In Felt to Stitch acclaimed feltmaker Sheila Smith explores the possibilities of making & using handmade felt for stitch. Felt is an incredibly versatile medium that is easy to make & manipulate & provides the ideal base for surface embellishment. Handmade felt allows you a degree of control & creativity that ready-made fabrics cannot replicate. This book shows you how to make your own felt select & dye your own colours build unusual textures with felt fibres & further embellishment & manipulate the felt to produce three-dimensional pieces. With sample projects that illustrate the main techniques Felt to Stitch will address the main elements of design in felt: *

Colour: blending commercially dyed fibres; dyeing processes for wool fibres; applying colour as surface design * Line & shape: methods for creating clear outlines in felt; pre-felts for use on inlay applique & mosaic. * Texture: combining felt & fabric -- Nuno felt; embellishing with other fibres. Form/three-dimensional felt: seamless hollow forms. * Other techniques: multi-layered felts; low relief; webs/grids.

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Felting is a rewarding craft that takes knitting a step further. This fun book shows you how to knit 30 very different bags & felt them to create designs that are sturdy & practical yet eye-catching & stylish. It

Includes:: beautiful photography of the bags close-up details & plenty of stunning images that show the inspiration behind each of the designs. There is something for everyone both in terms of ability & taste. Easy-to-follow knitting patterns difficulty ratings & an illustrated section dedicated to explaining the knitting & felting techniques means that even complete beginners can have a go at creating a range of felted bags.

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In this groundbreaking book Dr Louann Brizendine describes the uniquely flexible structure of the female brain & its constant dynamic state of change
- the key difference that separates it from that of the male
- & reveals how women think what they value how they communicate & whom theyll love. She also reveals the neurological explanations behind why: a woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened; thoughts about sex enter a womans brain perhaps once every couple of days but may enter a mans brain up to once every minute; a womans brain goes on high alert during pregnancy
- & stays that way long after giving birth; a woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man; women tend to know what people are feeling while men cant spot an emotion unless someone cries or threatens them with bodily harm! Accessible fun & compelling & based on more than three decades of research The Female Brain" will help women to better understand themselves
- & the men in their lives."



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The Female Detective was published in 1864 & it introduces the first professional female detective in British fiction Mrs Gladden. Typical of detective fiction of its time Forresters book features various cases narrated by Gladden whose deductive methods & energetic approach anticipate those of Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes. Mrs Gladden uses similar methods to her male counterparts
- she enters scenes of crime incognito tracking down killers while trying to conceal her own tracks & her identity from others. She does much physical detective work examining scenes of crime looking for clues & employing all manner of skill subterfuge observation & charm to achieve her ends. Like Holmes Gladden regards the regular constabulary with disdain. For all the intrigue & interest of the stories little is ever revealed about Mrs Gladden herself & her personal circumstances remain a mystery throughout. But it is her ability to apply her considerable energy & intelligence to solve crimes that is her greatest appeal & the reappearance of the original lady detective will be welcomed by fans of crime fiction.
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Through the darkest days of the Second World War an elite group of courageous gifted women risked their lives as courier pilots flying Lancaster Bombers Spitfires & many other aircraft in hundreds of perilous missions across the country. The role of these women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary was to deliver the planes to the male RAF pilots who would take them into battle dangerous work which the women carried out unarmed without radios. Fifteen would lose their lives. In The Female Few five of these astonishingly brave women tell their stories for the first time awe inspiring tales of incredible risk tenacity & sacrifice. Their spirit & fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years & their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War. As Yvonne Macdonald now 90 & living in Cape Cod says: It was a kind of freedom you never get any other way it was as if you had wings sewn on your back. A lot of people here in Cape Cod dont even know I was in World War Two. Or what I did. They do now. ...

In Feminine Gospels Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical the archetypal the biblical & the fantastical to create various visions -- & revisions -- of female identity. Simultaneously stripping women bare & revealing them in all their guises & disguises these poems tell tall stories as though they were true confessions & spin modern myths from real women seen in every aspect -- as bodies & corpses writers & workers shoppers & slimmers fairytale royals or girls-next-door. ' Part of Duffy's talent -- besides her ear for ordinary eloquence her gorgeous powerful throwaway lines her subtlety -- is her ventriloquism.. . From verbal nuances to mind-expanding imaginative leaps her words seem freshly plucked from the minds of non-poets -- that is she makes it look easy' Charlotte Mendelson Observer ' Nobody is ever going to need to be told how to enjoy a Carol Ann Duffy poem.. . She is an inspired reinterpreter of myth & a fertile creator of fables of her own' Evening Standard ' Carol Ann Duffy is arguably the nation's favourite living poet' Jeanette Winterson ...

When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique" in 1963 she could not have realized how the discovery & debate of her contemporaries general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines & found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through a family & a home. Friedans controversial book about these women
- & every woman
- would ultimately set Second Wave feminism in motion & begin the battle for equality. This groundbreaking & life-changing work remains just as powerful important & true as it was forty-five years ago & is essential reading both as a historical document & as a study of women living in a mans world."

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This sewing book shows you how to create your own feminine wardrobe full of super-cute dresses & tops. The clothes feature wonderful exaggerated bows & elegant frills to give you a uniquely feminine look. There are three themed chapters town party & resort containing stylish clothes to take you effortlessly from the city to the beach. The visual step-by-step instructions are easy to follow & will enable you to make any of the 21 projects with ease. A paper pattern is included in the back of the book. ...

Dandelions & hearing aids a bloodstained cat a Leonardo drawing a corpse with an alibi a truly poisonous letter...just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen & his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction. ...