This is a new edition of the best-selling Usborne Art Ideas" title for those who have caught the knitting bug! Perfect for beginner knitters both young & old this book covers all aspects of learning to knit from selecting the correct needles & wool to casting on the basic stitches & finishing off techniques. It also

Includes:: projects to tackle as knitting confidence grows such as scarves bags & mobile phone cases. The step-by-step instructions are clearly illustrated & easy to follow."

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Clear step-by-step photographs & instructions guide you through all the skills you will need to make beautiful afghans & throws from choosing yarns & basic knitting & crochet stitches to Fair Isle & intarsia techniques making & piecing blocks & strips & creating delicate openwork fabrics. Learn how to read patterns & adapt cross-stitch graphs or chart your own unique designs; use multiple stitch techniques to create bobbles popcorns & cables; create stunning effects by combining colour pattern & texture; add the finishing touch with fringes borders tassels beads & embroidery.

Includes:: an inspirational gallery of designs & motifs with complete stitching instructions cross-referenced to the techniques within the book.

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A Visual Exploration of Travel Facts Figures & Ephemera! How to Land a Jumbo Jet is your visual guide to the way we live travel & inhabit the globe. Everything you ever needed to know about the world brought to life & made intelligible by designers from all around the world. INFORMATION VISUALISED! Where is the best place to experience a volcano? How do you eat an ackee (and not get sick)? Which edible bugs are really worth the calories? Which nation is the proudest in the world? Why does your luggage occasionally disappear? ...

Being given yet another pointless man manual that told him fifty ways to tie a bow tie in under 30 seconds made James May certain there was a need for another kind of book. This book in fact. He reckons there are nine vital things that a chap should be able to do. Not stuff you can download from the internet but really important things. You never know when you might need to land an A330 Airbus or deliver twins. & there may well be a moment when being able to play a bit of classical music on the piano is absolutely crucial to your success with women. So read learn & be prepared
- youll wonder how you ever lived without it.
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How to Lift Depression]]is the most startling stimulating & uplifting book about depression ever written. It explains in a straightforward way why worrying about things going wrong in your life unbalances the sleep cycle & leads to exhaustion & lack of motivation & therefore the sense that life is meaningful. ...

This inspirational yet practical book proves that small spaces can be both inclusive & flexible which is perfectly in tune with the relaxed & informal way we want to live now. Part One Making the Most of Small Spaces discusses how design & spatial planning are the key to maximizing space as every square metre counts. Decoration & Furnishing discusses how to adopt various strategies to make your space look & feel larger from creative use of colours & textures to lighting & furniture. The ultimate way to enhance a small space is to physically make it bigger; Branching Out discusses the ways in which this can be done from conversions to extensions. Part Two Area by Area Solutions presents a room by room breakdown demonstrating space-saving ideas storage solutions & strategies for compact layouts specific to each room. From kitchens bedrooms & bathrooms to small gardens & second homes each chapter is full of intelligent functional & sometimes quirky ways in which to make the most of living space. Finally international case studies demonstrate how good design principles have been applied in real terms. ...

Off-grid: a place building or person without mains water or power. Static or mobile
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This accessible & valuable introduction to caring for a child with autism is an ideal resource for teachers & members of a child with autisms immediate & extended family. In clear & simple language with many illustrations the authors tackle common problems experienced in everyday routines such as eating sleeping & going to the toilet as well as how to cope with aggression & tantrums preoccupations & compulsions & how to enable better communication & socialising. Based on up-to-date research & using many case examples the authors consider step-by-step why each problem may be happening & suggest a number of solutions. ...

Which of us in the presence of a painting has not felt that we lack the keys to decipher it? We feel an emotional response but the work still seems to evade our understanding. Francoise Barbe-Gall combines a nuanced understanding of the way viewers respond to paintings with a rich knowledge of their context & circumstances of their creation. The result is like a tour of an extraordinary museum in the company of a gentle yet authoritative guide. A fascinating range of works are grouped in six thought-provoking chapters that examine our different responses to the ways in which paintings define reality. The author takes as her point of departure the impressions that we all feel when confronted by a canvas & takes us on a voyage of discovery fired by her own passionate enthusiasm for the subject. What is the painting's relationship with the real world? Has the artist idealized nature or distorted it? Did they want to shock the viewer or provide consolation? With a clear approach & straightforward yet subtle analysis the meaning of each work slowly becomes clear. From Raphael's penetrating character study of Castiglione through Hopper's cinematic take on the wee small hours of the morning Barbe-Gall begins by covering a number of ostensibly realistic works made from the stuff of everyday life. Going in quite the other direction she then looks at the way paintings can express moments of heightened reality from the perfection of Boticelli's Primavera to the arresting glance of Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring. She discusses paintings that distort the visible world (Parmigianino's Madonna with an improbably long neck Dali's melting clocks) & those that sow confusion to make us pay closer attention to the real world (Cezanne's depiction of a forest glade a mysterious fifteenth century altarpiece). Questions of history style iconography & composition are dealt in context of the paintings she discusses. Lavishly illustrated & featuring thirty-six fascinating works from Raphael to Rothko Breughel to Bacon this is also a magnificent art book. ...