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Ductigami: The Art of the Tape

Joe Wilson

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

It's back -- with more tape and more projects: 18 projects using the do-it-yourselfer's not-so-secret weapon.

NASA has a written policy that requires every space shuttle mission to carry at least one roll of "the gray tape." Duct tape now comes in designer colors, and for the color-shy there's a transparent version. The once-humble tape has hit the big time, and now there are duct-tape clubs, competitions and websites. In the words of Red Green, head possum on the PBS-syndicated The Red Green Show, "Spare the duct tape, spoil the job."

In this instructive, entertaining and downright funny how-to book, Joe Wilson shows how to rip, cut and fold ordinary duct tape to make 18 amazing projects, including:

- Wallet
- Barbecue apron
- Lunchbox
- Tool belt
- Cell phone holder
- Baseball cap
- TV chair caddy
- Raingear for pets
- Toilet roll cover
- Halloween masks.

Ductigami is more fun than a crossword puzzle, more useful than a welder's certificate, and more durable than a rechargeable battery. With duct tape it's easy to create a remarkable personal gift for any occasion.

Origami Paper: 24 7 x 7 Sheets in 12 Colors (Origami)

Dover

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Good set of paper 5 out of 5 stars.
36 of 38 people found this review helpful.

As a beginner, this was a nice set of paper to work with. Lot's of colors to start and easy to fold..

Fun & Convenient 5 out of 5 stars.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful.

This set of origami paper was very convenient and my 8 year old daughter had a lot of fun using it. Not to mention the convenience of having it shipped right to our mailbox. She loves to get mail and packages. The price was very reasonable too.

Nice product, not a great value 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

The paper was fine. I used it with a basic origami book. My group of 7 kids went through it all in about an hour. It probably would have been a better value if I bought it at the local craft store.

alright 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I thought the paper would be thiner, but it has a substantial feel to it.

Origami paper 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Product is as advertised and will be enjoyed by gift recipient. Merchandise was promptly shipped.

Editorial Review:

High-quality Japanese origami paper is specially manufactured to resist tears and produce clean lines and crisp folds. Each sheet is colored on one side only to make it easier to understand the various folds. A sturdy shrink-wrapped folder keeps papers neat and clean until ready for use.

Everybody Loves Wubbzy (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!)

Sonia Sander

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Editorial Review:

Hold on to your happy thought and welcome to the wonderful world of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Spend time with Wubbzy and his friends and have fun, fun, fun with the kooky pages to color and activities to play. 

Beyond-the-Square Crochet Motifs: 144 circles, hexagons, triangles, squares, and other unexpected shapes

Edie Eckman

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Learn to crochet, make a granny square. It's a simple formula that has held true for decades. Crocheters love granny squares because the technique is simple to learn but the possibilities are endless. Vary the colors. Use the same colors but change their placement. Add unique images. Make the same square over and over but in different sizes. There is much to love about the classic square crochet motif.

But if it's hip to make squares, imagine the coolness quotient of circles, stars, triangles, and hexagons. Beyond-the-Square Crochet Motifs introduces crocheters to more than 150 designs of every size and shape. Full-color photographs capture the intricate details and color work in each motif, and the stitching instructions offer the flexibility of being presented in both text and symbol formats.

Each motif can be quickly crocheted and then used as a small embellishment on a larger item or combined with other motifs to create original pieces, from baby blankets to tote bags. Edie Eckman inspires readers to see the world of possibility in each motif. Master the technique, then let the imagination run wild.

Motifs give crocheters the freedom to play with shape, color, and texture in patterns that are small and quickly completed. Motifs — each one a tiny work of art — are at once addictive and rewarding. With its unexpected range of shapes, designs, and color ideas, Beyond-the-Square Crochet Motifs will keep enthusiasts happy for a very long time!

Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes

Elizabeth Zimmermann

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Total reviews: 98 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Basic Knitting 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a book every knitter, beginner or advanced, should have in her/his knitting library. I'm sorry I didn't have it years ago, but even as an advanced knitter, when I bought this book I sat down, read it cover to cover, and penciled in my own notes in the nice wide margins put in the book for that purpose. This allows the knitter to increase the use of this book with one's own additions or even comments on things that don't work for you.

One of the great hints she gives is on doing the brioche stitch. She simplifies it beyond anything I have seen elsewhere. I immediately did a child's cap following her advice and was very pleased with the outcome.

This book has very clear instructions on how to do various techniques and is something a knitter can return to over and over.
Priscilla Bouic

Editorial Review:

Do you love to knit -- and hate to purl? Have you ever started a sweater without enough yarn from the same dye lot to finish it? When you cast on, do you end up with a tail of yarn that's maddeningly too long or too short? Elizabeth Zimmermann comes to the rescue with clever solutions to frustrating problems and step-by-step instructions for brilliant, timeless designs.

In Knitting Without Tears, you'll find elegant designs for:

• Color-pattern Norwegian ski sweaters
• Seamless patterned-yoke sweaters
• Hooded garter-stitch jackets for babies
• Watch caps, socks, slippers, mittens, and more!

This classic and influential book is poised to inspire a whole new generation of knitters who have yet to discover the joys and comforts of knitting. As the lady herself once put it, "properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either."

My First Machine Sewing Book: Straight Stitching (My First Sewing Book Kit series)

Winky Cherry

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Grandson loved 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

Our grandson has been facinated with my sewing machine so I bought this book. He made himself a loose pair of "pirate" pants his first try, after doing all the exercises in the book. I would highly recommend it.

My First Machine Sewing Book:Straight Stitching 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.

My 9year old grand daughter will find this very helpful

sewing 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 11 people found this review helpful.

the machine is working well I bought it to teach my niece how to use one.

Great Beginning Book 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I have two beginner sewer's. One that is 12 and the other is 9. The oldest completed the project in a few hours and enjoyed every minute. The 9 year old had quite a bit of difficulty and did not complete the project. We will keep practicing. I ran off paper copies for them to practice their sewing. So don't use the original templates. You will need lots of trial pages. Even my husband gave it a go. Ü

I would recommend this to anyone with a child who wants to learn to sew.

Good For kids.... 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book because I was first learning how to sew...not knowing that this book is for kids. I guess I didn't read the age group. Oh well... It's a good book for little kids but come on now.. not for adults.

Editorial Review:

Sewing-from simple stitches to making dolls to understanding the sewing machine.

Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body

Clinton Kelly, Stacy London

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Total reviews: 112 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

The 8 million fans of TLC’s hottest show, What Not to Wear, know it as the place to go for real-life fashion advice. Now the show’s hosts, Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, offer spot-on fashion wisdom—with an attitude—in this fully illustrated, authoritative, and irreverent fashion guide to dressing your best for every occasion. Clinton and Stacy’s surefire method for boosting appearance rests on their belief that we can all win admiring glances by selecting clothes that play up our positives and create a balanced body shape. In Dress Your Best, Clinton and Stacy match a wide range of female and male body types with the perfect work, casual, and evening attire, showing you exactly how to make your best parts “work” for you.

Dressing tips for 26 body types!
Features 18 women and 8 men: bigger on top, bigger on bottom, a little extra in the middle, not curvy, extra curvy, small-framed, athletic, and more!

Whether you’re searching for a way to accentuate your assets, puzzling over the right print pattern for your frame, or just looking for a solution to the dilemma “What do I need to wear to look fabulous?” you’ll find here the universal tips, dos and don’ts, seasonal alternatives, and must-haves that will deliver the answers. Dress Your Best is certain to become the standard by which all other fashion guides are measured.

Boutique Knits: 20+ Must-Have Accessories

Laura Irwin

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Nice, but nothing eye-dropping 4 out of 5 stars.
16 of 17 people found this review helpful.

I liked this book, but nothing screamed at me to take it home and order yarn and wait by the door gnashing my teeth til the mailman came with a box of yarn.

The photographs are fabulous--showcasing each item very well, but using, alas, the typical stick thin model in baggy flowery dress. Since most of these items are accessories, having the right figure isn't essential, but it did make me wonder how much 'image' as opposed to 'product' was being sold in those pictures. I can wear a cute hat, but I'll never be that cute.

The book focuses on a vintage romantic look, and features mostly hats, a few bags and scarves and shrugs and a pair of fingerless mitts--the usual accessories range. They have impeccable tailoring and designer features that elevate them above 'home made' into 'quite chic.' This means that 1) these projects are not for beginning knitters. Some of them feature quite difficult tailoring and assembly work. 2) the fibers used to get the desired results are high end and high cost. This is great if you're looking to give a luxury gift that will be recognized as high end and classy, but if you're budget strapped, substitution may be challenging.

In all, though, I wasn't as droolly over this book as I'd expected to be. I just got the Luxury One-Skein Wonders book as well which featured many of the same kinds of accessories (many, though, without the uber-designer detailing) with greater 'substitute-ability' by yarn weight, and without the dreamy photography.

The patterns are lovely and if you're up for a knitting challenge combined with luxurious yarns and results, this book is a good buy for you. If you aren't up for those, you might find other accessories books better fits.

Editorial Review:

Encouraging knitters to think beyond traditional patterns, this guide offers ways to construct and embellish work with smart and quirky personal touches that combine imaginative trims with hardware accents. Covering a wide variety of knitting techniques such as felting, intarsia, Fair Isle, lacework, and cables, the unique examples in this resource include buckles and bolts to close an intricately cabled belt, a chain handle to finish a felted bag, and grommets to complete a half-felted handbag. This collection of modern, stylish patterns will inspire beginning and intermediate knitters with its uncommon techniques and materials, dressing up quick and easy projects with head-turning flair.

Sewing for Dummies

Janice Saunders Maresh

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Total reviews: 37 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Do you love to sew—or want to learn how? Then this book will have you in stitches in no time. There’s nothing like the feeling of completing a project using beautiful fabrics and great timesaving tools and then sharing it with your family and friends. Plus, learning to sew will save you money too! Before long, you’ll be stitching your own hems, repairing split seams, sewing on buttons, and much, much more.

Sewing For Dummies is a book for both absolute beginners and experienced sewers. If you’re a stone-cold beginner, you’ll find everything you need to know to sew beginning-level projects—and the book doesn’t assume that you’ve ever even picked up a needle and thread before. If you’ve had some experience with sewing, you’ll find tips and tricks that it took author Janice Saunders Maresh, a nationally known sewing and serging instructor, years to pick up! You’ll discover how to:

• Master hand and machine stitches
• Read a sewing pattern
• Hem a variety of fabrics
• Negotiate sleeves and pockets
• Install zippers, buttons, and other fasteners
• Shape garments with tucks and pleats
• Adjust projects for better fit and function

This updated edition features a fresh 8-page color insert of all the new home decorating projects, including new patterns and instructions for a traditional living room with slipcovered couches and throws; a French country dining room with drapes and slipcovered chairs; and a bedroom with shams, duvets, dustruffles, and window treatments, as well as:

• a bathroom with a shower curtain and towels
• hip and funky tote bags
• the perfect little black dress

Complete with lists of quick fix-it tools, sewing fundamentals, and sewing resources, Sewing For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, is the fun and easy way^® to get the basics and stitch up a storm in no time!

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)

Chris Franchetti Michaels

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Teach yourself visually Jewelry making and beading 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is an awesome book for the novice, it show's pictures of the many different jewelry making tools and provides explanations as to what they are used for.

Teach Yourself Visually, Jewelry Making & Beading 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I am just learning how to make crystal jewelry. This is the fourth book I purchased and it is the best. To actually see the illustrations is invaluable. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make jewelry.

Editorial Review:

You've probably coveted jewelry you've seen in artsy boutiques and fashion magazines or envied friends who have the perfect bling to accent everything. With this book, you'll learn to craft designs that are chic but inexpensive. With hundreds of detailed photos, this book covers tools and supplies, bead stringing and weaving, wire wrapping, and more. Terrific projects will get you started and inspire you to create your own jewelry and beadwork designs.

Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review

• Each skill or technique is defined and described

• Detailed color photos demonstrate each step

• Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo

• Helpful tips provide additional guidance