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We all need few hobbies to unwind, relax, and cut off from the routine chores and excessive technology (Digital Detox). Also, whether you are young, old, or teen, across all age groups, these activities are required for different reasons. This book would present you with minimalistic and value-packed information on these three crafts, which would enable you to start and finish your first project.

Shelley Klein grew up in a house designed on a modernist open-plan grid; with colourful glass panels set against a forest of trees, it was like living in a work of art. Shelley’s father, Bernat Klein, was a textile designer whose pioneering colours and textures were a major contribution to 1960s and '70s style. As a child, Shelley and her siblings adored both the house and the fashion shows that took place there. Thirty years on, Shelley moves back home to care for her father, now in his 80s.

A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending--and it's remarkable resurgence as art form, political statement, and path to healing the planet. For thousands of years, mending was a deep craft that has for too long been a secret history. But now it's back, bigger and better...

La felicidad cotidiana se apoya en muchos pequeños rituales de los que a menudo no somos conscientes. Tomar una taza de té, saludar a alguien, reunirnos con amigos... Todas estas acciones pueden ser significativas y transformadoras si las realizamos con sentido, celebrando cada momento que nos ofrece la vida. Este Pequeño curso de magia cotidiana es una invitación a ser feliz con los momentos que, como dicen los sabios, cuando echamos la vista atrás nos damos cuentas de que en realidad son los más importantes.

La felicidad cotidiana se apoya en muchos pequeños rituales de los que a menudo no somos conscientes. Tomar una taza de té, saludar a alguien, reunirnos con amigos... Todas estas acciones pueden ser significativas y transformadoras si las realizamos con sentido, celebrando cada momento que nos ofrece la vida. Este Pequeño curso de magia cotidiana es una invitación a ser feliz con los momentos que, como dicen los sabios, cuando echamos la vista atrás nos damos cuentas de que en realidad son los más importantes.

Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins. 

きものは単に民族衣装というだけでなく、それ自体が日本の伝統と文化を体現する存在です。このオーディオブックでは、きものを知ろうと題して、きものが日本の文化の中に占める位置や大まかなきものの種類やその役割、きものの各部分の名称、帯や小物に関する紹介等を加えました。また同等の内容の英語版を加えることにより、海外の方にも理解しやすいように、できるだけ平易な語り口でまとめました。(C)2012トラディションジャパン

Today, even as so many of us spend hours in front of screens and in the virtual world, there is a growing movement that recognizes the power in the personal, the imperfect, the handmade. Eric Gorges, a metal shaper, taps into that hunger to get back to what's "real" through visits with the fellow artisans he has profiled for his popular public television program. In this book, he tells their stories and shares the collective wisdom of calligraphers, potters, stone carvers, glassblowers, engravers, wood workers, and more while celebrating the culture they've created.

 Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.   

Wciągające wspomnienia Kate Betts o Francji - paryskich klubach nocnych lat 80., polach lawendy w Prowansji, wielkich pokazach na dziedzińcu Cour Carrée w Luwrze - magicznie przywołują ten moment w życiu, gdy młoda kobieta odkrywa, co jest jej przeznaczeniem. Jedyny taki przewodnik po modzie, Paryżu i tym, co Francuzi lubią najbardziej. Od najmłodszych lat Kate Betts pragnęła wyrwać się z rodzinnego domu i rozpocząć życie na własny rachunek. Chciała być zagraniczną korespondentką poważanej gazety.

Growing up in 1970s Suffolk in a crumbling giant of a house with wild, tangled gardens, Alex Monroe was left to wreak havoc by invention. Without visible parental influence, but with sisters to love him and brothers to fight for him, he made nature into his world. Creation became a compulsion, whether it was go-karts and guns, crossbows and booby traps, boats, bikes, or scooters. And then, it was jewelry.

I remember when we used to have a life and not just a "Lovefilm" account" Jon and Alice’s latest dinner party attempt results in some guests glad to get away. Alice is nostalgic for the past, but realises some things have always been the same.

Les parfums répondent aux modes, sont le reflet d'une époque, la transcendent parfois. Ils sont aussi affaire de chimie, de marketing, de processus de fabrication et de commercialisation. Ils doivent respecter des normes de sécurité de plus en plus précises. Ils représentent un marché international de plusieurs milliards d'euros. Ils sont surtout affaire de création.

This new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine making is updated to address zine making in today's digital- and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, Make a Zine hits on more advanced topics like Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability. Make a Zine also takes a look at the burgeoning indie comix scene with a solid and comprehensive chapter by punk illustrator Fly.

Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives. —From the preface In The Yarn Whisperer: Reflections on...

In Knitting Yarns, twenty-seven writers tell stories about how knitting healed, challenged, or helped them to grow. Poignant, funny, and moving, Knitting Yarns is sure to delight knitting enthusiasts and lovers of literature alike.

The rhythm, ritual, and pleasure of knitting are celebrated in this new collection for lovers of both knitting and literature. In Knitting Pearls, two dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting. Lily King remembers the year her family lived in Italy, and a knitted hat that helped her daughter adjust to her new home. Laura Lippman explores how converting to Judaism changed not only Christmas but also her mother's gift of a knitted stocking.

Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this inspiring and witty New York Times bestselling memoir on a creative life enriched by her adventures around the world. Building on the success of The Yarn Whisperer, Parkes's rich personal...

Lizzie Donavue went from being the sister of his best friend to the girl Nick Templeton most wants to kiss. On her birthday, he finally summons up the courage to make his move. But it looks like Nick’s missed his chance when he discovers that Lizzie has been offered a modelling contract, which will take her away to the glamorous fashion scenes of New York and Los Angeles. 

Nach dem Tod seines Großonkels Iggie Ephrussi erbt Edmund de Waal eine Sammlung japanischer Miniaturschnitzereien - so genannte Netsuke. Auf der Suche nach ihrer Herkunft und jenen Menschen, die sie einst besaßen, begibt er sich auf die Reise nach Paris, Wien, Odessa und Tokio. Dabei lernt er die bewegende Geschichte seiner Vorfahren kennen und erzählt sie. Die Ephrussi gehören im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu den einflußreichsten und wohlhabendsten jüdischen Bankiersfamilien.