Spinning Wheels & Accessories: With Price Guide, by David A Pennington and Michael B Taylor

Collectors of spinning wheels, antique dealers, and lovers of textile tools will be excited that Pennington and Taylor are back with another great book about spinning wheels, including over 350 color photos to go with their painstaking research. Their emphasis remains the American spinning wheel from 1775-1900, and they have substantial sections on fancy European wheels as well as the various accessories that textile tool collectors crave.

Choose a worsted weight wool, mohair, or alpaca that felts well. Finished Size, about 12" to 18" tall.

About 450 yarns of required for a solid color bear

Knit in worsted weight wool. Classic stripe or sheep design. Finished size approximately 17" long and 7" wide.

Yarn Requirements: 200 yards of the main color and 100 yards of secondary color (plus a little black for details on the sheep). Do not use superwash wool, cotton, rayon or synthetics.

Knit and felt a cuddly friend. Depending on your choice of yarn and the amount of felting, your koala will be 8 to 12 inches tall.

Use about 250 yards of the main color plus about 25 yards of black worsted weight (or heavier) yarn that felts well. Do not use superwash wool, cottons or synthetics.

By Bev Galeskas. Bright, cheery tote bags with a shape reminiscent of a flower pot. Needle felt your bag* with some bright flowers, create your own work of art, or just knit it in your favorite color and enjoy it. Instructions for two sizes.

*Bag is knitted/Felted and the embellishment is needle felted. 300 yards of bulky weight wool is required for the small version - 600 yards of bulky weight wool for the large size.

By Bev Galeskas. Felt goes high style in this hat made in wool and a thick, silky "fur" novelty yarn. Top is worked in a contrasting shade of the wool. Shown in Baby Monkey and Naturally Tussock.

by Terri Dusenbury. An ideal motif for any number of craft projects, the butterfly becomes an especially spectacular showpiece when its delicate beauty is displayed in tatted form.

**OUT OF PRINT** Few copies remain.

Compiled by Susan Mills & Norah Gaughan.

Spanning 35 years and nearly 1000 designs, The Best of Lopi celebrates the tradition of the Icelandic yoked sweater with updated sizing, colorway choices, and clearly illustrated techniques.

In their bustling New York City yarn shop Julie Carles and Jordana Jacobs?a.k.a. the Yarn Girls?have helped thousands of new and lapsed knitters rediscover the pleasures of knitting. Forget frumpy worsted wools and tiny needles; here are the gorgeous, wearable styles you?ve been looking for, with patterns that knit up so fast even inexperienced knitters can start a project on Saturday and wear it to work Monday morning. Made on big needles (sizes 9 to 36) and with a wide range of the chunky, luxurious new yarns that are now available, they couldn?t be easier to create, or more fun to wear.

Blue Cable Sweater & Skirt to Knit from Dovetail Designs

This periwinkle sweater, with optional side vents, is great with jeans or dressed up with the matching skirt - choose your own length. Stocking stitch is used throughout, with neck opening, cuffs and welt in rib.

Five adult sizes: XS, S, M, L & XL. Worsted weight cotton. Size 9 (5.5mm) and 10 (6mm) needles.