If you have a choice between knitting socks on 3 or 4 needles vs a crochet hook, would you take the challenge? How to knook your socks will give you that. It is easy to learn, easy to do and the result is the same as if you knitted it on straight knitting needles. Learn the art of how to knook your own socks and WOW...

Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful winged forms, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring artists, fantasy and scientific illustrators, urban sketchersーanyone who’s seeking to improve their realistic dra...

The must-have guide for all artists who draw the human figure! In Morpho: Muscled Bodies, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body. Bodybuilder athletes offer us an ideal repertoire of shapes and proportions for the representation of the superheroes and super...

Enlarging or reducing a sewing pattern - Grading women's underwear fashion book This book, the second stage in our ”Become a Pattern drafter / Women’s underwear"" series, completes the creation of underwear developed earlier using a point-by-point explanation of how to move from one size to the other. Conceived to r...

This book covers many topics about the monarch butterfly, including migration, interesting facts, their life cycle, what they eat, their habitat and many other aspects of their lives. They are on the endangered butterfly list and you’ll discover why, and also how important the milkweed plant is to them. Written in a...

The Coins of England and the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal and Decimal volumes comprise the Standard Catalogue of British Coins, with the pre-decimal issues under Elizabeth II (and all previous coinage) listed in a separate volume. This volume of Decimal issues under Elizabeth II gives a comprehensive overview of all i...

An invaluable visual reference for student artists, botanical illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. This comprehensive book features 600-plus step-by-step sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful botanicals, florals, plant structures, and more. Each begins w...

A beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to twisting, weaving and wrapping wire jewellery. In Twisted, wire artist Nadja Shields encourages you to twist, wrap and weave your way to a treasure trove of stunning jewellery. Featuring 15 step-by-step projects, you can use copper, steel, silver or even gold wire and ...

Step-by-step instructions show how to build detailed LEGO models of neighborhoods - complete with homes, stores, restaurants, barbershops, and more. Enter the fantastical world of model building. The LEGO Neighborhood Book 2 is a full-color guide to creating intricate, bustling LEGO neighborhoods, and cities. In thi...

Irvin R. Athearn was a pioneer in model trains beginning in the late 1940s. He started in his garage putting together O Gauge metal car kits then expanded them to include HO Scale kits. Around the mid-1950s, as a result of the purchase of Globe models, he began producing the iconic F-7 A and B Units in molded plasti...

From the moment he saw his first Tillandsia in New Zealand, Sim Eng Hiang has worked tirelessly to cultivate, preserve, promote, and photograph these exotic treasures. Here, an esteemed member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain shares his lifes work as a naturalist and photographer for one of the pla...

"Wooden Spoon Crafting Mastery: A Novice's Handbook" is a comprehensive guidebook aimed at individuals interested in learning the art of crafting wooden spoons. This book provides a step-by-step approach to mastering the skill of creating functional and beautiful wooden spoons, making it accessible to beginners.

When Techniques of Tablet Weaving was first published in 1982 it sold out almost immediately. Weavers, fiber artists, and collectors, hungry for the vast and carefully organized repository of information it contained, have spent years excitedly sharing dog-eared paperback editions and roughly photocopied excerpts of...

Discover Michel Eugéne Chevreul's groundbreaking theories on colour as he explores the principles of contrasting and harmonising colours in this classic text on colour theory. First published in 1839 as De la Loi du Contraste Simultané Des Couleurs Atlas, Chevreul’s work followed that of Isaac Newton and Johann Goe...

An informative reference for modelers with a brief history of the U.S. Navy ship, its design aspects, and a survey of model kits and reference materials. The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the model...

Apple has once again redefined the smartwatch landscape with the Apple Watch Series 10. This latest iteration builds upon the success of its predecessors, offering a blend of cutting-edge technology, elegant design, and enhanced features that make it a must-have for tech enthusiasts and health-conscious individuals ...