Stitch Craft, Needlecraft and Fabrics

Lois Daykin is one of Rowan's most successful knitting and crochet designers. In this delightful new book, she turns her attention to newborns and small babies, creating an exquisite world in soft yarns and sugar almond colours. Anyone with a new baby on the way will be thrilled with her designs, which offer a great selection of baby wear, plus some wonderful ideas for the nursery too. It also includes patterns for both beginners and experienced knitters and offers tips and techniques and describes how to gift wrap your projects as presents for new babies or christenings. Lois Daykin is based near Derby (Breadsall Village).

ISBN: 9781904485872

Lois Daykin is one of Rowan's most successful knitting and crochet designers. In this delightful new book, she turns her attention to newborns and small babies, creating an exquisite world in soft yarns and sugar almond colours. Anyone with a new baby on the way will be thrilled with her designs, which offer a great selection of baby wear, plus some wonderful ideas for the nursery too. It also includes patterns for both beginners and experienced knitters and offers tips and techniques, plus how to gift wrap your projects as presents for new babies or christenings. Lois Daykin is based near Derby (Breadsall Village).

ISBN: 9781904485865

A diverse range of dye methods, from tie-dyeing to spray-dyeing, are used in the 22 projects outlined in this book. Various handcrafted decorative objects are created, varying in complexity from dyed wrapping paper to an embroidered pelmet.

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ISBN: 9781842152751

This is a fabulous resource to satisfy the most enthusiastic cross stitcher. Beautifully presented and keenly priced, 1000 motifs are organized into easy-to-access categories, so you can find a cross-stitch design for every occasion, whether it be a special personalized Christmas gift, a Valentine or birthday card, a sampler to celebrate a wedding anniversary, or the birth of a baby. As any cross-stitcher knows, some designers get carried away when it comes to recommending threads, author Maria Kelly never falls into this trap - all her exquisite designs can be created using a palette of 30 colors or fewer. A resource section in the back of the book gives the DMC thread "recipe" for each of the 1000 designs used.

ISBN: 9781843403746

This work is a collection of over 30 stylish knitted accessories for all seasons, from gloves and scarfs, to hats and ponchos. Styles vary from silky skinny scarfs, funky brimmed hats and chic city sets to a pretty lace shawl and cute mittens. It takes into account the exciting choice of yarns available to the modern knitter, and focuses on using these to maximum effect. Variation ideas take the projects further, showing different patterns, yarns and styles through detailed photography and colourful artworks. Easy-to-follow techniques ensure great results, whether giving a simple scarf a professional finish, or adding an eyecatching trim to an embellished hat.

ISBN: 9780715326008

Alongside the great popularity of machine-stitched patchwork quilts, there is an increasing trend amongst quilters for designs which feature an element of surface embellishment, whether by hand or machine. The twelve quilts in this highly decorative collection show a fantastic range of simple ways to enhance the basic patchwork patterns. Buttons and beads are used as a quick and delightful way of tying the quilted layers together, simple hand and machine embroidery decorates crazy patchwork and the latest ideas featuring everything from transferring photographic images to flower crushing are used to make stunning, eye-catching quilts. These extra details enhance and embellish the rich and colourful fabrics to produce marvellously decorative pieces to take pride of place in the home.

ISBN: 9781845377311