Category: Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies
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Knitting with Balls
Knitting with Balls: A Hands-On Guide to Knitting for the Modern Man del Vecchio 2006 Submitter: Found this on our shelves last year. We still have three active copies and one was even checked out in 2016! LOL! Holly: This book isn’t awful at all – it’s awesome! I’m posting…
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Bizarre Body Art
Humages Mariotti 1984 Submitter: Creepy close ups of painted feet, nostrils. From a public school elementary library. Our school was built in 1990, so this came from somewhere else probably! Holly: Mary, this one is absolutely CALLING to you. #CreeperAlert Mary: Who thinks up this stuff? Now I am going…
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Pleasure in the Craft Section
Applehead Dolls for Pleasure and Profit Dotson 1962 I am not sure which is creepier: the author’s expression or this particular craft. Actually, I didn’t know one could make an applehead doll. Is this a thing? If it is, it needs to stop right now. Can you imagine trying to…
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Crochet Fashion
Big & Little Crochets Columbia-Minerva 1970 I know all you fashion forward library geeks can hardly resist anything knitted. What’s not to love? Ponchos and vests are a great way to feel comfortable at the reference desk. Guybrarians everywhere are loving that they are not excluded from this fashion trend!…
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WWJC?
What Would Jesus Craft: 30 Simple Projects for Making a Blessed Home MacDonald 2015 If you are Christian and easily offended, please stop reading right now. This book may push you right over the edge. For everyone else, here goes nothing. Here at ALB our standard fare consists of “it’s…
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Masks of Horror
Masks & How to Make Them Powell 1948 Submitter: I found this 68 year old book in the teen craft section of my local library. It’s full of wearable masks based on people from the 1940’s. Teens at my local library can check out the who’s who of the 1940’s…
Awful Library Books 