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BabyKnits Hats & Booties

by Edie Eckman & Bonnie Franz

Irresistibly cute baby hats with matching booties, in styles today's knitters will love.

BabyKnits Hats & Booties presents fifteen matching sets - thirty projects - to warm little heads and tootsies. Such sets...

The Complete Photo Guide to Slipcovers

by Linda Neubauer

Step-by-step, fully photographed projects for all styles of furniture slipcovers, from the simple wrap to a custom-fitted cover.

The Complete Photo Guide to Slipcovers is a step-by-step guide to sewing decorator...

Knitting Art

by Karen Searle

As some knitters craft mittens and sweaters, others find themselves taking flight into the realm of art. Some become true fiber artists, creating exhibition-quality quilts and sweaters and shawls, yarn mobiles...

Knitting for Dogs: Irresistible Patterns for Your Favorite Pup -- and You!

by Kristi Porter

Knitting in hip, doggie style means that you can dress your pooch with pizazz, and Knitting for Dogs, illustrated with full color, will enchant knitters of all levels and dog-owners who want bespoke clothes...

Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously

by Adrienne Martini

"I knit so I don’t kill people" —bumper sticker spotted at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival

For Adrienne Martini, and countless others, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini...

A Passion for Knitting: Step-by-Step Illustrated Techniques, Easy Contemporary Patterns, and Essential Resources for Becoming Part of the World of Kni

by Nancy Thomas, Ilana Rabinowitz & Melanie Falick

The World of Knitting Right at Your Fingertips

More than a how-to book, A Passion for Knitting goes beyond teaching the craft and introduces readers to the culture of knitting. In Part I, you'll find fully illustrated...

Rip It!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams

by Elissa Meyrich

Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, fits, and feels just the way it should?

Rip It! shows how simple...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amigurumi

by June Gilbank

Creating an Amigurumi of one’s own...

Amigurumi, the traditional Japanese art of knitted or crocheted stuffed figures, is a craft that is sweeping the country. In The Complete Idiot’s Guide(r) to Amigurumi...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting

by Becca Smith

Knitting made easy-especially for beginners.

In The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Knitting, Becca Smith takes aspiring knitters step-by-step through her "learn-as-you-go" teaching technique. Knitters are guided...

Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy

by Tamie Snow

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...

Wendy Knits: Adventures with Two Needles and an Attitude

by Wendy D. Johnson

In this warm, wise, and witty memoir, Wendy D. Johnson takes a look at her lifelong obsession with “casting on” as she chronicles her journey from a crudely self-taught, left-handed beginner to one of the...

Tiny Yarn Animals

by Tamie Snow

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...

Mother of Purl

by Edith Eig & Caroline Greeven

The category–killing knitting guide from one of the major influences of the back–to–knit movement and the owner of La Knitterie Parisienne, a Hollywood hotspot (her in–store knitting circle has included...

Pattern Fitting With Confidence

by Nancy Zieman

Nancy Zieman's pattern fitting approach is easy - no cutting, slashing, tucking or pinching—just logical and easy pivot-and-slide techniques, providing a painless method to follow that results in a garment...

Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to the Brioche Stitch

by Nancy Marchant

Hungry for new knitting techniques? Try knitting brioche!

Knitting Brioche is the first and only knitting book devoted exclusively to brioche stitch, a knitting technique that creates a double-sided fabric....

Positively Crochet!: 50 Fashionable Projects and Inspirational Tips

by Mary Jane Hall

Positively Crochet lives up to its name with plenty of crochet projects and powerful messages for positive living.

This playful, project-focused guide concentrates on the patterns and stitches used to design...

Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide

by Claire Shaeffer

Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide is your one-stop sewing resource, with answers to the most common sewing questions and details about the latest advancements in sewing. This new, thoroughly updated edition...

Knitting - The Complete Guide

by Jane Davis

Some books are nice additions to a library, and others are cornerstone selections. This book is one of those foundational references you can rely on for years to come.

From its easy-to-use format, to the collection...

Huggable Crochet

by Christine Lucas

Grab your yarn and go wild!

All you need is a hook and yarn to create the most adorable stuffed animals you'll ever meet. Huggable Crochet has patterns for 19 different animals measuring from twelve to eighteen...

Nancy Zieman's Sewing A to Z: Your Source for Sewing and Quilting Tips and Techniques

by Nancy Zieman

The Answers to All Your Sewing Questions!

Whether you're a novice sewer or a skilled seamstress, who better to go to for sewing answers and advice than expert Nancy Zieman? Set aside your sewing fears and let...