Steel Canvas: The Art Of American Arms

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ONE OF THE BEST PHOTO-BOOKS OF FIRE ARMS ENGRAVING.......1997-03-19

Having been a serrious engraver for just over a year now, I have amassed several books on engraving: mainly the "standards" for engravers: several of the Dover series of patterns, James L. Meek, Nimschke, etc. This has some of the finest and sharpest photos of engraving I have seen. And this book is cheap compaired to many of the others. Just plain beautiful. And --- worth every penny

Steel Canvas: The Art Of American Arms (Deluxe Leatherbound Edition)

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Steel Canvas: The Art Of American Arms (Deluxe Leatherbound Edition)

Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000HMDRO2

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Steel Canvas: The Art of American Arms.
R.L. Wilson
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ASIN: B000UYISA0

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Steel Canvas The Art of American Arms
Wilson R.L.
Manufacturer: Random House
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ASIN: B000UD0L7O

A Treasury of Magical Knitting
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Marvelous Moebius

For the mind and the fingers

Knitting out of "the box"

Mobius magic

not satisfied with the instructions

A Treasury of Magical Knitting
Cat Bordhi
Manufacturer: Passing Paws Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0970886977

Book Description

With her latest book, A Treasury of Magical Knitting, Cat Bordhi introduces knitters of all levels to the warm welcome of a simple and mysterious dimension of knitting. Here you will find thirty-three projects, including scarves with one side and one edge, knitted in one fell swoop, like the Fringed Cedar Bark Scarf or the Mercurial Moebius Wraps. . . graceful headwear, like the Beaded Tresses Hat. . . felted footwear both practical and functional, like Sophie's Mermaid Feet . . . the Lost Trail Cape with its four-way convertible collar . . . and the Seven Socklings Necklace.

Cat, who is known for her clear and comprehensive instructions both as a workshop teacher and as the author of the best-selling Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles, has taken outdone herself in this full-color, 112 page coffee table quality book. Instructions for the simple technique are illustrated with close-up photos showing every move, almost like a slow motion movie, accompanied by clear descriptions so that learners of all kinds will find it easy to get started.

This author of novels (Treasure Forest, first of The Forest Inside trilogy, recently won the Nautilus Award for Young Adult Fiction) and knitting books blends the art of fine story-telling with instruction. In her own words:

"Following the unfolding path of a novel is astonishingly similar to following the unfurling flow of a knitting book. Both ask me to simply show up, keyboard or needles in hand, all my senses alert and willing to welcome what wants to meet me. Sometimes I think that it is because I am tame, and so the beautiful creations that populate both novels and knitting books come nibble the grass near my feet. I do not invent any of it. I simply get to be where it is, experiencing it fully so I can share it with you. And if you recognize it, if it sparks something in you, it is because it lives in you too."

Customer Reviews:

Marvelous Moebius.......2007-09-05

Cat Bordhi's book on the moebius loop is a bit of a one-trick pony, but you gotta admit, it's a really good trick. The patterns are the same thing over & over again in different gauges, but the cast-on technique is clearly explained & was quite easy to pick up. This one's a good addition to the knitting library.

For the mind and the fingers.......2007-08-24

Cat writes engagingly about the mobius and the creative process she experienced in channeling the projects in the book. I appreciated her encouragement along the way with guidance like "If something goes wrong, rejoice and dive in to see what treasures are revealed" and "Find something to do more or less of and see what happens" and best of all, "Have at it". Sure, if you stick to her patterns you'll have great projects, but if you stick to her advice to engage your creative muse you'll also have the satisfaction of a one-of-a-kind reflection of you. One caution with this as well as any other knitting book: do an internet search for errata before you start any project.

Knitting out of "the box".......2007-03-19

Cat's book will have you thinking about knitting in an entirely different way than you've ever thought of it before! You'll certainly find something in here to nudge your creativity and be thinking of doing many new things with your needles and yarn. The book is a special memory for me after having a mobius workshop with her. She shares both her personality as well as her love of the craft of knitting in the book. It is a treasury you will treasure because of the clear instructions and explanations.

Mobius magic.......2007-03-15

If you are looking for something new in your knitting projects - buy this book. I am addicted to knitting mobious objects after reading this book. The cast-on method is a bit tricky but just follow her clearly written directions and you can do it. I love the projects in this book and the photgraphs that demostrate them. It helps to catch Cat Bordhi on The Knitty Gritty show if you want some extra help figuring this out.

not satisfied with the instructions.......2007-01-12

I have been a knitter for over 40 years and am adept at reading patterns. This particular book was written assuming people had taken her class. If you haven't the insturctions are skimpy at best. I was very disappointed. I tried to email her at her email from the book and received no response.

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Magical Moebius Worlds
Excellent fun!
Not as great as I thought it would be
emperor's new clothes
Mobius rocks

A Second Treasury of Magical Knitting
Cat Bordhi
Manufacturer: Passing Paws Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0970886985
Release Date: 2005-01-21

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Readers of the first book in this two-volume series (A Treasury of Magical Knitting) have fallen in love with the new world of Magical Knitting, a dimension so simple yet so captivating that one could spend a year exploring the huge variety of designs which Cat offers. Beginning with Cat's unique Moebius Cast-On, which is so easy that she usually demonstrates it in workshops behind her back while twirling slowly around on one foot, the reader first learns to knit a Moebius band, or scarf. This is the magic key that opens the way to all the other designs. The Second Treasury includes felted baskets (with no inside or outside!), felted fringed bowls, felted and unfelted sling bags, six different felted cat beds (one with paws and a tail!), and the trifold designs, including a knitter's bowl with pockets for tools and a place to keep working yarn away from playful felines. The Felted Needle Cozies, colorful, highly textured sheaths to hold straight needles, and the felted wallets are both excellent patterns for beginners and first-time felters. The book includes detailed information on felting, designing, and yarn substitutions.

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Magical Moebius Worlds.......2007-08-23

I bought this book on a recommendation from a friend. I immediately knew I wanted to make the marvelous moebius scarf pictured in the book. Cat's photographic directions on how to do the magical cast-on were excellent, and I managed to make a scarf. It finished with an applied i-cord edging, which I had never done before, but once again, her photographs made the directions very clear. I've made 3 of these scarves and they are quite fascinating.
I'm now ready to attempt some of the wonderful baskets that she features in the book. I want to see how some of them would work up in self striping yarn. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for something a bit different.

Excellent fun!.......2007-07-21

Although I find the projects in the first book more interesting, there are enough in this one to justify buying it - especially the bowls and cat beds. The Mobius Cast on pages are very clear, as are the instructions for Round One. I used her suggestion of a smaller needle on the left side and found my stitches slipping quite nicely on my Denise cords. No need to go out and buy more circs. Hurray! However the suggestion for using two circs on the body of the bowl was not necessary as I used a 16 inch and then double pointeds at the ending.
I am having great fun using up partial balls and adding eyelash and ribbon yarn as fun striping and edging. Also I had been wanting to learn the I-cord bind off for a while. Cat's instructions are definitely easy to follow. This is a book for adventurous knitters unless you have worked the first book so are familiar with mobius knitting.

Not as great as I thought it would be.......2007-02-14

I bought the "Treasury of Magical Knitting" and this book. One would have been enough.

emperor's new clothes.......2007-02-09

I paid nearly $30 for this book and wish I'd spent it on something more worthwhile. The Moebius cast-on is nothing more than a provisional cast-on done on a looped circular needle. While the introductory project, a Moebius scarf, drapes nicely, it's hardly worth a $30 book just for the casting-on method. The rest of the designs are unattractive. I couldn't care less if the strap on a bag is twisted. Ny cats would undoubtedly turn up their noses at a knitted bed (no matter how many hours I'd spent on it). And unless I'm missing something in the photos, anything felted won't show whether it's been knit by the moebius cast on or simply begun as a strip conventionally cast on and off, given a half-twist and joined at the ends, and the long side's stitches picked up again. I think we have something of a boondoggle here.

Mobius rocks.......2007-01-07

I am a new knitter. After taking a class on the Mobius method, and getting into Cat Bordhi's fun and quirky head, it will be very boring for me to pick-up any of my other started projects. I have this and the first book, and was able to create many quick christmas presents that were a hit. Cat has found many ways that have simplified so many of the knitting methods, I am now able to transfer her methods to other knitting book patterns that I was afraid to try. I highly recommend trying these 2 books, you won't believe how how fun and strange it is, and knitting will never be the same for you.

Magical Needlework: 35 Original Projects & Patterns

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Not good, not bad
Great for book for witchy crafters
Good projects for the witch with a craftsy itch
Needlework with that special magic
Good for those starting out

Magical Needlework: 35 Original Projects & Patterns
Dorothy Morrison
Manufacturer: Llewellyn Publications
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In this lighthearted look at the magical potential of a craft that many might overlook, Morrison's fascination with puns ("what's sew magical") and rhymes ("counted cross-stitches in a row make the magic really grow") not only add a touch of her good humor, but help with understanding the importance of rhyme when it comes to holding power. The 35 projects Morrison presents cover all kinds of needlecraft including: sewing, quilting, embroidery, crochet, knitting, and even the ancient arts of dyeing, spinning, and weaving. If you've never threaded a needle, this book is the perfect primer covering all the basics, both mundane and magical. If you're a pro with the thread, this book will give you a new appreciation of the magic in your own hands. --Brian Patterson

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Not good, not bad.......2007-10-09

There's nothing really bad about this book, but there's nothing really good either. I've been cross-stitching all my life and a quilter fairly recently, and I've been looking for a magic-themed cross-stitch book for some time. This book does deliver a handful of nice patterns, but the overwhelming majority of these projects are very simplistic and (to my thinking) look rather cheap. Making rune pendants and bookmarks from plastic and yarn seems more like a project for little kids in whatever the Wiccan equivalent of "Sunday school" is. On the other hand, if you're looking for a book of magical needlework patterns, this is really the sum of available books on the topic, to the best of my knowledge. Don't get me wrong: I'm glad that the book is available, I just wish that the author's next project might include some more advanced projects and fewer "kiddie" crafts.

Great for book for witchy crafters.......2006-05-25

I loved this book. I bought this book when it first came out. And to say that I have just about done each craft in there is an understatement. The pentacle wall hanging is my favorite, and has made a wonderful gift for Yule and birthday present for pagan friends. I lost my book due to Katrina, but have added this one along with a bunch others, to my shopping list. Wonderful book and I just love Dorothy Morrison and every book she has written.

Good projects for the witch with a craftsy itch.......2005-12-09

I've made several of the projects and they were easy and turned out well. I have even been empowered to try quilting by this book. But I found the suggested incantations a little silly. But who needs the suggested incantations? The point is to do the projects...and I highly recommend you try some of these.

Needlework with that special magic.......2001-12-16

I consider myself an experienced needle person, being well versed in embroidery and quilting.

Working with the needle, sewing patterns, making quilt patterns, and working magic has always been in my own work. Watching weavers at their looms has convinced me that a true craftsperson could combine magic with any kind of needle craft and create some wondrous magical weavings.

In her book "Magical Needlework", Dorothy Morrison gives us a starting place for this kind of magical interweaving.

Her projects are simple, from a cover for a Book of Shadows, to poppets. The designs are very pagan or celtic in flavor, but an experienced needle person could take these projects and patterns to new heights.

She covers all kinds of needlework, from embroidery to needlepoint, to knitting, crocheting and quilting, so no one should feel the subject matter limited. She takes you step by step, with well laid out and clear directions. Most are well illustrated.

She also explains the magic. How to work the spells, herbs to use, energy flow from fabric and texture, making it easy to understand.

I found this book interesting, and I have considered a couple of projects, elaborated upon and molded just a bit to make the finished project uniquely my own. Just have to find the time to put it all together.

I recommend it for beginners and experienced alike, who wish to include magic in their projects. A good read, even for an experienced needle person like myself.

Good for those starting out.......2001-04-02

I really liked this book. The projects are simple and easy to follow. While more expierenced crafters will find some easier projects to work in between longer ones, the person just starting out in the craft and as a crafter will find the book very useful.

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Truly Awesome!
Outstanding

Magical Cross Stitch

Manufacturer: David & Charles Publishers
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ASIN: 0715324578

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With Magical Cross Stitch, cross-stitchers will find over twenty-five truly magical projects destined to become favorite keepsakes. This guide:

-Includes a range of gorgeous designs, from a Celtic fairy queen and Chinese dragons to beautiful mermaids and a majestic unicorn

-Incorporates glittering metallic threads and gleaming beads into many of the patterns for a stunning effect

-Shares a multitude of projects, including full-sized pictures, cushions, greetings cards, sachets and bags, and quick-to-stitch gifts and accessories

-Features easy-to-follow color charts and complete step-by-step project instructions

This guide presents truly unique and beautiful fantasy designs--one of the most popular subjects for cross-stitchers today.

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Truly Awesome!.......2007-10-12

As a 30 year old gaming dork that recently took up cross stitch I was thrilled to find this book of patterns that do not involve woodland creatures, bunnies and/or duckies, precious moments(tm), or prayers. *smile*

I love this thing! I got this book for it's super-slick chinese dragon patterns. It has 3 intricate (but not difficult) patterns for mountain, sea and cloud dragons as well as full craft directions for a pillow, framed piece and wall hanging. The finished pieces are about 5x7... not too big either.

There are also wonderful patterns for a set of 3 women (earth goddes, faerie queen, dark sorceress) that, like the dragons, are all the same finished size. Add in pegasus, sleeping beauty, flower faries, the phoenix on the cover, an okay mermaid, some wizardy accesories, and the fact that most of the big pieces have 2-4 additional patterns (or suggestions of how to break out an existing part of a full pattern) and you get a lot of really nice patterns all in one place.

Outstanding.......2007-05-28

I had forgotten I had ordered the book and when it arrived it was a wonderful surprise. The contents of the book were exactly what I was looking for.

Magical Fabric Art: Spellwork & Wishcraft through Patchwork Quilting and Sewing

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Magical Fabric Art: Spellwork & Wishcraft through Patchwork Quilting and Sewing
Sandra McCraw Scarpa
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Quilts have long been used as protection from the chill of winter, and even today with electric heating, quilts are still given as gifts on important occasions such as births and weddings. These simple handcrafts can elicit powerful feelings of protection and memories of love, and the magic within them is undeniable. Magical Fabric Art shows you how to build on this foundation to create symbolic and practical talismans with "only the simplest cutting and sewing ... sharp scissors and new needles." By including some modest preparations to charge the materials with your intent and by giving some extra consideration to the timing of your project, you can construct a quilt for love, a quilt for protection, or many other possible projects that draw on the energies of your creative abilities and focus them into a fabric of your own design. --Brian Patterson

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At its completion in 1917, Reynolda was a leading example of the country house movement. The 70-room structure was the center of a 1,067-acre estate encompassing a working farm and a village with its own church, post office, and school_all this to serve the six members of the R. J. Reynolds family. But events did not proceed exactly as planned. R. J. Reynolds barely lived to inhabit his house, and his wife, Katharine, was dead by 1924. The house saw the marriages of Mary and Nancy Reynolds, but it also saw the mysterious shooting death of Z. Smith Reynolds. By the mid-1950s, Reynolda House needed a transformation in order to survive. This book traces the history of the estate from its conception through its latter-day adaptation to a changing world_the commercial development of Reynolda Village and the rebirth of Reynolda House as a museum of American art. It is a story of early magnificence and survival and a celebration of an important cultural center.

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Breast Cancer: Society Shapes an Epidemic provides an innovative look at the social and political contexts of breast cancer and examines how this illness has become a social problem. This is not a book about breast cancer as a biological disease, its diagnosis and treatment, or the latest research to cure it. Rather, it looks at how economics, politics, gender, social class, and race-ethnicity have deeply influenced the science behind breast cancer research, spurred the growth of a breast cancer industry, generated media portrayals of women with the disease, and defined and influenced women's experiences with breast cancer. The contributors address the social construction of breast cancer as an illness and as an area of scientific controversy, advocacy, and public policy. Chapters on the history of breast cancer, the health care system, the environment, and the marketing of breast cancer, among others, tease apart the complex social forces that have shaped our collective and individual responses to breast cancer.

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Best book on the subject so far.......2001-08-02

Finally, someone has written an intelligent discussion of why this epidemic is plaguing us. The writing is very articulate. The authors really know what they are talking about.

A watershed look at breast cancer.......2001-07-23

This book represents a new view of breast cancer from the perspective of a group of commited feminists and founders of the women's health movement. Through this book, we learn to understand breast cancer and how it impacts on poor women as well as the important environmental links to breast cancer.

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