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Upcoming! Button Maker, Sarah Beaman, $22.95 Cdn, $19.95 US

Learn how to create your own buttons for the perfect addition to your sweaters, vests, purses, or any item needing a closure! Using clay, wood, fabric and more, you can create custom buttons.
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Charted Peasant Designs, Heinz Edgar Kiewe, $8.95 Cdn, $6.95 US

There are 195 charted designs ranging from elegant border designs to ornate Medieval Knights on horseback, and firebreathing dragons.
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Colorworks, Deb Menz, $28.95 Cdn, $24.95 US

Though colour choices in needlecrafts can appear a bit daunting, take heart. Learn the principles of colour theory and how they apply to a variety of crafts including knitting, spinning, weaving, beadwork, embroidery and more.
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Compendium of Finishing Techniques, Naomi K. McEneely, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

A collection of finishing techniques for adding simple to elegant to highly embellished finishes to a variety of fabrics - woven, knit, or crocheted. Lots of illustrations and ideas!
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Crewel Yule, Monica Ferris, $22.95 Cdn, $19.95 US

Mystery/needlework book lovers will enjoy this seasonal mystery story. When a needlework convention is shocked by the untimely death of a shop owner, sleuth and needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire unravels the clues to solve the mysterious fatal accident.
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Designs and Patterns from North African Carpets & Textiles, Jacques Revault, $12.95 Cdn, $10.95 US

Inspiration for design ideas come from many sources, and the richly geometric designs of woven carpets from Tunisia are another source of design ideas for knitting, cross-stitch and needlepoint. There are beautiful border designs, geometric motifs, plus dozens of charted sections from rugs.
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New! Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art , Katherine Duncan Aimone, $25.55 Cdn, $21.95 US

An inspiring book of wearable art textiles for all who have a passion for design. Garments created for beauty and great attention to detail, including machine knits, quilted fabrics, handwoven textiles, and custom prints.
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Here be Wyverns, Nancy Spies, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

A collection of patterns from Medieval sources - from mythical griffins and dragons to borders from fabrics and illuminations. A great resource for those who create with needle and yarn - cross-stitch, knitting, needlepoint, beading and more.
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Upcoming! In Praise of the Needlewoman, Gail Carolyn Sirna, $39.95 Cdn, $34.95 US

Beautiful paintings celebrating the art of needleworkers, including embroidery, knitting, and weavers. Many of these inspiring images are the work of famous painters, created from the middle ages to today.
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Needleworker's Companion, Shay Pendray, $22.95 Cdn, $19.95 US

From illustrated stitches to informative needlework techniques, this handy compact reference guide covers it all, and tucks away in your needlework bag.
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Shop on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber, $22.95 Cdn, $19.95 US

Well known author Debbie Macomber features a yarn shop owner and the lives of her customers in this novel. Through the knitting class led by owner Lydia Hoffman, the various women from diverse backgrounds and experience, come to learn about knitting and life.
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Textile Techniques in Metal, Arline M. Fisch, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

An inspiring book on the history and current works of metal artists using fibre techniques. There are chapters on weaving, knitting, crochet, braiding, basketry, and knotting.
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New! Barclay Priest, Anne, Trafficking in Sheep, $22.95 Cdn, $19.95 US

Memoirs of a working actress who falls in love with Nova Scotia while on summer vacation, and later buys an island, raising a flock of 'quasi-wild' sheep. Her humourous stories of being a commuting actress (between New York and Nova Scotia) learning to live the rural life, and the friends and animals that enrich it.
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Treasure Forest, Cat Bordhi, $25.55 Cdn, $21.95 US

Two children are the central characters in this mystery story. Their grandmother Daphne has recently died in the mysterious forest near her home. When the family moves to the grandmother's home, the children set about to solve the 'riddle of the pond'. Author Cat Bordi is a knitter, and writer of Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 1, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

The 1st in a series of reprints of Weldon's publications. Originally printed in the late 1800's, there are projects covering knitting, patchwork, crochet, and macrame lace. This volume also includes 'Practical Stocking Knitter' - How to knit every kind of stocking for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 2, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

The 2nd in a series of reprints of Weldon's publications. Originally printed in the late 1800's, there are projects covering knitting, cross-stitch, crewel, crochet, applique, netting and macrame. There is a variety of needlework techniques in this volume, but does include knitting stockings, edgings, and a variety of period knitted items.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 4, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

This is the 4th in a series featuring patterns for projects in knitting, crochet, embroidery, smocking, tatting, beadwork, and macrame. Originally printed around the turn of the 19th century by Weldon & Company in Great Britain.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 5, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

In this 5th in the series of reprinted Weldon's patterns, there are hundreds of Victorian patterns in knitting, crochet, drawn threadwork, netting, knitted edgings and shawls, and Mountmellick Embroidery.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 6, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

Piecework magazine presents Volume 6, in an ongoing series of exact reproductions, of Weldon's Practical Needlework. Originally published in late 1800s by Weldon's, a pattern company in England, each volume presents hundreds of patterns and projects for numerous types of Victorian-age needlework. Volume 6 features ivory, canvas, jeweled, linen, and Mountmellick embroidery, crocheting, knitting, patchwork, and macrame lace.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 7, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

This is the 4th in a series featuring patterns for projects in knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more. Originally printed around the turn of the 19th century by Weldon & Company in Great Britain.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework, Vol 8, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

The 8th volume in the series offers knitting patterns for babies and toddlers, Hungarian embroidery, crocheted caps and capes, and much more!
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Weldon's Practical Needlework, Vol 9, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

The 9th volume in the series offers knitting patterns for babies and toddlers, childrens's toys, crocheted capes and edgings, Montmellick embroidery, crinkeled tissue paper work, and knitting for children, socks, gloves and much more!
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 10, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

The Weldon's series continues with crocheted edgings, applique embroidery, knitting for home and babies, point lace and ribbon plaiting plus an interesting section on making pincushions.
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Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 11, Interweave Press, $34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

More Victorian Weldon's patterns to enjoy - a fascinating selection of needleworkers patterns from the past.
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New! Weldon's Practical Needlework Vol 12, Interweave Press
$34.55 Cdn, $29.95 US

Victorian patterns have so much charm! Lacy doilies, textured socks, charming toys, and this volume also features waistcoats in knitting, crochet and canvaswork.

Women's Work - The First 20000 Years, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, $19.55 Cdn, $16.95 US

The making of fabric, of creating complex beautiful designs with thread, has been the way of women for 20,000 years. This unusual text documents the economic and social history of women and their relationship to textiles.
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