Crafts & Hobbies
Discover a wide selection of craft and hobby books, from crochet and origami to embroidery and cross stitch. Find the best-selling books on crafts and hobbies for beginners, all available at our online bookstore.
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Elementary Platen PressworkPlaten presses were the essential engines of the printing trade through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but these once-ubiquitous letterpress machines gradually gave way to more efficient offset and digital technologies. By the late 20th century, platen presses had all but disappeared...
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Fine Woodworking's Essential Workbench PlanThe author and Fine Woodworking editors collaborated to design a workbench for today's woodworker, one that is straight-forward to build and is more workhorse than showpiece. It can be built using tools found in an average small shop: tablesaw, portable planer, crosscut saw, router,...
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The Prayer Shawl Companion: 38 Knitted Designs to Embrace Inspire & Celebrate LifeFor many, the ultimate expression of spirituality is charity. And for years, people have been crafting prayer shawls - knitted wraps to comfort those in times of need and to help others celebrate special occasions. Written by the two women at the heart of...
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Practical Furniture DesignDesign advice from Fine Woodworking. Written by the country's most respected designers and builders, each article is packed with practical, down-to-earth advice and toughtful insights into the design process.The furniture types include tables, casework, cabinets and chairs, plus a selection of special-purpose furniture.Author: Editors...
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Shelves Cabinets & BookcasesEveryone needs more storage for books and other media. That's why building shelving is so popular among woodworkers, whether the project is a simple shelved built-in or a high-style bookcase. While building a basic box is fairly easy, constructing a stylish piece that that...
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Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful TextilesThe essence of plants bursts forth in magnificent hues and surprising palettes. Using dyes of the leaves, roots, and flowers to color your cloth and yarn can be an amazing journey into botanical alchemy. In Eco Colour, artistic dyer and colorist India Flint teaches...
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101 Wire Earrings: Step-By-Step Projects & TechniquesProviding detailed descriptions on how to intricately craft stylish wire earrings, this beautifully illustrated guide offers simple yet elegant projects that are inexpensive and easily accomplished. Easy-to-follow instructions and comprehensive definitions guide the jewelry maker through the many elements of wire working, such as...
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Lego Space: Building the FutureCome explore an incredible LEGO(R) universe in LEGO Space: Building the Future. Spaceships, orbital outposts, and new worlds come to life in this unique vision of the future, built completely from LEGO bricks. A selection of step-by-step building instructions will have you constructing your...
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The Lego Technic Idea Book: Fantastic ContraptionsThe LEGO(R) Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy...
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Patchwork AnimalsEveryone loves a cute and cuddly stuffed animal, and this pattern includes 12 of them A great way to use up your scrap worsted-weight yarn. Designs include a frog, giraffe, lion, sheep, pony, monkey, cow, teddy bear, pig, kitty, puppy, and an elephant. Finished...
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Pincushions & MoreDiscover the joy of making small useful projects from your stash and gifting them to others who share your love of sewing and quilting. Pincushions & More gives you the patterns and the inspiration to create 13 unique pincushions and three needlebooks. Let your...
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Reversible Knitting: 50 Brand-New, Groundbreaking Stitch Patterns + 20 Projects from Top DesignersMost of the stitch dictionaries on knitters' shelves are remixes of familiar stitch patterns already published elsewhere. Not so for Lynne Barr's groundbreaking book Reversible Knitting. Not only is every one of the 50 stitch patterns completely new and never before seen, but each...
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Knitting New Mittens & Gloves: Warm and Adorn Your Hands in 28 Innovative WaysGrowing up in Cape Breton, on Canada's Atlantic coast, knitwear designer Robin Melanson learned early on the importance of gloves and mittens in a harsh winter climate. Now this self-described "mitten and glove aficionado" shares her enthusiasm for these ordinary items by presenting 28...
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Paper Toys: Monsters: 11 Paper Monsters to BuildThe follow-up to one of the bestselling volumes in the Paper Toy series, this new edition by Niark is the ultimate monster makeover. Using the same silhouettes as the previous volume but with all new vibrant colors and patterns that take their designs to...
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Quilter's Academy Vol. 1 - Freshman Year: A Skill-Building Course in QuiltmakingThis must-have course guides beginners step-by-step through the fundamentals of quiltmaking, from setting up a sewing space to binding and finishing their first quilt.Author: Harriet Hargrave, Carrie HargravePublisher: C&T PublishingPublished: 10/16/2009Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.30dISBN: 9781571205940Review Citation(s): Library Journal...
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Quick Icelandic Knits: Sweaters, Hats, Socks, Mittens and MoreFrom broad techniques to detailed patterns, this book is brimming with knitwear inspired by Iceland's extensive knitting tradition, but it's more than a pattern book--it's an idea book. Get familiar with the basics of knitting in the round, including the design fundamentals of sweaters...
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Carefree Crochet: 50 Soft, Fashionable Projects That Make You Feel GoodWelcome to your introduction to the beauties of carefree crochet May Britt Bjella Zamori is firmly in love with the possibilities of dynamic openwork, playing with yarn weight, and crochet that's easy and undeniably wearable at the same time. In this eyeopening collection, you'll...
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Metalworker's Data Book for Home Machinists: The Essential Reference Guide for Everyone Who Works with MetalThis comprehensive data book offers a wide range of reliable information, formulas, dimensions, and tables that are extremely useful in both the metalworking workshop and for those designing engineered items, tools, and machines. In one concise volume, it provides data that are otherwise available...
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Making Wooden Fishing Lures: Carving and Painting Techniques That Really Catch Fish!Get Caught Up In Eleven Easy To Follow Lure Projects Making a usable fishing lure from a scrap of wood and some paint is a fun and easy project for anyone who enjoys fishing, carving, or collecting. Award-winning carver and fishing enthusiast Rich Rousseau...
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Big Book of Scroll Saw Woodworking (Best of Ssw&c): More Than 60 Projects and Techniques for Fretwork, Intarsia & Other Scroll Saw CraftsScroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine is proud to present this collection of 60 of the best projects for both scroll saw beginners and those with experience. You'll find this book a great reference not only for its detailed patterns, but for its tips,...
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