Martingale & Company.Martingale martingale a leather strap running from the girth to the reins or the noseband for the purpose of restricting the movements of the horse's head. There are many designs. The common ones are the standing martingale, which is attached to the noseband, and the running martingale, which & Company 2025--144th Ave. NE, Woodinvale, 98072-8478 www.martingale-pub.com These excellent new crafts guides are perfect for sewers and knitters seeking something different. Melissa Matthay and Sheryl Thies' Little Box Of Scarves scarves n. A plural of scarf1. scarves Noun a plural of scarf1 II (1564-776220, $19.95) packages a variety of scarf project patterns in a box set of appealing project cards rather than the usual book form. The advantage of this format: cards can be individually slipped into a knitting bag for projects in progress. Each card includes a color photo, schematics, materials, and step-by-step directions for easy reproduction. Amy Barickman's Bag Boutique: Making Fabulous Purses And Totes Totes (more fully Totes»ISOTONER) is a corporation that sells umbrellas, gloves, rubber rain boots, and other similar accessories. Its headquarters is in Cincinnati, Ohio. (1564776115, $21.95) tells how to create an appealing bag or purse. There's more to such projects than style and color: handles and closures and a range of personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. options such as photo transfers and free downloadable images offer all kinds of options: all of which are covered in and easy project-oriented guide. Applique artists will relish a nature-oriented guide in Jane Townswick's Applique Takes Wing: Exquisite Designs For Birds, Butterflies, And More (1564-775844, $29.95). Simply gorgeous block patterns and samples for birds and butterflies provide step-by-step color photos on their creation: they may be used in quilts, for towels, and for a range of art projects. The color photos and easy directions make this an exceptional pick. Sarah Dallas' Knitting (1564776379, $29.95) provides a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. of Sarah Dallas's modern designs for clothes, afghans and accessories alike. There are over 30 such projects here, with sizes, yarn advice, needles, and even more important, explanations of knitting abbreviations Knitting abbreviations are often used for brevity in describing knitting patterns. Knitting abbreviations can be grouped by what they describe:
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