Needlepoint Techniques and Projects1 review Sunset Sunset Pub Co, 1984 Good for getting off the ground and hitting the deck running If you ever want to get into a new craft or skill, you can always count on "A Sunset Book" This book holds no deep dark secrets for those already initiated to needlepoint. For neophytes it is a tad dated but well worth the cost. They show the materials needed for the craft and the different ...             Needlecraft patterns: For needlepoint, cross-stitch embroidery, knitting, piecing and quilting, beadwork, ...2 reviews Adalee Winter Oxmoor House, Inc, 1973 A nice pattern collection + A nice pattern collection This is a 69 page pamphlet packed with patterns; most of them are in color. The book gives different suggestions on how to combine them and use them. Some patterns are just alphabet letters. There does not seem to be a scheme to the patterns. They include: Santa, angel, three wise men, candy ...             Personally yours, needlepoint1 review Charleen Kinser Consolidated Book Publishers, 1975 A picture of Winter Sun on cover I bought this book just for the pattern displayed on the cover picture of the "Winter Sun." This pamphlet is 64 pages with monochrome and color patterns. The projects are mostly three dimensional. There is nothing unique about the stitching patterns but the design on the cover will have you ...             Nature in Needlepoint1 review E. Bradley Ebury Press Nature in Needlepoint Designs by Eva Brent and Text by Meg Merrill. The book may be a tad old but the nature of nature makes it hard to ever become dated. There are twenty subjects form the Animal world, complete with color-keyed graphs and Needle point instructions. There are descriptions for placing the designs on ...             Christmas Needlepoint Designs (Dover Needlework)2 reviews Rita Weiss Dover Publications, 1975 Need help on christmas needlework designs ? buy this book... + Made in the days of graph paper before computers Christmas, the time of year when family's come together and crafts such as needlework are spread across the house. This year you may want to try something different other than, the usual christmas tree paper and food decorations,why not make something that will last for many years. Well then buy ...             A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns14 reviews Lisa Lloyd Potter Craft, 2008 A Fine Book + I love this book + gorgeous textured knitting patterns, fine book indeed! + cables, cables, cables + When's the next book coming out. Can't wait.             Fisherman's Sweaters: Twenty Exclusive Knitwear Designs for All Generations12 reviews Alice Starmore Trafalgar Square Books, 1995 Stunning knitwear + Very beautiful + Very comprehensive aran patterns + Ten Star Book             The Celtic Collection: Twenty-Five Knitwear Designs for Men and Women16 reviews Alice Starmore Trafalgar Square Books, 1994 Knit something glorious + like a textbook + How do we love thee Alice, let us knit the ways + So many Sweaters, So Little Time + Beautiful book -- buy it while you can!             African Art in Needlework: Motifs Inspired by African Culture1 review Leslie Tillett Crowell, 1979 From the author of "American Needlework 1776/1976" Includes 22 full-color illustrations and 166 line drawings and graphs. The first 40 pages or so are dedicated to teaching basic stitches needed to completer the projects that start on page 44. The projects have a distinct African motif; how authentic you will have to decide. The most ...             Designing for needlepoint and embroidery from ancient and primitive sources1 review Jan Messent Macmillan, 1976 General overview of Embroidery History This book is a nice overview of embroidery history. There are a few quickie demonstrations of the different techniques. And a few sources of design. Different materials such as wools, hair, silks, cotton, metal thread, etc., are quickly covered. The chapter titles may hold a clue to if you ...             New Look at Needlepoint: The Complete Guide to Canvas Embroidery1 review Carol Cheney Rome Crown, 1979 Might have been new at one time This book shows fundamentals and a few stitch patterns. Most of it is paragraphs that try to talk you through the fundamental patterns. A few subjects are approaches such as how to block the end product. However there is no way to bet form the fundamental stitches to the finished products ...             Jerusalem In Needlepoint and Embroidery1 review Ann Roth Prentice-Hall, 1972 Eighteen Memorable Sites of Jerusalem in Color For cross-stitching with descriptions and detailed instructions. First come the pictures of the finished product with descriptions of the item or place. Then there is a suggested layout of a room where all eighteen cross-stitches can be displayed. Then well designed charts for the actual ...             The basic book of fingerweaving1 review Esther Warner Dendel Simon and Schuster, 1974 Kind of a combination of weaving and macramé This is a hybrid based on many ancient skills and adapted to today's (1973) needs. There are a few intermediate diagrams and a lot of monochrome photos of finished products. The book seems to me more of an inspiration than a practical how-to. Table of contents: Working Arrangements, Materials ...             Macrame: Creative Design in Knotting1 review Dona Z. Meilach Random House Value Publishing, 1985 356 photographs 18 color plates Even though there are a few pictures of how-to, this book is mostly a display of designs and finished product. Two reasons to buy this book are to enjoy the pictures as one would do with any art and to get inspiration to complete one's own projects. If Macramé is not dated in its self as a skill ...             Wildflower Designs for Needlework: Charts, Histories, and Watercolors of 29 Wildflowers1 review Adalee Winter Oxmoor House, 1979 The title says it all The only thing the title can not say is that this is an excellent selection by Adalee Winter. The water colors are from her personal notebooks. This book written before scanners and needlework soft ware offers a suggestion that you can use the chars and a stitch finder to do counting. There is ...             Sewing to decorate your home1 review Joanne Schreiber Dolphin Books, 1979 Too ambitious This book is more of a how to pick color and design than it is practical. Yes you get to see close up details of how to sew and design covers and window trappings. Yet it is not really a step by step and it is up to you to connect the dots from the how to to the what to. A few color photos, a ...             Needleweaving . . . Easy as Embroidery1 review Esther Warner Dendel Countryside Press, 1972 You do not need to buy a loom to begin needleweaving A book left over from the crafts era when everyone was into various fiber arts and there was a craft center to every town and village. Now with the dwindling craft centers and fairs, we are in the age of kilts and even paint by numbers has disappeared. You can keep the skills alive until they ...             Needlepoint: Techniques and projects (A Sunset book)1 review Lane Pub. Co, 1977 Good for getting off the ground and hitting the deck running If you ever want to get into a new craft or skill, you can always count on "A Sunset Book" This book holds no deep dark secrets for those already initiated to needlepoint. For neophytes it is a tad dated but well worth the cost. They show the materials needed for the craft and the different ...             Quilting & Patchwork (A Sunset Book)1 review Editors of Sunset Books Lane Books, 1973 Good for getting off the ground and hitting the deck running If you ever want to get into a new craft or skill, you can always count on "A Sunset Book" Techniques and tools to get started in Quilting. In the Glossary Patchwork is described as "Designs formed by small pieces of material sewn together, usually in the form of a square." Quilt is "The ...             The Art of Fair Isle Knitting: History, Technique, Color & Patterns15 reviews Ann Feitelson Interweave Press, 1997 Timeless treasure + Excellent Reference & Enjoyable Read + I read while I knit + beautiful book