Bøker utgitt av David & Charles

A bumper collection of 500 patterns for needlepoint, also known as tapestry embroidery and canvaswork. Stitched in yarn on canvas, the designs can be repeated to fill any size of canvas, with beautiful photography and a full-colour chart for every pattern.

Knit beautiful, bespoke blankets that reflect your favourite landscapes with this original pattern collection. Designer and geographer, Anne Le Brocq, has created a collection of 50 knitting patterns for different kinds of landscape and weather features so whether you live near the mountains or by the sea, you can knit your own 'blanketscape'.

This book "takes you on a journey with 14 original scenic projects inspired by the great outdoors. From the mountains to the beach, each easy-to-piece pictorial landscape design features a mini companion project for an even faster make"--

Learn to draw amazing portraits starting with simple shapes with viral artist SinArty. Through exercises and step-by-step tutorials, artists will unlock their portrait drawing potential and create intricate artworks, starting from really simple shapes and building up to more advanced sketching and shading techniques in graphite and charcoal pencil.

A 52-week undated journal for exploring the role of kindness in modern life, with a focus on the small actions that can make a very big difference, with 100 ways that users can bring more kindness into their lives.

In this guide for the absolute beginner, artist Zoe Ingram shows you that just drawing very simple lines and shapes can have a powerful meditative effect, and at the same time create beautiful art you can be proud of.

The full history of Porsche's 991-type 911, written with co-operation from the factory by an acknowledged Porsche expert with numerous acclaimed Porsche titles under his belt.

Title: Knitted Animal Toys, Author: Louise (Author) Crowther, Publication Year: 2023-09-05, Publisher: David & Charles, Language: eng

A collection of beginner-friendly knitting patterns for Foxy, a stylish urban fox, and his friends: Lolly the Cat; Sasha the Dog; Banjo the Bear; Rodney the Raccoon and Echo the Arctic Fox. As well as knitting patterns for the animals there are patterns for 50 clothes and accessories.

A collection of over 400 kawaii-style cross stitch motifs, designed for stitchers of every skill level. It features colorful and detailed motifs, all given the super-cute treatment. Multiple applications for keepable hoop art, adorable gift tags, and the sweetest embellishments for homewares.

A major reference book detailing every model produced by the Rootes Group: Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam and Sunbeam-Talbot. Company history and full model-by-model details provide absorbing interest for the classic car enthusiast.

Profusely illustrated throughout, a worthy addition to the Veloce Pictorial History series. Every Vauxhall model (1945-1995) has been painstakingly researched detailing body derivatives, production changes, technical information and hundreds of period photos and diagrams, plus how the ever-changing advertising was used to promote each model.

Learn to draw the cutest kawaii pictures in easy-to-follow steps! Split into 4 sweet sections, the drawing tutorials cover food and drink, cats and kittens, unicorns and other adorable animals, and cute characters. Easy step-by-step sequences for 80 different designs, in 5-7 steps, makes this super accessible to the young and the young at heart.

A practical guide to making 24 recipes used by traditional European herbalists throughout the ages, with the history and stories of the skills and crafts woven through.

A unique artist's reference offering easy-to-follow, ingenious ideas and techniques for painting 50 popular landscapes in watercolour.

A week-to-view journal that teaches you how to draw your very own autobiographical comics in one panel a day. With tips and tricks to teach you the basics of drawing comics, and prompts to help encourage mindfulness, Snippets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to combine creativity with self-care.

Title: Pokemon Cross Stitch, Author: Maria Diaz, Publication Year: 2023-07-18, Publisher: David & Charles, Language: eng

The perfect guide for all those starting out on their magickal journey, this book will give readers all the confidence and knowledge they need to start crafting their own grimoire from scratch, with papers and images to inspire them included, so they can record everything they learn in their witchcraft practice for years to come.

Artist Kathleen Hoffman shares her fascination with mandalas, sacred symbols and nature's wonder, through a collection of 12 step-by-step painting projects, accessible to painters of all abilities.

The perfect book to inspire readers to use tarot as a tool to enhance intuition and mindfulness, making tarot fun and accessible for people just starting out on their tarot journey, or for the more experienced tarot reader wanting to engage with their deck more fully.

The ultimate guide to encouraging wildlife into the garden all year round. Taking a month-by-month approach, The Wildlife Gardener's Almanac is packed with ideas, advice, tips and checklists, to give gardener's the best chance to make their contribution to conserving our native flora and fauna, no matter what size their garden.

Whether the reader is a practising green witch, or simply an amateur gardener with a spiritual affinity with nature, this book will give them everything they need to successfully make a garden from seed and unlock the wonders of nature.

The first and only crochet stitch dictionary to feature tapestry crochet motifs. With bold, graphic designs, the 150 motifs in this book are perfect for the modern maker. Plus, five projects allow you to mix and match motifs into one-of-a-kind designs that reflect your own tastes. There is also advice on choosing stitches and fixing mistakes.

Mosaic knitting is a quick-to-learn technique that will enable you to make beautiful, colourwork knitted projects in no time. This collection of techniques and knitting patterns and charts for mosaic knitting homewares and accessories includes everything you need to get started with this exciting technique.

A collection of designs and instructions for 20 cute and cuddly punch needle toys. They are part toy, part cushion, due to the simple outline shapes. Punch needle is a cross between weaving and embroidery and lends itself to really impactful designs but is still simple and fun to do.