Crafts

The Repair Shop - the Bafta-award-winning series with regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone - has cemented itself as a BBC classic. Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. Each expert explains their craft, the reason they love it so much and how they go about restoring and reviving your precious objects, from a Ukrainian suitcase to a matchstick...

Every kid loves to have fun - so why not fill up their toybox with delightful handmade toys? 'Crochet Toy Box' features everything you need to create crochet toys and games for the little ones in your life. They can take a trip to Mexico with an amigurumi doll, learn colours and shapes with fun geometric patterns, and battle each other in naughts and crosses. For r crochet beginners, the book also features a handy guide to get you started in the craft....

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.

Make your own beautiful mid-century wooden objects for the home. With over 80 projects, from the simple to the advanced, this is the perfect book to progress your woodworking skills and create something beautiful for your home.

Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father's 80th birthday. Failing to find anything suitable, he decided to make one himself which took him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this...

Step-by-step guide to over 70 crafts to make throughout the year. This easy-to-follow crafting guide from the queen of crafting Sara Davies will help you and your family craft throughout the year, with crafts for beginner, intermediate and advanced crafters. Packed full of ideas, tips and tricks to help you grow in confidence and creativity, as well as useful lists of tools, must-have items and a glossary explaining the key crafting terms and phrases...

The relaxing and rewarding craft of whittling is synonymous with a woodland setting, which provides the ideal subject matter for this book from seasoned woodcarver, Peter Benson. Intricately carved and infused with character, this collection of 15 whittled woodland creatures makes a perfect beginner's guide to the hobby.

Everyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. 'Mindfulness in Knitting' casts fresh light on this famously calming craft, and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can in itself nurture wellbeing. It explores the joys of making and looks at the benefits of taking up one of the simplest and most useful of crafts.

Stephanie Hartman takes you through all the basics you'll need to create your own works of collage. Learn how to find and choose materials, what tools you'll need in your basic kit and how to get started on your artistic journey. Simple warm-up exercises give you the confidence to overcome the fear of the blank page, and more complex step-by-step exercises will motivate you to push your practice to the next level.

Here is a directory of 150 Tunisian crochet stitches, featuring step-by-step photographic guides to creating each stitch, with clear written and charted instructions, and accompanied by well-presented swatches.