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Learn to knit with only your fingers, instead of with traditional knitting needles. It s the ultimate on-the-go, take-it-with-you craft: all you need is some yarn and your own two hands. With clear instructions and colorful step-by-step photos, author Mary Beth Temple demonstrates the basic finger knitting techniques that you need to know. She shows you how to make 13 totally cute projects, from bracelets, necklaces, scarves, belts, and headbands, to wreaths, coasters, rugs, and pillows."

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Tunisian crochet, also called Afghan crochet, is a blend between knitting and crochet offering the best aspects of both techniques. It produces a fabric similar to a knit but worked on a hook. It's sturdy, durable, and flexible. Following the success of her first book, Tunisian Crochet Stitch Dictionary, author Mary Beth Temple has written Starter Guide to Tunisian Crochet which contains 15 must-make projects for both beginner and experienced needleworkers. The projects range from the ease of a simple potholder to a more challenging poncho with a blanket project which also serves as a stitch sample project for crochet enthusiasts to work a variety of Tunisian stitches in one beautiful project. Tunisian crochet is a lot quicker, combining the best of knitting and crochet, and it's become one of the most popular approaches for today's crocheters.

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Pamper yourself with knitted bathroom style Create a spa-like feel in your own bath with luxurious knitted towels and accessories. These designs offer a clean, modern look in contemporary colors and fibers. Most patterns are easy to intermediate in skill level and are quick knits that will have your bathroom looking its best in no time. Looking to knit the perfect gift? These items make thoughtful housewarming or hostess gifts, and are also great for recent grads and even new moms. • Features washcloths and mitts--even a robe, slippers, and pedicure socks! • Room décor designs include storage baskets, bath mats, wall hangings, and more • 30 original knitting patterns and instructions

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New Jersey's coastal heritage is a proud one, with lighthouses playing a starring role. This book visits eleven lighthouses accessible to the public, exploring their history as proud community sentinels and guardians of sea traffic passing treacherous rocks and shoals. From the Sandy Hook lighthouse in the north -- the nation's oldest beacon -- to popular tourist destination Cape May Point on the southern tip of the state, you can explore a great variety of styles, including the fortress-style Twin Lights, Victorian Gothic, and iron towers thrust into the sky. This is the perfect introductory tour, with a general history of lighthouses, and a thoroughly researched overview of the each light's history and function. If you have already visited some or these lights, this book will serve as a great memento. If you' have yet to discover these proud sentinels, this book will help you plan an adventure.

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This is a first book on this quick and mobile alternative to traditional knitting. It features projects for scarves and other accessories. There's a new craze sweeping the knitting world. Arm knitting is the fun way to make a gorgeous, chunky-knit scarf in only 30 minutes, using your arms instead of knitting needles. This book shows you how easy it is to whip up simple and stylish scarves, cowls, wraps, and capes.

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