The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book 100th Anniversary Edition: A Children's Story-Instruction Book with Doll Clothes Patterns for American Girl and Other 18-inch Dolls

The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book 100th Anniversary Edition: A Children's Story-Instruction Book with Doll Clothes Patterns for American Girl and Other 18-inch Dolls Review

This endearing book is a unique treasure for its delightful story, charming illustrations, comical characters, abundance of nostalgia, and practical instruction that introduces children to the world of knitting and crocheting in a gentle and encouraging way while providing a wardrobe of knitwear for dolls. Enjoy the adventures of Mary Frances as the crochet hook, knitting needles and yarn come to life, ready and anxious to teach her to knit and crochet. You will meet Crow Shay, Knit and Knack, Wooley Ball, Yarn Baby and a beautiful fairy as they take you though a series of lessons in a book that loves to be read aloud while teaching new skills in storybook format. Children will love the quaint language and captivating storyline alone, and by following along with the projects, they will be rewarded with needlework skills and a lovely collection of clothing for 14- to 18-inch dolls. Adults and doll collectors will appreciate the historical authenticity of the early 1900’s knitwear patterns. More than forty needlework projects are provided including doll hats, scarves, sweaters, shawls, a petticoat, leggings and more. Styles in knitwear are timeless fashion pieces. These projects can be used to create authentic period attire, or updated through the use of contemporary colors and accents. Modern girls can make their dolls look trendy by combining a piece of vintage knitwear with fashion-forward accessories. Black and white illustrations are featured on every page along with color cover illustrations. The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book 100th Anniversary Edition has been restored, updated, and expanded including a new introduction, larger format, and enhanced graphics plus present-day yarn, hooks and needles for projects to fit present-day dolls. Knitting and crocheting are valuable skills that can be learned at a young age. The rhythmic, repetitive movements are calming. They teach the value of patience and perseverance. They develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, math skills and self-esteem. Best of all is the feeling of accomplishment that comes from creating something beautiful and useful from a simple strand of yarn.

Sensual Crochet: Luxurious Yarns, Alluring Designs

Sensual Crochet: Luxurious Yarns, Alluring Designs Review

As the millions of contemporary crochet enthusiasts explore new avenues for creative expression, they’re also creating their own special kind of couture with their hooks. And these sophisticated, high-fashion designs, inspired by runway trends, will appeal to their well-honed sense of style. Made with luxurious, sensuous fibers like silk, cashmere, and angora, the 25 projects in this alluring collection include sexy designs, such as a morning robe, a retro cocktail mini-dress, red hot halter, elegant cowl pullover, and sage corset. Beautifully photographed with moody lighting and stylish models, and featuring  step-by-step illustrations, this unique guide will appeal to the upscale crocheter eager to combine her favorite craft with her taste for all that’s chic and elegant.

Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting (Teach Yourself Visually)

Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting (Teach Yourself Visually) Review

Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting (Teach Yourself Visually) Feature

• Dimensions: 9.2 in. h x 7.46 in. w x 0.78 in. d
• Weight: 1.27 ounces
• Made in CN

This highly VISUAL guide makes it easier than ever to get hooked on crocheting

The approximately 30 million crocheters in the U.S. make crocheting one of today’s hottest hobbies. This VISUAL guide makes it easy to pick up a hook and a ball of yarn and get stitching, with clear, step-by-step presentations of techniques accompanied by detailed color photos that show readers exactly what to do. The book’s more than 20 patterns–everything from blankets to mittens to a man’s necktie–appeal to hip, modern crocheters.

Blossom Street Collection Book 1 (Leisure Arts #5268)

Blossom Street Collection Book 1 (Leisure Arts #5268) Review

New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber has teamed up with Universal Yarn to create the Blossom Street Collection-a line of yarns made from the best fibers. Blossom Street Collection, Book 1 (Leisure Arts #5268) has 9 exclusive knit and crochet patterns by a variety of popular designers. These designs for the family were created with Gerbera Solid and Gerbera Print yarns from Debbie's collection. All of Debbie's proceeds from sales of the yarn and her Blossom Street Collection Pattern Books will go to help children all over the world. 9 Projects: Garter Chevron Shawl, Blossom Street Tote, Peacock Feathers Pullover Market Tote, Fair Isle Bands Cap, Granny on the Loose Shawl, Lace & Cables Vest, Saturday Afternoon Sweater, and Brioche Neck Gaiter.

Little Crochet: Modern Designs for Babies and Toddlers

Little Crochet: Modern Designs for Babies and Toddlers Review

Little Crochet: Modern Designs for Babies and Toddlers Feature

• POT-86582
• 9780307586582
• Brand New Item / Unopened Product
• Random House

Linda Permann, author of Crochet Adorned, brings modern colors and fun-to-work stitch patterns to the pint-sized crowd with this cute collection of over 24 clever crochet patterns for kids.
 
The adorable designs in Little Crochet are worked in a range of washable fibers and vibrant hues that babies and toddlers are sure to love. Make tiny sweaters, dresses, pants, and accessories while exploring a range of construction techniques, including top-down cardigans, side-to-side sweater vests, motif-based yokes, and traditional seaming. Beautiful blankets, sweaters, soft toys, bibs, booties, and hats employ simple stitches that are sure to steal the show at baby showers. Whether you have a couple of hours or a couple of weeks till the baby's due date—you'll find the perfect project in this book.
 
And here's the best part: Little Crochet includes size ranging from 0–4+ years, so you can keep crocheting as the little ones in your life grow. Plus, Linda has included lots of wearable patterns for both boys and girls, with swatches showing alternate colorways sprinkled throughout. Each pattern is designed to spark your own creativity, complete with how-to instructions for adding your own crafty touches like sewing, embroidery, and appliqué. Work confidently from Linda's easy-to-follow instructions, clear stitch diagrams ,and schematics, and her illustrated guide to basic and advanced stitches and finishing techniques.
 
Whether you’re new to crochet or experienced with a hook, you'll find these little designs a joy to stitch and share.   

Vanna's Choice Heartfelt Gifts to Knit and Crochet (Leisure Arts #4433)

Vanna's Choice Heartfelt Gifts to Knit and Crochet (Leisure Arts #4433) Review

One of the most comforting gifts you can give someone, particularly a child who's "on the mend," is a cozy knitted or crocheted item. In this practical guidebook for kind hearts, popular TV game show co-host Vanna White brings together 25 easy designs for afghans, slippers, hats, scarves, and wraps -- perfect presents for babies, children, teens, or anyone in need. All of the projects showcase the new Vanna's Choice yarn from Lion Brand.
Crochet projects include a scarf, baby afghan, beret, wrap, slippers, hats, teen's lap robe, security blanket, and afghans. Knit projects include a wrap, hats, baby and full-size afghans, scarf, cap, booties, and slippers. Most designs are for Easy skill level.

My Valuable Yarn Guide

My Valuable Yarn Guide Review

Everything you need to know about knitting and crocheting supplies: *Knitting needles (UK; Europe; American) - sizes,incl. metric *Crochet hooks aluminum/plastic/bone/wooe and steel (U.S.; metric; English) * Conversions * Sweater ease allowances * average body measurements for me, women, children, and misses * Instructions: - how to interchange knitting yarns * Symbols - washing - dry cleaning - construction symbols - ironing - bleaching - instrument - fiber * Fiber characteristics * Yarn companies' listed alphabetically with all the yarns they manufacture: by class; yards; gauge; needle; grams; fibers; and percentages * Glossary

Comfort Knitting and Crochet: Afghans: More Than 50 Beautiful, Affordable Designs Featuring Berroco's Comfort Yarn

Comfort Knitting and Crochet: Afghans: More Than 50 Beautiful, Affordable Designs Featuring Berroco's Comfort Yarn Review

Comfort Knitting and Crochet: Afghans: More Than 50 Beautiful, Affordable Designs Featuring Berroco's Comfort Yarn Feature

• Knitting Pattern Book

For many of us, afghans are the epitome of comfort. Colorful and inviting, they are a staple of the home, without which a living room or bedroom just wouldn’t feel complete. And whether you’re making one for yourself, as a housewarming gift, or to welcome a new baby into the world, the process of creating a handmade afghan can be as rewarding as the finished product.
 
Comfort Knitting and Crochet: Afghans features 50 patterns for these cozy blankets, made with Berroco Comfort yarn—an affordable, ultra-soft acrylic/nylon blend—and designed by the Berroco team, headed by Norah Gaughan. The book includes something for everyone: The designs range from ultra-modern to traditional, from spare to embellished, and are inspired by sources as varied as Scottish tweeds, Japanese Ikat, and Delft pottery. Intended for knitters and crocheters of every skill level, this collection brings new life to the well-loved and versatile afghan.

Lion Brand Yarn: Just Gifts: Favorite Patterns to Knit and Crochet

Lion Brand Yarn: Just Gifts: Favorite Patterns to Knit and Crochet Review

There’s something a little more personal and a lot more special about giving a gift you made yourself. Now Lion Brand Yarn: Just Gifts presents an all-new collection of designs for a variety of memorable gifts to knit or crochet. From the sassy Felted Newsboy Hat to the delightful Forget-Me-Not Teddy Bear Hat and Shoe Set, there’s something to make for every occasion. Just Gifts features:

• 30 original designs for gifts to knit and crochet
• easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams
• colorful photographs and clear illustrations
• fresh, fun, and innovative projects that range from simple to challenging

Whether you want to crochet mittens for the man in your life, knit a sweater for your favorite canine, or whip up a bracelet just for you, Just Gifts lets you choose from a bevy of patterns.

Lion Brand Yarn's Just . . . series features a wide variety of portable and popular projects. Edited by experts at this venerable institution, these single-subject books appeal to knitters and crocheters of all levels of expertise. Other titles in this series include Lion Brand Yarn: Just Bags, Lion Brand Yarn: Just Hats, Lion Brand Yarn: Just Scarves, Lion Brand Yarn: Just Socks, and Lion Brand Yarn: Just Wraps.

Knit 1, Purl 2 in Crochet (Annie's Attic: Crochet)

Knit 1, Purl 2 in Crochet (Annie's Attic: Crochet) Review

Explaining an innovative, new crochet technique from designer Bendy Carter, this manual shows how to use crochet materials to achieve knitted results. By combining knit and purl stitches in crochet, crafters can create wonderful, knit-like fabrics with textural patterns, ribbing, and cables. With full-color photographs for 12 unique projects, from crocheting a cabled sweater and a herringbone pillow to a basketweave bag and a two-tone scarf, crafters will be inspired to crochet in a whole new way. 

Uncommon Crochet: Twenty-Five Projects Made from Natural Yarns and Alternative Fibers

Uncommon Crochet: Twenty-Five Projects Made from Natural Yarns and Alternative Fibers Review

Black leather granny squares are anything but square, and hot pink organic hemp gives crocheted vases a decidedly modern cachet. In Uncommon Crochet, designer Julie Armstrong Holetz applies new ideas and unconventional materials--like wire, raffia, jute, sisal, recycled belts, fabric strips, and felted beads--to twenty-five patterns for bins, baskets, totes, handbags, clutches, jewelry, and more. Step-by-step instructions, detailed how-to photographs, and essential advice about creativity, design, and experi-mentation encourage you to play with fiber, add funky embellishments, and use your creative spirit to customize any pattern--even the ones in this book! From practical containers like Red's Goodie Basket (a stylish home for your WIP--works in progress) and Vintage Satchel (a sturdy retro messenger bag) to just plain fun projects like Petite Fleur Vases (tiny bud vases that hold water) and Sushi (crocheted California rolls, anyone?), Uncommon Crochet offers fresh twists on old-school techniques that turn simple projects into gift-worthy creations.

The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn

The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn Review

Thisone-of-a-kind photographic encyclopedia features more than 200 animals and the fibers they produce. It covers almost every sheep breed in the world — from the longwool breeds of the United Kingdom to the Tasmanian merino, the Navajo churro, the northern European Faroese, and dozens and dozens more. It also includes goats, camelids (such as alpacas, llamas, and vicunas), bison, horses, musk oxen, rabbits, and even dogs.  Each entry includes photographs of the featured animal; samples of its raw fleece, its cleaned fleece, and yarn spun from the fleece; and samples of the yarn knit and woven. You’ll find everything you want to know about each animal and its fiber, including the fiber’s color, density, strength, and staple length, and recommendations for processing and using it. This is the essential reference no fiber-lover can be without.

Crocheting Fashion Sweaters for Women: Directions for 12 Cardigans, Pullovers, and Vests (Dover Needlework)

Crocheting Fashion Sweaters for Women: Directions for 12 Cardigans, Pullovers, and Vests (Dover Needlework) Review

Versatile collection of 12 stylish sweater patterns for crocheters at every level: cowl-neck pullover, bib-pattern tunic, Chanel jacket, scrap-yarn vest, border-trimmed cardigan and hat, seven more—all sized in small, medium, large. Complete crochet instructions, clear photograph accompany each design. 12 black-and-white illustrations. Sweaters shown in color on covers.

Get Your Crochet On! Hip Hats & Cool Caps

Get Your Crochet On! Hip Hats & Cool Caps Review

Get Your Crochet On! Hip Hats & Cool Caps Feature

• ISBN13: 9781561588503
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

Celebrities such as Erykah Badu, Dennis Rodman, Common, and Lauryn Hill are huge fans of Afya Ibomu's colorful hats and caps. In "GET YOUR CROCHET ON!: Hip Hats"" and Cool" "Caps," Afya presents 20 step-by-step patterns of her most popular designs for women, men, and children. Chock-full of designs that are simple enough for a beginner but stylish enough for the most seasoned crochet artist, "GET YOUR CROCHET ON! "speaks to the crocheter in all of us and includes instructions for everything from choosing the right hooks and yarn to washing and caring for the finished piece.

Making Eyelash Crochet Leis

Making Eyelash Crochet Leis Review

Making Eyelash Crochet Leis teaches readers how to create lifelike, permanent, multi-textured and multi-colored leis.

Included in the book are supply lists, step-by-step instructions, photographs and a list of school colors for colleges and Hawaii high schools making it easier than ever to create beautiful leis that will last a lifetime!

Instructions include basic 3- and 4-row patterns for head or neck leis in the lei ‘oni (spiral or flickery pattern) style as well as patterns for wristlets, anklets, hair scrunchies and specialty leis. In all, the book provides instructions for 51 different designs, arranged by color and style for ease of selection.

Get Spun

Get Spun Review

Pairing detailed instructions with clear, step-by-step photography, this dynamic guide of spinning techniques and demonstrations explores an array of fiber possibilities—such as wool, glitz, and sari silk—to create unique yarn for fiber art projects. Designed for the advanced beginner to the intermediate spinner, this reference covers a variety of subjects such as spinning fundamentals, techniques for wool and silk, spinning with nontraditional materials, introducing add-ins, and creating plying effects. Additionally, the comprehensive tutorial offers information on easy home dyeing and directions for using a drumcarder to blend colors and fibers.

DELICATE CROCHETED WOOLEN CAPE - A Vintage 1916 Crochet Pattern (ePattern) - Instant Download Ebook - AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD to Kindle DX, Kindle for PC, ... antique, ladies, yarn, craft, women, girl)

DELICATE CROCHETED WOOLEN CAPE - A Vintage 1916 Crochet Pattern (ePattern) - Instant Download Ebook - AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD to Kindle DX, Kindle for PC, ... antique, ladies, yarn, craft, women, girl) Review

DELICATE CROCHETED WOOLEN CAPE

This pattern was originally published in 1916. It has been edited and converted to digital format (by NorthernLightsVintage) for viewing on the Kindle wireless handheld reader, as well as other devices. Text-to-Speech is also enabled for this e-book.

This crochet pattern is available for download to the following devices:

Kindle (1st Generation)
Kindle (2nd Generation)
Kindle DX (3G, 9.7")
Kindle for PC
Kindle for Mac
Kindle for iPhone
Kindle for Blackberry
Kindle for iPad
Kindle for Android
Kindle (3G+Wi-Fi, 6")
Kindle (Wi-Fi, 6")

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MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- 14 skeins Woolco Shetland Floss
- 1 piece of No. 4 ribbon
- No. 3 Woolco hook
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If you have questions about this or any of the other patterns I offer, please feel free to send me an email:
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