Create dolls with personality from head to toe with tips from the self-taught artist, weaver, woodworker, and author of Needle Felting. A step-by-step visual guide to making a lighthearted and charming collectible for the doll-lovers you know! Bring these endearing characters to life with patterns you can personalize for a chef, gardener, knitter, mother, scrapbooker, shopper, or lover of all things handmade. Learn face-painting techniques that make...

Adorable, soft and colourful—and just the right size for little hands—knitted toys are the ideal gift for children of all ages. The collection of wonderful knitted toys in this book—many of them complete with their own alternative outfits or additional accessories—will be a welcome addition to any child's cuddly collection. As well as imaginative dolls, traditional animals and a cute teddy, Tracy Chapman has included a selection of nursery...

Victorian aesthetic and modern crafting come together in this guide with patterns for eight fantastical stuffies-perfect gifts for steampunk fans. Sarah Skeate and Nicola Tedman offer crafters an array of charmingly raffish characters inside “Steampunk Softies: 8 Scientifically Minded Dolls from a Past That Never Was”. Even if you're unfamiliar with the term "steampunk," chances are you've already discovered it through the works of Jules Verne,...

"It is a wonderful thing to bring an Impkin to life with hook and yarn, and herein you will find the detailed instructions necessary to craft one, with an endless array of options for ears, antennae, hats, wings, tails, scales, horns, hairstyles, clothing, and accessories. Stitch by stitch, you'll cast a spell, until at last you have made a brand-new creature"--