Homemade Knit, Sew & Crochet
25 Home Craft Projects
Will be published approx. on 11. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-00-748953-4 (ISBN)
Description
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. Learn to make crocheted coat-hangers, a striped woolly scarf, upcycled summer bunting, cushions 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 projects are suitable for beginners, so you can sharpen your skills as well as your creativity. You are also encouraged 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.
The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson, first published by Collins in 2009.
Reviews / Votes
'There could hardly be a better time to relearn the joys of the home-made. Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson have put together a book filled with ideas for economising or simply wiling away a lovely afternoon.' Telegraph's Stella magazine on Homemade'This beautiful book would make a lovely gift in itself, if you can bring yourself to give it away! It's packed with all kinds of craft projects.' Simply Knitting on Homemade
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Illustrations
90 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 151 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-00-748953-4 (9780007489534)
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E-Book
10/2012
Collins
€7.59
Available for download
Persons
Ros Badger is the founder of the children's knitwear company "Little Badger". Before forming her own company she designed and produced knitwear for clothing lines by Marks & Spencer, Flyte Ostell, Copperwheat Blundell, and Georgina von Etzdorf, among others. Badger has been a professional knitwear designer for more than 20 years.
Elspeth Thompson writes a weekly gardening column and regular features for the Sunday Telegraph, and also the Guardian. She has written numerous gardening books and is also the writer of Tricia Guild's titles. Ros Badger previously owned a children's knitwear company, Little Badger, and is now a freelance stylist, as well as teaching at the Design Museum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elspeth Thompson writes a weekly gardening column and regular features for the Sunday Telegraph, and also the Guardian. She has written numerous gardening books and is also the writer of Tricia Guild's titles. Ros Badger previously owned a children's knitwear company, Little Badger, and is now a freelance stylist, as well as teaching at the Design Museum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------