The popular craft of felting uses wool, water and soap to create a thick, strong and durable material - perfect for making a long-lasting bag.The Felted Bag Book shows how to try this exciting craft for yourself. Combining a number of different felting techniques - wet felting, knitted felting, crocheted felting and recycling - it offers 21 fun projects to experiment with wool and make truly stunning bags. Learn how to manipulate layers of wool tops for extra thickness, to knit and ...

Knitters and textile artists alike will love knitting this beautiful selection of flowers. Using simple, easy-to-follow instructions, flower lovers everywhere will find their favourite here, where you can create a rose, cherry blossom, poppy, daisy, clematis, tulip, peace lily and more.Susie's inspired choice of wools and novelty yarns make these wonderful projects for anyone interested in contemporary knitting design.

Cute and Easy Baby Knits is a collection of 25 charming designs to keep little ones cosy and comfortable all year round. Learn how to make beautiful garments and accessories for babies and toddlers, from booties and hats for newborns to a textured tunic sweater and a pretty skirt. Susie Johns, an author of more than 30 books, shows you how to make 25 patterns that can be knitted by beginners as well as more experienced crafters. You'll find out how to create practical items that are certai...

These classic beach scenes will help you celebrate the wonder of childhood curiosity and relive family vacations by the sea. Individually or as a set, they will make lovely home accents or gifts. Both sample designs were stitched on 32 count blue Belfast linen by Zweigart. Stitch count for each design measures approximately 91w x 153h. 8 pages, softcover.

Discover how to use traditional embroidery techniques from simple cross stitch to pulled thread embroidery—even if you've never embroidered before.The book introduces the reader to many different stitchery techniques from simple cross stitch to intricate pulled threadwork. Some of the techniques are useful for making decorative borders, while others are good for adding spot designs, monograms and lettering, and applying beads and sequins. There are twenty designs to...

Lost. Stolen. Forgotten…until the Alphabits step in.Leaf Erikson didn’t mean to get caught up in STAHP’s craziness. If his brother River hadn’t joined them, Leaf never would have been caught in a flood and rescued by the Alphabits. He never would have scented his mate’s scent on the helicopter pilot. Never would have known his true mate was out there.But he does know. And now, he will do anything to find him, no matter what it takes.Cyrus Novak has ...

Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in.A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series.Sam Remington, former leader of Team Beta, has a new dream: to lead a team whose sole purpose is to protect those most vulnerable—shifter pups.His new mate, Dean, shares his passion. As a child counselor, Dean is all too familiar with the darker side of the world when it comes to pups. If Sam can rescue them, Dean will do his best to help fix them....

Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in.A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series.Gizmo Jones has an obsession with technology, and he doesn’t care who knows it. The smarter, more connected, and shinier it is, the better. When Gizmo and Ozzy are sent to the backwoods of West Virginia, the worst Gizmo thinks he’ll face is a couple of rednecks trying to shoot down one of his fleet of drones. He doesn’t expect to run smack dab into a cult masquera...

Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in.A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series.Patton Ryder has always taken pride in the differences between him and his twin brother, Ozzy. But now that Ozzy is mated and has a growing family, Patton is starting to realize that maybe being completely different isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.Axel Wilson is extremely protective of his former street crew, a bunch of child thieves who are under the care...

Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in.A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series.Six years ago, Lance Lancaster (no, his parents hadn’t hated him—they were just that snooty) lost the only member of his family who cared about him—his six-year old autistic half-brother, Spencer Maximillian. He’s certain the anti-shifter group protesting outside of Spencer’s school is to blame, but no one has made any progress on the case, and he’s certain everyo...

Did you know that . . . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - LBJ (the letters stand for Little Brown Job)? Or that builders call plastering the ceiling doing Lionel Richie's dancefloor? Susie Dent does.Ever wondered why football man...

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone...