With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

Is your workload overwhelming? This volume aims to teach you how to keep a clear head, relax and organize your thoughts while implementing the organizational methods taught in the book, which include planning and progressing projects, reassessing goals, and overcoming feelings of anxiety.

A robotics bible which enhances the content on how to build - and have a universe of fun - with robots. It includes 30 projects. It offers what you need to build from plans provided or create your own designs: Robot Basics; Construction Techniques; Computer and Electronic Control; Power, Motors, and Locomotion; and, Practical Robotics Projects.

Contains a series of projects that teach you what you need to know to get your creations talking to each other, connecting to the web, and forming networks of smart devices. The projects in this book are powerful but inexpensive to build. With a couple of microcontroller kits and the networking gadgets, you can make things that talk to each other.

In a world obsessed with 'reality' programming, the collaborative public art project known as Learning To Love You More offers a take on how people think, act and love. The web-based project, begun in 2002, offers more than sixty 'assignments' that can be completed by anyone. This book presents a selection of the most memorable submissions.

A follow up to the Last-Minute Knitted Gifts , this book - designed for use by both first-time and long-time quilters - features 30 patchwork and quilted projects organized according to the amount of time it takes to complete them: less than 2 hours, 2 to 4 hours, 4 to 8 hours, 8 to 12 hours and 12 hours or more.

Ordinary folks can construct 13 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple - a match-powered rocket - to the more complex - a scale-model, table-top catapult - to the offbeat - a tennis ball ...

Features more than 30 knitting and crochet projects that range in size, time and commitment, and experience level, providing both beginning and experienced knitters a variety of projects from which to choose. This work also includes several projects designed to make use of whatever you've got left over from other projects.

Presents step-by-step instructions on building more than thirty science devices, including a magnetic heat machine, a high-voltage ion motor, a radio, and a rotary steam engine.

Brings the age old art of quilting into a modern setting. Simple instructions and step by step photos make this a perfect book for beginners, and the more challenging projects will keep experienced quilters interested.

A collection of thirty knitted patterns that can be completed in a minimum of time features instructions for creating such classic gifts as baby booties and bonnets, as well as newer ideas including a tea cozy, a felted yoga mat bag, and floor cushions.

Describes the author's time living with the gangs on the Southside of Chicago. This book tells how in the Robert Taylor Homes projects on Chicago's South Side, he befriends JT, a gang leader for the Black Kings. It also tells how he gains JT's trust, and in order to convince the author of his CEO-like qualities, JT makes him leader of the gang.

Tears the shiny veneer off the 'new' New York to show us the hidden cracks, the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour.

Contains a 'best of' collection of pages from the 1000 Journals Project, where 1000 blank journals were randomly circulated for people to draw, paint, collage, and otherwise fill the pages of the journals. The journals have reached all 50 states and 35 countries, drawing on a broad demographic of people, cultures, and perspectives.

Teaches crafters, quilters, and sewers to make festive Christmas stockings using a variety of simple sewing and embellishing techniques. This work includes 6 projects for large and miniature Christmas stockings.

Helping readers make beautiful pieces for the home and beyond, this title features projects that include handy tote bags, smart aprons, chic bed linens, and much more. Each project is paired with step-by-step instructions, photographs, design ideas, and how-to illustrations hand drawn by Lotta.

Brings modern style to the timeless craft of sewing. This illustrated collection of patterns presents 24 projects ranging from cushy floor cushions to smart aprons to stylish handbags. It offers tips on finding and treating new or vintage fabrics, an easy-to-navigate techniques section, and a glossary and resource guide at back.

Describing French beading, this book features more than 70 close-up photographs that show you how to grow a garden of 30 flowers with delicate seed beads. Forty additional illustrations present the placement for each particular flower part. It also includes a helpful introductory section that explains the basic techniques.

Presents a story about how, in very different ways, the Fitzmaurice women adapt, survive, and manage to bring the whole teeming world of New York to heel, by dint of their smart mouths, quick wits, and the powerful connection between them that even the worst tragedy cannot shatter.