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Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins.

This book takes you through the step-by-step process to crochet a patchwork blanket using designs borrowed from the granny square, the granny hexagon, the granny star, and as a special delight, the knitted hexagon.

The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading is a valuable resource for learning about growing, freezing, canning, and storing fruits, vegetables, and herbs to feed your family year-round. You’ll also discover the amazing possibilities open to you when you raise livestock for food and fiber, including information on co-ops, choosing a butcher or slaughterhouse, and how best to house and feed your animals.

This book offers a structured approach for beginners and even intermediate designers. With patience, you can master Cricut Design Space and become able to express your creativity like never before.

In 1993, Jacqueline Tobin visited the Old Market Building in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina, where craftspeople sell their wares. Amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts, Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams and the two struck up a conversation. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to tell a fascinating story that had been handed down from her mother and grandmother before her. As Tobin sat in rapt attention, Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad.

In this utterly charming volume, Stephen Fry excavates his epic collection of neckties and shares the stories behind them. From the traditional "egg and bacon" colors of the Marylebone Cricket Club to the exuberant Dalmatian pattern of a 1980s Nicole Miller design, each tie tells a story.

These essays are ultimately designed for long term members of 12 step fellowships to help them be better sponsors and to help them be of service to others without allowing it to become their whole identity. In recovery, we get a chance to help others, but, in attempting to do so, we end up making mistakes, and coming face to face with our own characters defects. Service to other is a chance for us to exercise our own personal demons.

Unlock your potential in pottery, regardless of your skill level. This guide simplifies the craft, making it accessible and enjoyable.

This is a complete guide to making your own soap at home and, possibly, creating a business out of it. And the good thing is that it is easy to follow, as it takes a beginner-friendly approach to soapmaking to help you to apply what you learn right away.

Welcome to the captivating world of bladesmithing and the art of crafting your own knives! Whether you're a seasoned craftsman or a curious beginner, this guide is your passport to the exciting journey of creating functional, beautiful, and personalized blades. Making your own knives can be a rewarding and satisfying endeavor.

Many of us have dreamed of making our own soap but not had the courage to do so for one reason or another. We're told that it's very dangerous and too complicated to get right. This guide is here to tell you otherwise and get you set on the home soap-making path with comprehensive advice on how to make perfect soap at home. The truth is that soap making is an extremely simple process that requires the use of one tricky substance and there are hundreds of errors to avoid if you want a smooth bar of soap anyone will want to put on their skin.

Are you someone who has wondered what the fuss is about with crochet? Did you see your grandma or aunts crochet and you wanted to know more? Are you looking for a new hobby and wondering if crochet is it? 50 Things to Know About Crochet by Elizabeth Reichlin offers an approach to the basics of crochet from the perspective of a true artist who can follow a pattern but chooses to let the yarn guide her. In these sections you'll discover the tools needed, array of fibers, and basics to get you started.

Do you want to master macramé but don’t know how to get started? Then, you need this book because it’s the only one on the market today that will teach you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about this art, authored by an expert with more than 20 years of experience. Macramé is a fun and well-respected art form that, on the outside, seems very difficult. However, Harvey Natalie, thanks to her experience, can teach you macramé correctly and make it one of the most accessible forms of art out there.

Wondering how you can become a successful soap-maker? Did you know that soap-making is easier than you might think? Do you want to earn a little extra income in the comfort of your own home? In this audiobook, you’ll learn everything you need to know about soap-making and starting a business in this field. Let us guide you through the various stages of soap-making, including your new at-home industry! If you are interested in learning about soap-making and how to start a soap-making business, this audiobook is your stepping stone into the entire process.

Curious to catapult your crochet business? Or maybe start a crochet business? This is a must-have book that provides you with the best tips and secrets to learn how to be successful in writing, selling, and marketing digital patterns for your crochet business! Your purchase also includes free crochet patterns from your favorite designers along with free templates for your patterns.

It's all too easy to get caught up in the often monotonous nature of our day to day—moving from one rote task to the next, only to rinse and repeat the next day. Weirdness, however, is an easily accessible antidote to these feelings of languishing. The quirky, eccentric, and peculiar can take us out of our normal habits of thought and perception, surprising us by breaking up our routines and reminding us that there's more to life than the everyday.

Crochet is a strategy for making a delightful silky fabric that you can use as window ornaments, tablecloths, and doilies. You can likewise utilize the crochet strategy for making snazzy winter frill, for example, caps, scarves, gloves, and numerous different things. Furthermore, when you get the hang of crocheting, you can make extremely a la mode sweaters and different tops to wear on any event.

You want a warm, cozy, inviting home, without using more resources, money, and stuff than needed. Why use more if you don't have to? In Cozy Minimalist Home, accidental stylist and best-selling author Myquillyn Smith guides you step by step on making purposeful design decisions for your home. You'll have the tools to transform your home starting with what you already have and using just enough of the right furniture and decor to create a home you're proud of in a way that honors your personal priorities, budget, and style. No more fretting when it comes to decorating your house!

When Cleo and Dylan find each other at a Christmas party, will they be able to make the necessary choices in order to find happiness and love for themselves?

What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire.