patterns

Contains instructions for 300 plant-based embroidery designs.

"Hand embroider all twelve zodiac signs and other celestial wonders as envisioned by . . . artist Maya Hanish. Astrology embroidery contains over 30 original patterns including motifs for all 12 signs in the Western zodiac as well as zodiac constellations and symbols, so you can personalize your projects. Additionally, there are over a dozen patterns inspired by nocturnal creatures and midnight magic. This book offers a primer on embroidery techniques, materials, and stitches. Each pattern comes with stitching instructions and reference images of the finished project"--Back cover.

"Stitch your way across the USA with thirty cross stitch patterns featuring the most popular national parks and monuments. . .[with] an introduction to each park or monument, and instructions on cross stitching techniques and suggested materials"--Provided by publisher.

"Featuring sketching and illustration instructions, basic stitches, embroidery techniques, and six projects with portraits of famous women, this book is a must-have tool for hands-on artists and crafters. If you're a beginning embroiderer, start with the basic stitches and embroidery instructions at the beginning of the book. Essential tools, warm-up exercises, tips for embroidering facial features and hair, and general information on embroidery will give you the know-how you need to get started"--.

"The future was once a beckoning landscape where technology would make all things possible and provide for a near-perfect life. Space travel! Robot maids! Personal jetpacks! Mind-controlling ray guns! Pac-Man! Sadly, apart from video games this future never quite materialized, but memories of it still linger in popular culture. Knits of Tomorrow celebrates this ideal world-that-never-was, along with past and present technological wonders, and will appeal to any techno-geek today or to those who knit for them. Knits of Tomorrow features a range of projects, all with a technological bent. The book starts with a section on the basics of knitting and then has 20 original and creative projects. They are mostly quick and simple-toys, accessories, and home de;cor items such as rocket ship desk caddies, circuit-board scarves, and a Space Invaders pillow. There are practical projects as well-tablet covers, laptop bags, and iPod cozies. While playful and fun, the projects are primarily aimed at an adult audience, albeit one with a taste for sci-fi, Dr. Who, video games, and electronic gizmos past and present."--.

Provides instructions and patterns for more than one hundred embrodery designs and twelve projects.

A guide to creating patchwork quilts.

Provides information on how to knit, including tutorials on selecting yarn, various stitches, and necessary materials. Features thirty-one projects to knit, showcased with photographs and instructions.