80 Bookstand Stock your shelves with the latest craft-related book releases CROCHET MAKES FROM SCRAP CAKES By Naomi Vincent £16.99 9781446313626 David and Charles Crocheting with scrap cakes gives the finished project a multicoloured scrappy look but in a considered way, because the author explains how to create the scrap cakes to get the perfect colour contrast. She also explains how to make scrap cakes with different colour themes by sorting your scraps into tonal groups before winding them up, it’s the perfect way to play with colour and make unique yarn for your crochet projects. The front of the book features a section about how to make the scrap cakes which author, Naomi Vincent, makes on a winder. She also explains how to make them if you are winding the balls by hand in order to make sure that the yarn comes from the centre of the ball while you’re working. Naomi explains how many lengths of each colour yarn you need for each part of the pattern, how to measure it out and in what order, how to do the ‘magic knot’ technique to join the yarns and the order they need to be wound in. We say: This has everything you need to bust your stash of ‘yarnlings’ and make some amazing crochet projects along the way! NARRATIVE TEXTILES By Ailish Henderson £25 9781849948821 Batsford Ailish Henderson is an exciting young textile artist whose work is fun, quirky, tells interesting stories and uses a diverse range of media, though always grounded in cloth. In this gorgeous book, she explains her working methods and how readers can harness them in their own work to create deeply personal textile art pieces. She encourages readers to draw on your own personal memorabilia to create work that’s meaningful – the intention is to capture a moment in time, a memory to treasure, a look on a face, a glance of love from a pet. Throughout the book the author encourages working with freedom, instinct and honesty, bringing in a wealth of different techniques to create authentic stories in cloth, and most importantly, enjoy yourself along the way. We say: Bring your personal story to life in colourful, vibrant textile art. Crochet Mixed media BRIOCHE KNITTING WORKSHOP By Lavanya Patricella £16.99 9781446313718 David and Charles The brioche knit stitch makes a beautifully squishy, reversible ribbed fabric which is extremely popular but can also look quite intimidating. This guide holds your hand through all the brioche basics including the tools and materials to use, which yarns to choose and the importance of colour. It also includes knitting patterns for 15 brioche accessory projects to practice your skills. This detailed practical guide explains how to knit the brioche stitch with stepby-step instructions and photography for both Continental and English style knitters so you can follow along easily no matter how you knit. We say: If you’ve admired beautiful brioche knitting but never taken the plunge this is the book that will help you to build your brioche skills. Knitting
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