7-DAY AFGHANS, J. Leinhauser & R. Weiss.   
ISBN: 0806957093144 pages.  8¼" x 10¾" softccover.  $14.95  #139061

COMPENDIUM OF FINISHING TECHNIQUES, Naomi McEneely.
Published by Interweave Press.  For the first time, an abundant collection of fabric finishing techniques is presented in a single book! This invaluable compendium offers finishing methods for weavers, knitters, sewers, embroiderers, crocheters, or anyone interested in the textile arts. From basic to esoteric, simple to elegant, or plain to highly decorative, these finishes can be applied to most any fabric—woven, knitted, crocheted, handmade or purchased. Each technique is clearly presented with text, illustrations, and photographs of examples created in the technique. In the years ahead, this book will become your most-prized reference for all of your finishing needs.ISBN: 1931499195.  7½" x 9" enclosed spiral hardcover.  150 pages.  $29.95  #239070

THE CROCHETER'S COMPANION, Nancy Brown.
With its pocket-sized, spiral-bound format, this book is a handy reference for crochet lovers, designed to fit into a project bag or basket, to lie flat for easy use, and to provide the essential information that crocheters need to have at their fingertips.  Thread and hook charts, abbreviations, stitch instructions with clear illustrations, and lots of helpful hints demystify this endangered art. From basic and advanced stitches, finishing techniques, and special touches to time-honored favorite patterns, motifs, and medallions, this is an indispensable resource for serious and beginner crocheters alike.  ISBN: 1-931499-13-6.  Spiral-bound, 7" x 5", 112 pages, 200 line drawings.  $19.95  #239019

CROCHETING IN PLAIN ENGLISH, Maggie Righetti.
Even if you've never held a crochet hook before, Maggie Righetti's sound instructions and encouragement will help you get started. If you're an experienced crocheter, you'll find dozens of tips for perfecting your techniques. This comprehensive, common sense guide covers virtually everything you need to know about crochet. Each technique is illustrated with drawings, charts, or photos. What's more, Righetti's light style makes the book fun to read. ISBN: 0312014120. 244 pages, softcover, $16.95  #139056

CROCHET WITH STYLE: Fun-to-Make Sweaters For All Seasons, Melissa Leapman. 
This well-known knitting and crocheting designer provides crocheters a wardrobe of jackets, vests, pullovers and cardigans in a variety of styles, pattern stitches and colors. Includes multi-colored garments, laces, and exquisite sweaters in the style of Aran knitting for crochet. Each garment includes easy-to-follow diagrams for each garment section plus finished measurements. Throughout the book, the author provides her usual high-quality instructions for making and finishing each garment. Sprinkled throughout, she reaches out to crocheters with tips and alternatives shown in reference boxes providing alternate color suggestions and design tips permitting each crocheter the opportunity to personalize their garment with their own special touches.  ISBN:1561583391.  112 pages, softcover.  $19.95  #139057

CROCHET YOUR WAY, Gloria Tracy and Susan Levin.
If you have no crochet books in your library, this is the first to own--the best yet for every crochet level. Part I: Beginnings & Basics, provides clear illustrations of hand positions and every basic stitch accompanied by well-explained symbol charts. Part II: Learn-to-Crochet-Afghan, offers dozens of luscious multi-colored pattern swatches to make and join together for a gorgeous afghan, richly textured and multi-patterned. Part III: Creative Projects offers 25 crochet projects including hats, bags, sweaters, vests, jackets, tunics, shawls, mittens, scarves, a pillow and baby afghan.  ISBN: 1561583103.  218pgs, sc, $22.95  #139058

HAIRPIN CROCHET, ed by Jules & Kaethe Kliot.
So you've been studying lace techniques for ages and still need a challenge. You may have thought hairpin crochet (also known as Maltese Lace) was right up there with daisy looms (well sort of, but the quality of the piece is related to the skill of its creation). Look through this collection of early 20th Century pattern books from Lacis.  Another piece of the past of our fore mothers handiwork. A compilation of English, German and Dutch resources. ISBN: 189165618X. 64 pages, 8½" x 11" softcover. $17.00  #139059

THE HARMONY GUIDES 300 CROCHET STITCHES: Volume 6
This is a comprehensive pattern library containing hundreds of different stitches written in easy-to-follow language and with a simple diagram. The patterns range from variations on the basic stitches to intricate and colorful textured fabrics. Covered are Basic Stitches, Clusters, Textured Stitches, Spikes, Relief Patterns, Puff Stitches, Basket Weave, Knobbles and Bobbles, Filet Crochet, Openwork and Lace Patterns, Motifs, Edgings and Trimmings, and Tunisian (Afghan) Crochet. Illustrated in color and black & white. ISBN: 1855856387.  96 pages, 8¼" x 11¾" softcover, $16.95  #139055

HOW TO CROCHET ON THE DOUBLE, Darla Fanton.
Two easy projects teach you the unique double-ended hook technique using step-by-step photo instructions.  ISBN: 0889910561.  8½" x 11", softcover, 16 pages.  $5.99  #139199

NOT YOUR MAMA’S FELTING: The Cool and Creative Way to Get it Together, Amy Swenson. 
The art of felting, the process of working wool fibers together to form felt, is the ultimate in craft creativity because not two items turn out exactly alike.  The first book to cover knitted or crocheted felting, needle felting, and wet felting, Not Your Mama's Felting will have you creating fashions, accessories and gifts that will have your non-felting friends asking, "How did you do that?"  Fun and funky, this guide includes the essentials: all about fiber, the tools of the trade, wet felting, needle felting, fulling and dyeing; pattern and step-by-step instructions for approximately thirty projects, including an assemble-your-own wallet kit, a bad-boy hoodie, a loopy boa, a chunky bead necklace, needle vases, and more; tips to customize each design; basic knitting crocheting instructions so that even non-needleworkers can make all of the projects.  Does the smell of wet sheep turn you on?  Long to escape to your own private yurt? With Not Your Mama's Felting, you'll be a felt-loving material girl in no time.  ISBN: 0470095180. 207 pages. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" softcover.  $14.99  #139524

SIMPLE CROCHET, Erika Knight.
Gorgeous, stylish close-up photos of the recommended yarns, swatches, and projects inspire the mind and inform the fingers of the basics of crochet. The yarns are not the usual: leather, hemp, various cotton string. The household items get their appeal from the yarn. Simple is the technique; beauty is the outcome.  ISBN:1400050790. 9 1/2" x 10 1/4" Softcover. 128 pages.  $19.95  #139280

TAPESTRY CROCHET, Carol Norton.
Tapestry crochet, also known as "Jacquard" or "Mosaic" crochet, is a multi-color crochet technique. It can be used to make unique and sturdy clothing accessories, baskets and tapestries. It differs from ordinary crochet in its texture, tension, and method of working color patterns without floats on the back. The basics of the technique are clearly explained and diagrammed. Ten projects are provided for practice. Illustrated. ISBN: 0932394159 108 pages, 8½" x 11" softcover, $18.95  #139063

WELDON'S NEEDLEWORK BOOK 2, from Piecework Magazine.
Volume 2 features handsome knitted stockings, including a unique 3-color “Berlin” pattern for men, and lacy silk ones for women; a knitted harness for lively children is a real head-scratcher. Crochet patterns include unusual outerwear stitches such as Point Battenberg and edgings that incorporate rick-rack. Embroiderers will find lovely cross-stitch motifs and a crewel primer, as well as, elaborate patterns for macramé.  ISBN: 1-883010-82-9.  9" x 12", 144pg, hardbound.  $30.00  #239002 

WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK, VOL. 4, from Piecework Magazine.
In addition to the knitted and crocheted heirloom treasures found in all the Weldon’s volumes, this one introduces both tatting (edgings and doilies galore) and beadwork. The latter includes embroidery techniques, smocking, netted edgings, unusual trims, wire flowers, knitting, buttons, and a mosaic weaving technique worked with the aid of a cardboard device that doesn’t appear in contemporary bead literature. The “Practical Stocking Knitter” chapter is a primer of heel and toe techniques, and includes a method for replacing worn sock heels.  ISBN: 1-883010-94-2.  Hardbound, 9" x 12".  $30.00  #239004

WELDON'S NEEDLEWORK BOOK 5, from Piecework Magazine.
Lovely, delicate crocheted edgings, extensive designs for Mountmellick embroidery (a sturdy, handsome white-on-white work), tasteful hemstitchings and drawnwork, and some innovative knitted seed-bead trims can be found in this volume. But there are also patterns that explain why women then were prone to fainting spells and hysteria; a barrister’s wig in puff knitting; knitted undersleeves, shoe covers, and dickeys; an alarming Bulgarian headdress; a bag for holding lemons, a billiard pocket, and (believe it or not) netted ear caps for horses.  ISBN: 1-883010-95-0.  Hardbound, 9" x 12".  $30.00  #239005

WELDON'S NEEDLEWORK BOOK 6, from Piecework Magazine.
This volume features ivory, canvas, jeweled, linen and Mountmellick embroidery, crocheting, knitting, patchwork, and macramé‚ lace. Choose from patterns for knitted and crocheted blocks and edgings, Holbein, Cretan, and herringbone stitches, and embroidered nightdress case, a baby’s knitted Shetland bonnet, a border for a chair back in canvas embroidery, a macramé lace basket, a jeweled embroidery butterfly, and a crocheted pot cover.  ISBN: 1-883010-96-9.  Hardbound, 9" x 12".  $30.00  #239006

WELDON'S NEEDLEWORK BOOK 7, from Piecework Magazine.
The “practical” knick-knacks you can make from crepe paper—lampshades, flowerpot covers, holders for their feather dusters—are truly astonishing. As with the previous volumes, this one includes numerous projects to knit and crochet, and many are indeed fanciful such as an adorable “Baby’s Glove in Brioche Knitting,” a sweet toy lamb to crochet, and a little vest knitted in one long piece and folded like origami. Ecclesiastical embroidery is presented, as well as exotic Japanese-inspired bead and bamboo curtains.  ISBN: 1-931499-18-7.  Hardbound, 9" x 12".  $30.00  #239007

WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK, VOL. 8, from Piecework Magazine.
This volume offers instructions for working monograms into your stockings and gloves, and features knitting patterns primarily for babies, toddlers, and their dolls. Introduced for the first time in the series are Bulgarian and Hungarian embroidery styles worked in satin and buttonhole stitches that produce stylized floral motifs common to each ethnic needlework tradition. The crochet sections feature caps, capes, and booties, and several lace borders for embellishing linens. And for readers who enjoyed the techniques of church decorations, Mountmellick embroidery, and crêpe paper presented in Volume 7, you’ll find more of them in Volume 8.  ISBN: 1-931499-29-2. Hardbound, 9" x 12", 152 pages, 250 original line drawings from the 1800s.  $30.00  #239031

WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK, VOL. 9, from Piecework Magazine.Monograms and initials as well as plain needlework all make their first series appearances in this volume. The section on monograms and initials covers techniques for appliqué, embroidery, and cross-stitch, and provides two full cross-stitch alphabets for monogramming. The plain needlework section includes sewing buttons and buttonholes, hemming, piping, pleating, fancy lettering, and a variety of stitch variations. For crocheters the book features doll clothes, bedspreads, and shawls and jackets for ladies, and for knitters there are a number of garments for children including gloves, hoods, baby booties and stockings. More fascinating displays of Mountmellick embroidery complete this volume along with some intriguing crêpe paper projects.  Hardbound, 9 x 12, 152 pages, black and white illustrations,
ISBN 1-931499-30-6  $30.00  #239075

WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK, VOL. 10, from Piecework Magazine.
Those Victorians are at it again! Volume 10 offers exquisite appliqué embroidery; lots of crocheted edgings, insertions, and even baby rattles; hairpin-crochet edgings; a wide array of knitting—from a really cool knitted tassel to adorable booties for baby; an entire section on pincushions (who would have guessed you can make a pincushion out of a beechnut?), sections on beginning point lace and beginning ribbon plaiting; and last but not least, “practical leather work.” This volume is a cornucopia of ideas!  Hardbound, 9 x 12, 152 pages, over 200 black and white illustrations, ISBN 1-931499-48-9.  $30.00  #239136

WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK, VOL. 12, from Piecework Magazine.
Volume 12 is chock full of knitted and crocheted garments including a fabulous assortment of knitted socks, doilies, toys, insertions, and household items. One entire section is devoted to what Victorians called waistcoats—we call them vests—in knitting, crochet, and canvaswork. To add some spice, some beautiful white-on-white Mountmellick embroidery, drawn-thread work, and smocking is also included.  Hardbound, 9 x 12, 152 pages, more than 200 black-and-white illustrations, ISBN 1-931499-78-0. $30.00  #239138