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    How to Doodle Year-Round
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    How to Doodle Year-Round

    Age range 12+Create simple seasonal and holiday doodles using multicolored pens! Want to draw a jack-o'-lantern with a toothy smile? How about a silly Santa out cruising in his sleigh? How to Doodle Year-Round helps you create these sweet and...
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    Naomiki Sato's Origami Roses
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    Naomiki Sato's Origami Roses

    Decorate your desk, home, wedding or next get-together with these professional looking paper blossoms! This stunning book presents detailed instructions for eleven elegant and lifelike paper flower projects that will enhance any home or occasion. Paper...
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    Easy Knitted Fingerless Gloves
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    Easy Knitted Fingerless Gloves

    Fingerless gloves have burst onto the fashion scene in recent years with designers from Gucci to Kate Spade embracing this popular style. Now home knitters can create personalized fingerless gloves using original Japanese knitting patterns. From...
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    Cute Needle Felted Animal Friends
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    Cute Needle Felted Animal Friends

    Cute Needle Felted Animal Friends shows you how to create lifelike felted figures that remind you of the pets you love - using a little wool roving and a few basic tools and techniques. Even more than this, it shows you how to capture their adorable...
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    Adorable Pom Pom Animals
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    Adorable Pom Pom Animals

    Pom poms are suddenly showing up again everywhere-as fashion accessories, home decor items and toys-adding a new twist to an old favorite.Adorable Pom Pom Animals shows you how to sculpt cuddly pets and mascots in different shapes and sizes-from...
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    Ultimate Origami for Beginners Kit
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    Ultimate Origami for Beginners Kit

    This is the perfect kit for you if you've always wanted to try origami, but could never settle on a single style or type of paper. Don't limit yourself -- try them all!What's all this buzz about origami? It seems that everywhere we look, people are...
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    Building Outdoor Furniture
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    Building Outdoor Furniture

    Woodworking projects that will transform your outdoor space.Spend more time enjoying your patio, porch, and backyard with more than a dozen projects, including a classic Adirondack, sturdy and stylish tables, comfortable benches, and much more. With...
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    Harry Potter: Magical Paper Crafts
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    Harry Potter: Magical Paper Crafts

    Harry Potter: Paper Crafts is a unique collection of more than 20 magical paper crafts inspired by the Harry Potter films.From DIY pop-up creations to paper-cut decorations, each craft includes clear instructions, a skill-level rating for makers of all...
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    Japan Blue Indigo Dyeing Techniques
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    Japan Blue Indigo Dyeing Techniques

    Discover the fun of shibori and the beauty of indigo dyeing in one book!This book presents a new spin on the beloved Japanese art of Shibori resist tie-dying using 100% natural indigo dyes and simple techniques that you can do at home.Add artistic...
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    The Art & Science of Geometric Origami
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    The Art & Science of Geometric Origami

    A magnificent new collection of 60 sculptural paper models from a mathematical origami master!Master origami folder and author Jun Maekawa is known for developing innovative new methods of folding origami based on fundamental mathematical principles. In...
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    Easy Origami for Kids
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    Easy Origami for Kids

    Age range 7+ Kids will have great fun folding their very own cute origami models - from animals and sweet treats to vehicles and flowers.All the models in this book are easy to fold using ordinary paper. The colourful paper characters and objects are...
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    A Beginner's Guide to Kintsugi
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    A Beginner's Guide to Kintsugi

    Old, broken objects can become more beautiful than ever!The thought of throwing away a cherished dish or mug can be heartbreaking. If you've ever wanted to repair a treasured piece rather than tossing it in the trash - but didn't know...
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    Amazing Origami Dinosaurs
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    Amazing Origami Dinosaurs

    Age range 12+Amazing Origami Dinosaurs contains everything you need to fold 10 amazing origami dinosaur models twice! The colourful folding papers, clear instructions and realistic illustrations in this book bring these awesome creatures to life! This...
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    Realistic Origami Animals
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    Realistic Origami Animals

    Create miniature versions of your favourite creatures!Realistic Origami Animals shows you how to create 32 exquisite paper animals designed by renowned origami master, Fumiaki Kawahata. This diverse collection features many unusual models that will bring...
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    150 Favorite Crochet Motifs from Tokyo's Kazekobo Studio
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    150 Favorite Crochet Motifs from Tokyo's Kazekobo Studio

    In 150 Favorite Crochet Motifs from Tokyo's Kazekobo Studio, Japanese knitwear designer Yoko Hatta shows you creative ways to use leftover yarn and your own sense of design to make hundreds of exciting crochet patterns. You'll find a range of motifs in...
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    The Ultimate Book of Origami Animals
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    The Ultimate Book of Origami Animals

    Fold your favourite origami animals-from cute Panda Cubs, Kittens and Penguins to the menacing Great White Shark and Tyrannosaurus Rex. The easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions in this book show you how to quickly fold 120 amazing animal...
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    Japanese Wonder Crochet
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    Japanese Wonder Crochet

    Like Japanese knitting before it, Japanese-style crochet is getting ready to sweep the globe!Japanese Wonder Crochet is the first major Japanese crochet book to be translated into English. It introduces crafters outside Japan to the wonderful...
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    1000 Japanese Knitting & Crochet Stitches
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    1000 Japanese Knitting & Crochet Stitches

    1000 Japanese Knitting & Crochet Stitches is a treasure trove of needlecraft patterns and motifs for knitters and crocheters seeking to create and better understand the infinite variety of their craft. The classic compendium of Japanese stitches is...
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    Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible
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    Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible

    In the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible, knitting guru Hitomi Shida shares some of her favourite needlework patterns. Shida's strikingly original designs and variations on every imaginable classic stitch result in intricate patterns that form the basis for...
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    Akira Yoshizawa, Japan's Greatest Origami Master
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    Akira Yoshizawa, Japan's Greatest Origami Master

    Master origami artist Akira Yoshizawa was a true innovator who played a seminal role in the rebirth of origami in the modern world. He served as a bridge between past and present-between the ancient traditional craft and the development...
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    Ultimate Paper Airplanes for Kids
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    Ultimate Paper Airplanes for Kids

    In this brand new book, paper airplane expert Andrew Dewar presents his ultimate collection of easy-to-fold, high-performance planes for kids who are fascinated by paper airplanes. These planes are brightly colored and designed...
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    Adorable Felted Animals
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    Adorable Felted Animals

    Adorable Felted Animals shows you how you can create more than 30 endearing dogs, cats, birds and other animals using a little wool roving, a felting needle, and a few simple techniques. Starting with basic shapes you roll in...
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  • The Handcarved Bowl
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    The Handcarved Bowl

    The Handcarved Bowl provides step-by-step photos and directions for every stage of the bowlcarving process that will appeal to everyone from beginning woodworkers to seasoned carvers. Carving wooden bowls by hand may appear to be just a romantic notion...
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  • Projects from the Minimalist Woodworker
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    Projects from the Minimalist Woodworker

    Vic Tesolin's Projects from the Minimailist Woodworker teaches the basics of furniture making using step-by-step photos detailing the process of building handsome projects any woodworker will be proud to create.A follow-up to Vic's much-lauded first...
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    Boxes to Build
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    Boxes to Build

    Box projects for the home and workshop that you'll actually use...When it comes to selecting a project, boxes are a popular choice for woodworkers. They're small, don't require a lot of material, and can be quick to build. They can offer technical...
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    Construction Vehicles to Crochet
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    Construction Vehicles to Crochet

    Get ready to crochet an entire construction site full of chunky trucks and marvelous machines! From Megan Kreiner, best-selling author and popular crochet designer, Construction Vehicles to Crochet is packed with creative projects to help your favorite...
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    Woodturning with Resin
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    Woodturning with Resin

    Discover how resin can transform your next woodturned project into a work of art...You've probably seen the dazzling work of woodturners who've combined resin with wood to create gorgeous, one-of-a-kind projects ranging from pens and bowls to platters,...
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  • A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro
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    A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro

    Learn to sew garments that you'll love and want to wear all throughout the year! Craft a timeless and versatile wardrobe for everyday with Nani Iro, the Japanese fabric brand by artist and textile designer Naomi Ito. In this follow-up toThe Nani Iro...
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  • The Scottish Nature Colouring Book
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    The Scottish Nature Colouring Book

    Featuring iconic animals from red deer, golden eagles and Highland cows to red squirrels, pine martens and salmon as well as the plants, trees and flowers which thrive in mountain, forest, moor and seashore, this book is the ideal way to explore...
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  • The Great Tapestry of Scotland Colouring Book
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    The Great Tapestry of Scotland Colouring Book

    The Great Tapestry of Scotland is one of the most ambitious community arts projects ever undertaken. The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, it was created by a team of over a...
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  • The Colouring Book of Scotland
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    The Colouring Book of Scotland

    A unique Scottish colouring book suitable for adults as well as children featuring 20 of the country's most iconic places, including:Edinburgh Castle * Forth Rail Bridge * St Andrews * HMS Discovery, Dundee * Balmoral castle * Loch Ness/Urquart Castle *...
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  • Unravelling Canada
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    Unravelling Canada

    Toques, mittens and scarves are all associated with northern climates, but the quintessential garment of Canadian knitting is surely the bulky and distinctly patterned West Coast cardigan. In the early twentieth century, Indigenous woolworkers on...
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    MY WAY OF SHELLING
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    MY WAY OF SHELLING

    Complete Book on how to start a sea shelling collecting hobby, includes how to dress, preferred time of day, how to collect sea shells, how to clean and prepare sea shells for display, and many more tips on how to enter this hobby.
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  • A 100 Things 2 Do Christmas
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    A 100 Things 2 Do Christmas

    When high-end Holiday decor doesn't agree with your lower-end budget - make it!A 100 Things 2 Do Christmas takes you step-by-step through more than 40 Christmas crafts including ornaments, Holiday decor, gift ideas and even tags and wrap. Projects for...
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    The 100 Day Project
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    The 100 Day Project

    A guide to choosing, completing, and sharing a 100-day creative project. There's a creative person inside every one of us! You don't have to consider yourself an artist to create and share fun or expressive work; sometimes all it takes is commitment...
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    Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

    Learn to create any color from a basic palette of just 11 colors!What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create...
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    Watercolor Botanical Garden
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    Watercolor Botanical Garden

    Relax and dive into the ultimate guide to creating watercolour paintings of your favourite flowers! From bright red roses to deep green cacti, this gorgeous, easy-to-follow book will show how anyone can paint luminous watercolour flowers and botanicals...
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    The Official Unicorn SPiT User's Handbook

    Create colourful masterpieces with the official guide to using Unicorn SPiT!Unicorn SPiT is a paint, gel stain, and glaze concentrate all in one bottle! It creates a multifaceted, 3-dimensional effect on wood, glass, metal, fabric, pottery, wicker,...
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    Watercolor Snacks
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    Watercolor Snacks

    Relax and take a bite out of this tasty guide to creating watercolour paintings of your favourite treats!Watercolor Snacks is for food lovers, beginning artists, and anyone who wants to explore the world of watercolours through easy and accessible...
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    The Diamond Painting Guide and Logbook

    The ultimate guide to the hottest new crafting trend!Colorful, creative, and totally addictive, diamond painting has taken the crafting world by storm. Now, withThe Diamond Painting Guide and Logbookreaders can get expert advice and inspiration on how to...
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    LEGO with Dad
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    LEGO with Dad

    Break out the bricks, it's time for awesome family fun! LEGO bricks can be an endless source of imagination and joy for kids of all ages, and now dads can join in and help build amazing new creations. LEGO With Dad is the ultimate guide...
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    Hand Lettering on the iPad with Procreate

    Hand Lettering on the iPad with Procreate is the ultimate guide to every step of the digital hand lettering process. Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and noted lettering instructor Liz Brown composes a...
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    Morpho: Hands and Feet
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    Morpho: Hands and Feet

    In Morpho: Hands and Feet, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body. In this book, Lauricella focuses exclusively on the hands and feet--arguably the most popular and, to some, the most difficult...
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    Natural Balance
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    Natural Balance

    Natural Balance is a photographic compilation of the artistic works of Canadian sculptor Kun Foon Lee. His meticulously crafted sculptures are composed of various native woods and found natural objects such as pine cones, driftwood and dried wild flowers...
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  • The Magic Of Pockets
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    The Magic Of Pockets

    Transform your wardrobe with this step-by-step guide to sewing pockets into your favourite clothes. With simple instructions and line drawings, this book teaches six basic pockets, with suggested alterations to customise each pocket to your wardrobe...
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  • Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
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    Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus

    Travel to Salem, Massachusetts, with this unofficial colouring book featuring 20 original, hand-drawn illustrations inspired by the sets of the cult-favourite film Hocus Pocus.Whether you streamthe movie every day starting September 1stor you just catch...
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  • Paisleys: Coloring for Artists
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    Paisleys: Coloring for Artists

    Discover the stress-reducingbenefits of coloring paisley designs.Originating in ancient Persia, the paisley design became popular in the West after its importation by Europeannations. The shawls on which the beautiful and intricate designs often appeared...
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  • Mandalas: Coloring for Everyone
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    Mandalas: Coloring for Everyone

    Reduce stress and promote creativity by coloring beautiful mandalas."I sketched every morning in a notebook a small circular drawing, a mandala, which seemed to correspond to myinner situation at the time. . . . Only gradually did I discover what the...
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Best Books on Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts – Knitting, Embroidery, Pottery, DIY Crafts

Discover your next creative passion with BookLoop’s handicrafts, decorative arts, and crafts books. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artisan, our range of books offers expert guidance on everything from DIY home décor projects and paper crafts to knitting, embroidery, pottery, calligraphy, and fabric painting.

At BookLoop, we understand how satisfying it is to create something with your own hands. That’s why our selection includes detailed tutorials, patterns, and ideas for a wide variety of creative pursuits. You’ll find books on how to make handmade gifts, create macramé wall hangings, or even start a small craft business.

Explore categories like: Knitting and Crochet Patterns for Beginners, DIY Embroidery Techniques and Designs, Pottery and Ceramics Step-by-Step, Calligraphy and Hand Lettering, Home Craft Ideas for Kids and Adults, Sustainable Crafts with Recycled Materials and more.

Looking to unwind and de-stress? Try mindful projects like adult colouring books, paper folding (origami), or watercolour painting. These artistic practices are proven to support relaxation and creative expression.

For those passionate about textile arts, explore books on quilting, sewing for beginners, fabric dyeing, and upcycling clothing. Many of our books also include materials lists, project photos, and beginner-friendly instructions to help you follow along easily at home.

If you're aiming to make your art a business, we also offer guides on craft marketing, branding handmade goods, and selling on Etsy or markets. From hobbyists to aspiring professional makers, BookLoop supports your creative journey with expert-led content.

Whether you're working with wood, yarn, clay, thread, or paper, BookLoop's books on handicrafts, decorative arts, and crafts will inspire and guide your next masterpiece.