using and mending our clothes has become a mark of pride. This is visible mending, more akin to embroidery and embellishment that will make your favourite clothing even more personal and save it from landfill.
Simply beautiful plant hangers you can make yourself! You don't know where to put your plants anymore, or how to best show them off? Hang them up! Bohemian yet chic, inspired by nature and interior design, these charming hangers will make your plants look their best. Even if you've never tried macrame before, the step-by-step instructions with ......
440 Patterns for Textures, Shells, Bobbles, Lace, Cables, Chevrons, Ed
This is the ultimate collection of crochet stitch inspiration! 440 stitches are presented, each with a sample swatch of the fabric and charted instructions with written notes and detailed chart keys. Divided into ten chapters by the type of stitches, such as shells, waves and chevrons, openwork, cables and textures, and even borders and granny ......
Every weaver weaves hand towels! They are small in size and weave quickly, are perfect for using up small amounts of yarn, make great gifts, are perfect for beginners and for learning new techniques, and they are eminently practical and you need new ones now and then. This collection of hand towel patterns is just the reference you need! With 43 ......
Gregory Milners new title, The Skill of Flower Arranging, is a clear and comprehensive guide covering all aspects of floral design. Whether readers intend to make floristry their career, are already a professional florist, or simply love to arrange flowers within their home, this book will guide them to create a variety of stunning arrangments.
Brimming with seasonal stories, activities, crafts, poems and recipes, this book offers a truly inspirational guide to celebrating festivals throughout the seasons. This book arose from workshops for parents run by the authors. They address the question of, 'Why celebrate festivals?' The unfolding year patterns the book, with seasonal activities ......
Children treasure handmade dolls. Making a simple doll for a child is a gift for life, that encourages the magic of creative play. Kinder Dolls shows how to create handcrafted dolls from natural materials. A range of simple, colourful designs will inspire both beginners and experienced doll makers alike. These dolls are old favourites, originating ......
Master the Techniques, Understand the Weave Structures, Create Your Own
This comprehensive guide to floor loom weaving begins with the basics-parts of the loom, how to wind your warp and dress your loom; how to read and weave drafts-but then goes so much farther, explaining the different types of weaves and how to read and weave from charts, and exploring a variety of weaves in depth. The author covers each topic in ......
