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26 Recently Released Landscape Rug Hooking A Painterly Approach to Creating the Landscapes You Love By Deanne Fitzpatrick Learn to blend core techniques with inspiration to create wall-worthy landscapes that are eye-catching, meaningful, and soothing to make. With this inspiring guide, you can craft your own landscape adventure in wool! Master the art of hooking the land, sea, and sky in this inspiring guide tomaking contemporary fiber art that’s completely personalized and expertly rendered. Express your own style in yarn and cloth as you learn to turn your vision into a strong line-based design. Then, chapter by chapter, master the specifics of hooking effective, motion-filled horizons, landforms, water, trees, skies—even buildings and people. With an approachable teaching style that focuses on our sense of place and the scenes that surround us, expert instructor Deanne Fitzpatrick provides • detailed walk-throughs of six projects, such as “Tiny Landscape” and “Sunset Cottages”; • instructions for six core techniques, such as traditional outlining, sketchbook use, and creating mixes; • inspiring photos of 148 artworks to draw on for learning and ideas; and • ways to embrace self-care in your crafting practice, brought to life with stories of Deanne’s experiences with landscapes. About the Author Deanne Fitzpatrick is an artist, entrepreneur, teacher, and transformative rug hooker who for more than 30 years has owned and operated the Deanne Fitzpatrick Studio. She has been awarded the prestigious Order of Canada for her contributions to the art form, and was named Rug Hooker of the Year by the Rug Hooking Museum of North America. She lives in Nova Scotia. www.hookingrugs.com ISBN: 978-0-7643-7001-4 Size: 10" x 11" (254 x 279 mm) Pages: 144 Price: $34.99, £31.99, 46.99 CAD Illustrations: 160 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Rugs ISBN 978-0-7643-7001-4 Profile Drafting for Handweavers Designs, Projects, and Expert Tips for Turning Your Ideas into Weave Structures By Deb Essen This comprehensive guide teaches handweavers how to understand, create, and use profile drafts and put the knowledge into practical use. Profile drafts are drafting “shorthand” for weavers, allowing them to create one fabric design and translate it into many weave structures. But many handweavers do not know how to use the drafts. This is the first book dedicated entirely to this key weaving tool. Expert weaver Deb Essen unlocks the “mystery” of profile drafting and breaks down the process into easy-to-understand information, illustrating how profile drafting works and how one profile draft can be made into multiple weave structures. You’ll learn to create and use profile drafts and translate them into 14 weave structures. You’ll also find projects for each structure that allow you to practice the drafts and structures as well as key components (such as the tie- ups for the treadles) so that you can gain a clear understanding of how the process works. ISBN: 978-0-7643-7000-7 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 192 Price: $34.99, £31.99, 48.99 CAD Illustrations: 96 color & 25 b/w images Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Weaving & Spinning ISBN 978-0-7643-7000-7 About the Author Deb Essen is a well-known weaving expert and teacher. She owns dje handwovens and has contributed to Handwoven and other magazines. She is the author of Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps (p. 45) and Swatch Critters from the Pin Loom (p. 23) . She lives in Victor, Montana. www.djehandwovens.com