Educate Thy self Knitting
Tapestry Crochet
• www.tinyurl.com/yo5ruf Elizabethan Stocking formula • www.knittinghelp.com videos for right- and left-handed knitting techniques • The Art of Fair Isle Knitting by Ann Feitelson • The Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Encyclopedia edited by Alice Carroll (out of print but often available used) • The Knitter’s Handbook, from XRX Inc. color knitting/double strand knitting • Knitting School: A Complete Course from RCS Libri • Stitch ’N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook by Debbie Stoller • Vogue Knitting Quick Reference Guide from Sixth & Spring Books double points/knitting in the round
• www.tapestrycrochet.com • http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/rightstitches.html tutorials with illustrations • Tapestry Crochet by Carol Norton (Ventura) • More Tapestry Crochet by Carol Ventura • Bead & Felted Tapestry Crochet by Carol Ventura
Crochet • www.crochetme.com/assembling-amigurumi • www.crochetme.com/content-type/tutorial • www.crochetville.org • www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2006/10/tutorial -seamless-single-crochet.html • www.anniesattic.com • www.tamemymind.com/artscrafts/pages/ patternbooks-crochet-toysanimals.php • 300 Crochet Stitches (The Harmony Guides, V. 6) from Collins & Brown • 220 More Crochet Stitches (The Harmony Guides, V. 7) from Collins & Brown • Stitch ’N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker by Debbie Stoller
Beading • www.beadandbutton.com (search for “peyote stitch” or “beaded backstitch”) • www.robinatkins.com
Chainmail • www.mailleartisans.org (the basics) • http://cgmaille.com/tutorials.html (advanced)
Sewing • www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2007/01/tutorial-hand -sew-felt.html • www.lovetosew.com • Sewing 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing from Creative Publishing International
Embroidery and Cross Stitch • The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Bettie Barnden • www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/stitches/index.html • www.subversivecrossstitch.com/howto/index.html