Twenty knit poncho designs that "could fit right into the pages of Vogue, Nylon and Lucky," complete with "fashionista photos" and "clear instructions" ( Publishers Weekly).Whether worn as a beach cover-up or donned as an elegant evening wrap, ponchos are everywhere. Now, with Viva Poncho, knitters can make the newest sartorial sensation their own. This fun, fresh book offers 20 poncho designs for every season and in every style--serapes, raglans, ...

Twenty knit poncho designs that "could fit right into the pages of Vogue, Nylon and Lucky," complete with "fashionista photos" and "clear instructions" ( Publishers Weekly).Whether worn as a beach cover-up or donned as an elegant evening wrap, ponchos are everywhere. Now, with Viva Poncho, knitters can make the newest sartorial sensation their own. This fun, fresh book offers 20 poncho designs for every season and in every style--serapes, raglans,...

To achieve success in today's ever-changing and unpredictable markets, competitive businesses need to rethink and reframe their strategies across the board. Instead of approaching new product development from the inside out, companies have to begin by looking at the process from the outside in, beginning with the customer experience. It's a new way of thinking-and working-that can transform companies struggling to adapt to today's environment into innovative, agile, and commercially succes...

Move beyond granny squares with 144 motifs for crocheted circles, triangles, hexagons, and stars! "You may never what to put your crochet hook down again." — Detroit NewsAll the things you love about granny squares are also true of crocheted circles, triangles, hexagons, and stars. Motifs of any shape are fun, creative—and a perfect way to use up small bits of yarn. In this book, teacher and designer Edie Eckman opens up the door to crocheting creativity wi...

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you're ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramaticall...

Undergo a personal transformation through the stitching of dreams and intentions in this creativity-inspiring craft book.Anything but ordinary, Mystical Stitches combines the beloved and accessible craft of embroidery with a spiritual element, introducing a rich treasury of 200 magical symbols you can use to set an intention and create personal icons to wear or embellish items in the home.Christi Johnson offers unique patterns inspired by botanical...

Learn to knit two socks at a time with this simple, accessible technique designed for knitters of all skill levels.Socks continue to be a favorite project of knitters, but “single sock syndrome” — losing interest in knitting that second sock after the first one is done — is the perpetual dilemma. This innovative technique begins with making the first sock’s cuff. The knitter can then relax and knit a long tube, which makes up the main body of both socks. With the h...

Revive the lost arts of fermenting, canning, preserving, and creating your own ingredients. The Institute of Domestic Technology Cookbook is a collection of 250 recipes, ideas, and methods for stocking a kitchen, do-it-yourself foodcrafting projects, and cooking with homemade ingredients.The chapters include instructions on how to make your own food products and pantry staples, as well as recipes highlighting those very ingredients—for exa...

Save money and time with the most nourishing, comforting and delicious one-pot recipesComfort Food from Your Slow Cooker contains more than eighty recipes that are pure delicious joy, save you time and money, and get the best out of your slow cooker.These recipes have delighted families for generations, and will make sure even the fussiest of eaters are satisfied. They include:· Rustic Coq au Vin· Comforting Beef Stew with Dumplings

Knitted cables, with their three-dimensional twists and turns, are a common element in lots of patterns — but most patterns don't include directions for executing them. Cable Left, Cable Right, by expert knitter Judith Durant, eliminates the mystery with detailed, in-depth instructions for creating 94 different styles of cable, from perfectly plain to fantastically fancy. Close-up photos and clear instructions teach you the techniques you need, including design options like braids...

Noted designer Melissa Leapman has developed an innovative technique that promises hundreds of beautiful shawl design options in Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles!Beginning with a simple triangular wedge, Leapman shows how multiple knit triangles can be joined together to create square, rectangular, trapezoidal, and semicircular shapes. Her easy and customizable technique offers knitters of all levels endless flexibility in design and yarn choices. Charted pattern...

Dead billionaires are not good for business!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐That's what Aunt Pearl complains to Cen when a dead body is found in the cozy family inn at Westwick Corners.Still, it's not Cen's problem. She lives an ordinary life away from her witch-ful family for a reason. She got her ordinary fiancé and her ordinary job as a journalist using no magic whatsoever, and no inconvenient local murder is going to change her comfortable existence.Even if the entire town is now ...