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Discover the satisfying fun of spinning your own yarn! This step-by-step guide shows you how to create 80 distinctive yarn types, from classics like mohair bouclé to novelties like supercoils. Covering the entire spinning process, Sarah Anderson describes the unique architecture of each type of yarn and shares expert techniques for manipulating and combining fibers. Take your crafting to a new level and ensure that you have the best yarn available...

In Yarns, Tristan Jones tells how he began his writing career. He draws on his many adventures to evoke some of the memorable people he has met, and to describe some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world. He gives advice on everything from seamanship to dealing with local populations in remote places. Not to be missed is his marvelous evocation in the style of Conan Doyle as the mystery of the Mary Celeste is solved, or the Conrad-inspired...

“Yarn: A Tail of 2 Kittens" is the first book in the series called "A Tail of 2 Kittens." This enchanting children's story revolves around the adventures of two adorable kittens, Bonita and Mister C., and their unwavering love for yarn. The story is woven together much like the yarn they adore. It begins softly, gets tangled, cut, twisted, and entangled like yarn, only to be unraveled before coming together and sewn up, much like knitting a sweater,...

Gram and Bella are knitting long scarves. Gram's new cat, Pepper, rolls in yarn and gets tangled. Read what Gram does so he will leave their yarn alone. This A-level story uses engaging text to raise confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former...

Casey Feldstein has her hands full with preparations at the Vista Del Mar hotel on the scenic Monterey Peninsula as another yarn retreat begins. The retreaters will be thrown for a loop this time, learning the trendy art of arm knitting and finger crocheting. But not everyone is enthusiastic about trying something new, and Casey is forced to come up with an alternative craft for her less adventurous pupils. Things go from worst to worsted when a travel...

Primarily these yarns were written with an Australian readership in mind, most of whom would understand and appreciate the slang words and phrases used, particularly by unsophisticated bushies. However, I imagine some of the terms may leave non-Australians a bit perplexed. Stick with it, and by the time you've read Witness for the Defence, you will have probably worked out what a "sheila' is, along with all the other words and expressions that are...

This is the fifth book is about the Prussian family. The father is trying to take care of his wife, who is addicted to the drugs of the ninteenth century, a time when addiction hasn't been identified. There is only one place in the world trying to treat people for drugs, Vienna. So Otto has to take his family there and cope with the Viennese way of seeing and doing things. Will Hildegard overcome her dependencies? How will Otto cope with the strange...

This much anticipated collection of stories, written by clinical neuroscientist and co-author of Explain Pain, Dr GL Moseley, provides an entertaining and informative way to understand modern pain biology. Described by critics as 'a gem' and by clinicians as 'entertaining and educative', Painful Yarns is a unique book. The stories, some of his travels in outback Australia, some of experiences growing up, are great yarns. At the end of each story,...

Christian based eBook (as are the other 8 eBooks in the ongoing series) based on the "Aesop's Fables" concept of teaching good moral characteristics and high standards of living to children of all ages. Pleasantly illustrated. New and unusual parings offer kids a modern approach to instructing your children in Godly ways. Clean education of basic human behavior with a little humor thrown in to make your kids giggle.

An ancient tomb, an unknown creature, it's a story about the completely unfamiliar world. People like to explain supernatural events with the words of ghosts and gods, but those things can never be explained clearly in a few words. This is the experience of an unknown person, and about a long forgotten history...