HOMEMADE KNIT, SEW AND CROCHET: 25 Home Craft Projects - Softcover

Badger, Ros; Thompson, Elspeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007489536 ISBN 13: 9780007489534

Publisher: HarperNonFiction, 2012

Synopsis

If you have a fondness for vintage, want to own something completely original and made with care, without spending lots of money, it s time to get out your knitting needles, crochet hooks and sewing machines!

With this book, learn to make crocheted coat-hangers, a striped woolly scarf, upcycled summer bunting, cushion covers from vintage blankets and flower corsages and hair clips, and other knitting, sewing and crochet projects. 25 ways you can add individuality to your home or wardrobe, all of which would make perfect gifts too.

Practical and project-based with beautiful photography, this book covers all the basic knitting, crochet and sewing skills and all projects are suitable for beginners, so you can sharpen your skills as well as your creativity. This book also encourages you to reuse and recycle, with inspiring ideas to breathe new life into old clothes or blankets, use up left over yarn or scraps of fabric, even transform a piece of furniture the end results will be priceless and full of history and personality no shop bought versions will compare.

The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson, first published by Collins in 2009.

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Product Description:

Get out your knitting needles, crochet hooks and sewing machines and learn to make something truly original! Complete with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography, these projects - from knitted fingerless gloves to upcycled vintage summer bunting - will add individuality to your home and wardrobe, and also make perfect gifts. 25 fun and simple projects to make, perfect for beginners. Complete with patterns, and knitting, sewing and crochet basics. Includes a directory of suppliers and resources The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson, first published by Collins in 2009.

Review:

Make your own gorgeous things, for both indoors and out. Dozens of ingenious projects. By BBC Gardens Illustrated for Homemade

There could hardly be a better time to relearn the joys of the home-made: dresses, dinners or decorations. Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson have put together a book filled with ideas for economising or simply wiling away a lovely afternoon. By Stella for Homemade

This beautiful book would make a lovely gift in itself, if you can bring yourself to give it away! You ll want to keep it, though, because its packed with all kinds of craft projects, from knitting and needlecraft to baking. By Simply Knitting for Homemade

It s simply delicious! By the Shropshire Star for Homemade

Homemade is the mantra of south London authors Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson. Firm Friends since they discovered a mutual love of crafts over 15 years ago, the duo have long wanted to share their knowledge of age-old traditions, and their beautiful and timely book, Homemade, celebrates the current revival in making things. By living south magazine for Homemade

I absolutely love this thrifty craft book. We are all feeling the pinch and this offers a myriad of ideas for quirky and truly personal gifts. Brilliant. By Western Morning news for Homemade

If you have been thinking about getting creative but are unsure where to start, this is a great book to set you loose in the creative world. By Teeside Evening Gazette for Homemade

One of my favourites is Homemade, which shows you how to make everything from decorated coat hangers to pom poms and giftwrap. By the Yorkshire Post for Homemade

--Yorkshire Post

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperNonFiction
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007489536
• ISBN 13: 9780007489534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96