The Joy of Smocking

by Martha Pullen

A classic!

The Joy of Smocking book cover
  • 13 smocking plates
  • Nightgown pattern 6 months to 14 years
  • Donna’s Smocked T-Bonnet
  • Basic smocking instructions
  • Advanced smocking stitches
  • Tips from Laura Thompson

64 pages + 8 full-color inserts
Measures 8.5″ x 11″

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A-Z of Embroidered Flowers

by Country Bumpkin Publications

A to Z of Embroidered Flowers book cover

Yet another book in the best-selling A-Z series, A-Z of Embroidered Flowers is a celebration of flowers and embroidery, featuring 100 glorious blooms brought to life with needle and thread.

A fabulous book of designs with easy instructions, full size patterns, and more than 120 step-by-step photographs.

A wide variety of embroidery techniques are covered in this reference from traditional surface embroidery to crewel embroidery, shadow work, wool and ribbon embroidery, thread painting, and stumpwork.

132 full-color pages
Measures 8.5″ x 9″
Concealed spiral bound

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A-Z of Crochet

by Country Bumpkin Publications

Get hooked on crochet!

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A complete manual for the beginner through advanced stitcher, this quick and easy craft makes it possible to create beauty in a time-hungry world.

Experience more than 1,200 photographs of every stitch you will ever need.

Don’t know where to start? If you have never held a crochet book before, the simple instructions and easy-to-follow photographs at the beginning of the book will have you crocheting like an expert in no time. Learn about bobbles and clusters, loop stitches, picots and popcorns, shells, and spikes.

Are you an expert buy want to expand your repertoire? Discover broomstick crochet, entrelac crochet, filet and hairpin crochet, Irish crochet, surface and tubular crochet, Tunisian crochet, and so much more.

Even more, we show you how to achieve a perfect finish to your crocheted project and how to add your own special touch with fringes, spirals, edgings, and three-dimensional motifs.

163 full-color pages
Measures 8.5″ x 9″
Concealed spiral bound

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A-Z of Knitting

by Country Bumpkin Publications

Knitting has never been easier!

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The ultimate guide for the beginner through the advanced knitter, A-Z of Knitting contains more than 1,000 step-by-step photographs of every knitting technique you will ever need.

From Aran knitting to Fair Isle, from entrelac to intarsia, this book will tell you everything there is to know about this beautiful and practical craft.

Starting with the basics, we teach you about the different types of tools and wonderful array of yarns that are available to you. We give you easy-to-follow instructions for various ways to hold yarn and needles, cast on and cast off, work basic stitches, increase and decrease, make buttonholes, finish off, fix mistakes, and care for your knitted garments.

All you need to know is in this book.

152 full-color pages
Measures 8.5″ x 9″
Concealed spiral bound

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