Lifestyle and Hobbies

With 181 detailed color photos and clear, step-by-step guidance from a top-tier knifemaker, this workshop-proven method guides intermediate to advanced level knifemakers to success in crafting a folding knife. The liner lock mechanism can be made relatively easily, it needs only few components, and it is—if constructed neatly—secure and durable.

Kanthas, embroidered fabrics traditionally created by the women of northern India and Bangladesh, capture culture, history, and stitching creativity in their layers of repurposed old cloth. This book reveals the beauty in kantha's simplicity--it is based on simple running stitch--and offers step-by-step instructions that enable today's textile artists to enjoy it.

On the surface, cats may seem to care about very little other than finding the sunniest spots to nap or the best boxes to hide in, but they have higher paths, greater purposes and truer callings in life.

From summoning courage with a simple candle ritual, to seeing what the day has in store by reading the grounds from that first cup of coffee, occult magick has become part of daily life for many over recent years. The opportunity to glimpse the future – or learn from our past – holds a mystical allure as we try to make sense of the unpredictability of our existence.

They're striking, precious and have long been prized for their beauty, but have you ever tapped into the extraordinary magic of crystals? The grand powers attributed to these little stones are infinite, and this book is here to help enhance your everyday life by revealing the practical and spiritual benefits each crystal has to offer.

The ability to foresee our future is something we all long for, and with the help of this guided journal you'll find yourself harnessing your psychic abilities in no time. From naeviology to numerology, tasseography to tarot and everything in between, this book will be your ultimate guide to fortune telling.