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

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Softcover, $19.95  #139101