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Combine your style, creativity, and love for The Fab Four with The Official Beatles Knitting Book!
This gorgeous knitwear collection combines the popularity of a multi-generational band and a multi-generational craft and will excite the entire family, from great grandparents to Gen-Z. The Beatles are the best-selling music artists of all time, by far. The patterns from this fully licensed knitting book are inspired by iconic Fab Four imagery and album artwork. Create sweaters, cardigans, accessories, childrenswear and homewares that are cozy, feature exciting design details, and are unmistakably Beatles. There's even a pattern for pets!
The patterns are designed to appeal to all ages, and when made with the yarns suggested, are intended to result in heritage pieces that fans will treasure. There are designs in easy, intermediate and advanced levels, with a particular emphasis on intarsia and colourwork techniques.
Learn more at insighteditions.com
A new correspondence box of Pollen envelopes and cards is being released, which is perfect for sending out festive wishes to friends and family. The pack contains 20 x 210gsm cards (11x15.5cm size), plus 20 adhesive 120gsm C6 envelopes (11.4x16.2cm). Acid-free and suitable for both inkjet and laser printers, each pack features a split of seasonal colours, such as white, black, kraft and sage green. These are available from Exaclair Ltd.
Another Studio has launched a Botanical Drawing Stencil for crafting, journaling and wellness. Design Stencils are for people who want to draw, design and personalise their work easily and efficiently. Its innovative product promotes playful creation and wellness. The Botanical Stencil allows the user of any artistic ability to be creative by personalising stationery, notebooks, bullet journals and more. The Botanical Design Stencils flowers, foliage and flourishes can be combined to create illustrations, motifs, decorative borders and patterns. It can used with pencils, pens and fine liners to create a myriad of designs. Containing a medley of botanical shapes, the Botanical Stencil includes dahlias, wildflowers, daisies, leaves, a ladybird, a bee, numbers and capitalised alphabet. Made from brass-coated steel and weighing 25g, the Botanical Design Stencil is durable, lightweight and slim to carry around in a journal or pencil case. They are available online at www.another-studio.com
Following London Pride this weekend, how cool is this rainbow coloured seeded plantable paper. Just perfect for cardmaking or creating your own tags or decorations!
Visit: Seed Paper Rainbow Flower Seed Paper - 200gsm Blank Paper Little Green – Little Green Paper Shop
Create your own world within a bottle, a fairy terrarium or even stamp your own message in a bottle, the choice is yours with these Lavinia Stamps Bottle Sticker Stencils. Complete the look by adding a stopper from the bonus stamp set 'Corks'. Lavinia Stamps sticker stencils can be used as the positive and negative. Repositionable, reusable and wipeable, they are great for card projects, journaling, scrapbooking and other creative projects. For further info, call: +44 (0)1824 710 691 or visit the website: www.laviniastamps.com
Back by popular demand, Peak Dale's Family Craft Pack returns with an exciting upgrade. Initially a sell-out success during the lockdown, the company has now revamped this favourite to make it even more engaging. Designed for creative fun across all ages, this pack comes bursting with a variety of improved contents that ensure endless hours of crafting. Perfect for family bonding, this 'Brand Spanking New' edition offers more value and fun than ever before. For further information, call one of the team on: +44 (0)1298 78447 or visit the website: www.peakdaleproducts.co.uk
Covering a comprehensive range of popular themes, these latest correspondence boxes from Clairefontaine's Pollen brand offer an ideal solution for communicating personal life events and messages. Whether sending your love or condolences to someone dear, or inviting them to a wedding, birthday, baby shower or even a New Year's party, these boxes include all you need! Each box contains eight folded 11cm x 15.5cm sized cards, made from premium 185gsm Clairefontaine card, along with eight C6 (11.4cm x 16.2cm) sized 120gsm envelopes. Each pack features four visually striking designs, which are repeated twice. Produced from PEFC certified materials, these correspondence boxes are a sustainable choice for the ecologically aware consumer. The full range is available to display within a compact retail friendly cardboard countertop unit. For further information, call +44 (0)1553 696 600, email: sales@exaclair.co.uk or visit the website https://exaclairlimited.com
Cats Protection is holding five different at-home Craft for Cats events this year, which means you can try your hand at five fabulous cat-themed crafts. Our kits are exclusively designed specifically for all skill levels from beginner to intermediate. When you sign up to one of our Craft for Cats events, you'll get everything you need to make your masterpiece sent right to your door. You'll also get access to our Craft for Cats Facebook group, where you'll be part of a cat-loving community who all share a passion for having fun and making lovely things while wanting to make a difference to the lives of cats and kittens. Shown here is the papercraft technique known as iris folding in this cat-themed card making kit. Each kit includes three cat-themed designs with a variety of coloured card and greetings messages to personalise the greeting cards and share a special message with friends and family.
The kit costs £20 with a minimum of £10 going to help cats in Cats Protection’s care. It takes place on Sat 13th July 10am-12. Sign up at cats.org.uk/irisfoldingcraft
The Tarot Spreads Year Card Deck features 52 cards and a 16-page booklet that allows beginners to get to know their tarot decks and the cards, build confidence, and find the reading methods that are most comfortable for them - all while having fun and honing their intuition.
For further information, call: +44 (0)1392 790 650 or visit: https://davidandcharles.com
These new felt craft pennant kits will look fabulous in the home. The Wildflower and Celestial designs are £19.95 RRP and come with everything you need including the wool felt, DMC threads, wooden dowel and cotton, pins, needle and of course our highly detailed step-by-step instructions designed for total beginners. For further information, email: info@hawthornhandmade.co.uk or visit the website: www.hawthornhandmade.com