A complete course in knitting, this title takes you lesson-by-lesson through the stitches and techniques, from casting on the first stitch to creating an intricate Fair Isle cardigan. It contains 15 specially designed projects.

Provides an introduction to the way that artists working in various media think about craft. This book also includes historical case studies analysing craft's role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves.

The only all-in-one instructional that details all the essential techniques that cooks really need to master, teaches all the basic recipes, and includes hundreds of photos that illuminate and inspire.

Leads readers step by step through various aspects of knitting and finishing, ensuring success even for relatively inexperienced knitters. This title showcases 26 stylish designs - scarves, stoles, cardigans, pullovers, vests, jackets, tops, and even a couple of totes.

25 Years of Articles, Techniques, and Expert Advice. Practical, comprehensive and inspiring, this richly illustrated treasury presents invaluable workshops on beginner and expert techniques, as well as smart tips on the design process and beloved knitwear designer Elizabeth Zimmermann and daughter Meg Swansen's most memorable essays and seminars ever!

Offers guidance for novice knitters to become independent and advice for experienced knitters to take their projects to the next level. Written in a conversational style, this book presents a repair manual for knitters. It includes information, from the basics of what a stitch looks like to techniques for solving the toughest knitting problems.

From needle sizes and yarn weights to dropped stitches, tight ribbing, chart reading and curling edges, this reference provides on-hand advice. It is written in a Q&A format.

The reader must have noted in the favorite magazines of the practicing pianist how often the same troubled queries reappear: How can memorizing be made easier and more secure? How can the fourth and fifth fingers be strengthened? What produces musicianship? These and many others are perennial questions of the greatest practical importance to student, teacher, and performer. Strange, then, that ...

From casting on and understanding patterns to creating intricate stitches and edgings, this book covers aspects of yarns, needles and knitting stitches. It explains over 85 stitches, with 250 illustrations for basic and advanced techniques.

Reflects the way people cook and eat today. This book includes information on nutrition, food and kitchen safety, and tools and ingredients, as well as more than 640 classic and contemporary recipes as well as variations. It features nearly 650 all-new four-color photographs of fresh food products, step-by-step techniques, and plated dishes.

For experienced knitters and crocheters who like a challenge, the concept of scrumbling, ie working in a free-form manner, is easy to adapt to larger projects and to the creation of wearable art. There are many interesting special stitches that will help create unique fabrics. Also learn how to make individual buttons and closures.

Presents the tools and techniques used for masking and combining images using Photoshop. This book focuses on the techniques including making selections, using Photoshop's masking tools, and implementing the concept and photography. It addresses working with Photoshop's selection tools; selecting and maintaining details and edges; and more.

A handbook for knitters at all levels covers key information on materials and techniques, providing a reference library of stitch patterns, color charts for a variety of creative options, and more than twenty-five illustrated projects for clothes, accessories, and home furnishings. Original.

With its focus on the natural laws governing human movement and ballet technique, this book provides scientific information relating to the ballet dancer's daily pursuit of strength, flexibility, mobility, and control.

First published in 1884, this remarkable volume is an exhaustive resource on virtually all forms of needlework, from crochet to macrame. It's a must-have for needlecrafters interested in rediscovering old-world techniques, as well as for anyone looking for a review of basic sewing skills and easy-to-follow, diagrammed directions.

An illustrated book discussing the basic technical considerations to be applied to outdoor close-up nature photography. Specific techniques and equipment applications include lens extension with tubes and bellows, macro lenses, tele-converters, flash and lighting.

Learn how to turn creamy untreated wool into sturdy, stylish, cosy Aran specialities - pullovers, cardigans, hats, mitts, shawls and jackets.

Covering the basics of wire knitting, this manual presents a range of 30 projects, from simple to complex, with directions and illustrations. Suitable for knitters, beadworkers, wireworkers, and jewellery makers, it offers a description of tools and techniques, embellishing with beads, and making finishes for the project.