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PURLIE AND HER FRIENDS: 18 Inch Knitted Dolls And Three Knitted Outfits- Book 2, Betty Lampen & Karen Richardson. Sc, $6.50

SHADOW KNITTING, Vivian, Høxbro.
This form of knitting uses a simple technique of alternating rows of dark and light yarn to produce a subtle patterning that appears and disappears depending on the angle from which it’s viewed. The mysteries of this clever technique are explored and refined here by professional knitwear designer and author Vivian Høxbro. As she did in Domino Knitting, Vivian introduces the basic principles and techniques through clear, well-illustrated instructions followed by a spectacular range of projects that include winged shawls, squared bags, a matching cap and scarf, vests, sweaters, Japanese-style kimonos, and much more! Each project is accompanied by step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs. For your next knitted project, let your knitting needles be your wand and perform an optical illusion that will leave everyone wondering how you did it. Paperbound, 8 1/2 x 9, 128 pages, 30 color photographs, 30 charts, 30 illustrations, ISBN 1-931499-41-1. $21.95

SLIP-STITCH KNITTING: Color Pattern the Easy Way, Roxana Bartlett.
Slip-Stitch Knitting explores multicolored knitting through slip-stitches, also known as "mosaic knitting." Author Roxana Bartlett offers step-by-step instructions for reading charts, suggestions and inspirations for color choices, ideas for enhancing designs with texture, and tips on creating your own charts. Also included are complete instructions for fourteen original garments from mittens to sweaters. Paperbound, 8 1/2 x 9, 96 pages, 36 color photographs, ISBN 1-883010-32-2. $21.95

SOCKS: A spin-Off Special Publication For Knitters and Spinners, Edited by Rita Buchanan & Deborah Robson.
Here it is-complete instructions for 20 different handspun, handknitted socks-including those wonderful entrelac ones that everyone had been asking for. You'll find notes on spinning, choosing equivalent commercial yarns, and managing all the tricky little techniques that make socks so much fun to knit. Paperbound, 8 3/8 x 10 7/8, 56 pages, color photographs throughout, ISBN 0-934026-94-7. $9.95

SOCKS, SOCKS, SOCKS: 70 Winning Patterns form the Knitter's Magazine Contest, Edited by Elaine Rowley. Sc, $19.95

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STITCHES AND HER FRIENDS: 18 Inch Knitted Dolls And Three Knitted Outfits - Book 1, Betty Lampen & Karen Richardson. Sc, $6.50

TADPOLES & TIDDLERS: Thirty-Two Knitting Designs for Babies and Children Up To Ten Years, Rowan. Sc, $19.95

TOPS WITH A TWIST, ed Judith Durant.
A special publication from Spin-Off Magazine of fun and funky hats. 79pgs, sc, $14.95

TRAVEL LOGS SHETLAND 2000: Premier Fair Isle Collection, Yarns International. Sc, $12.95

THE TWISTED SISTER'S SOCK WORKBOOK: Dyeing, Painting, Spinning, Designing, Knitting, Lynne Vogel.
The title gives you a big clue: this book is about sisterhood, sharing, crafting, giving, laughing. It’s also about spinning yarn and making socks—not just any old yarn or any old socks, but glorious, zany, wildly colorful yarn for perfect-fitting socks of character. Dip-dyeing, pour-dyeing, and hand-painting yarns or wool rovings is as easy as making homemade soup, whether you use commercial dyes or Kool-Aid®. If you like starting from scratch, spinning one-of-a-kind yarn is easier than you think. And the socks—a pair of well-crafted, perfectly fitting socks is one of life’s true luxuries. It’s all right here in this book. The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook has it all—the techniques, the patterns, the invaluable tips—for creating authentic, perfect, made-to-order footwear. Even socks for new babies or socks with ten toes. And who are the Twisted Sisters? A hospice nurse, a post-doc scholar, an organic farmer, an assistant attorney general for the state of Oregon, a high school teacher, a finance and operations manager, a touch therapist, a mom. Your spinning and knitting mentors, your friends. Paperbound, 8 ½ x 9, 96 pages, 101 color photographs, 35 line drawings, 6 charts. ISBN: 1-931499-16-0. $18.95 #239010

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) 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. 11, from Piecework Magazine.
Okay, most of us are not going to attempt the bent iron work that opens this volume of Weldon's in spite of the editor's statement that "bent iron, as opposed to wrought iron, is admirably adapted for amateur skill..."! But just turn a few pages and you'll find an amazing variety of fun things to create, including more than 140 projects to crochet or knit. Some of the knitted socks in this volume are spectacular—nothing Victorian about them! The man's crocheted vest worked in moss stitch is fashion-runway worthy. The beaded archway curtain is fabulous as are the torch on lace trimmings and the point lace collars. The bent iron work notwithstanding, this volume will bring hours of enjoyment. Hardbound, 9 x 12, 152 pages, more than 200 black-and-white illustrations, ISBN 1-931499-49-7. $30.00 #239137

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

YARNS TO DYE FOR: Creating Self-Patterning Knitting Yarns, Kathleen Taylor.
Beginning and veteran knitters alike can learn how to produce homemade self-patterning yarns with this easy, step-by-step guide. Instructions are provided for choosing materials and equipment, skeining and preparing yarn, and painting and dyeing the yarn—all with materials that are found in most grocery and craft stores. Twenty-five quick projects, each presented with dyeing and knitting instructions, will help develop the reader's technique and produce exciting, colorful garments, including gloves, mittens, scarves, and even a summer shell. Guidelines for modifying projects, tips on embellishing, and ideas for leftover yarn are also included. 96 pages. ISBN: 1931499810. 8 1/2'' X 9'' softcover $21.95 #239135

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Last modified: July 01, 2009