Category: Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies
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Delightful Decorations
How to Make Party and Holiday Decorations Easy to make delightful decorations for every special occasion Berry 1976 This book was still in circulation (as of this writing). The binding was cracked and there was quite a bit of tape used to rescue this lovely book. It also contains the…
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Why Knot?
Macrame Why Knot Morris 1976 Time to get groovy with some macrame wall hangings and other crafty stuff. My personal favorite is the lampshade, however the wine “rack” comes in at a close second. Just about everyone I knew back in the day had some kind of macrame plant holder.…
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Groovy Weaving Projects
Shaped Weaving Krevitsky and Ericson 1974 I don’t even know where to begin. Prepare for shock and awful. I can appreciate the skills of a weaver. Regardless of the skill involved with these creations, I just can’t see any circumstance that would require some of these outfits. On the other…
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Groovy Granny Squares
Modern Needle Craft Allied Graphic Arts 1971 Time to get your craft groove on. For the crochet crowd, take a look at the granny square “fashions”. I know the men will want to get a granny square tie. I am not sure that granny squares = groovy mod fashion. Just…
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Flattering Feline Fashions
Cat Knits Coss 1988 I am going to guess every librarian knitter/cat lover will be rushing to the stacks to grab this book with their knitting needles locked and loaded! Who wouldn’t love to get their needles going on a big sweater that emphasizes the caboose by planting a semi-pissed…
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Creepy Kids with Tools
I Can Use Tools Kesselman and Peterson 1981 I am all about maker type materials and info for kids in the public library setting. This book is pretty basic and does outline the most common tools. Good idea. However, the more I looked at this book, the more creeped out…
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