Welding for Beginners, adapted from Stephen Blake Christena's Learn to Weld, has culled the absolute basics that are required to build a successful welding hobby and illustrated them in these pages. Both practical and inspiring, this book teaches you the basic equipment you will need, setting up your work area, techniques for beginners with project ideas for practicing your skills, dos and don'ts, and welding safety.

If you are inexperienced and want to start out strong--whether working in a home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop--this is the perfect reference. The projects illustrate the basic foundation techniques that every welder needs to know, while also helping you tackle problems and fix mistakes as well as shortcuts and level ups. Photographs and illustrations teach welding and clear, concise, easy-to-read text takes all the confusion out of the learning the processes.

This easy-to-use book includes:

• Welding techniques for simple practical repairs and small artisan home projects
• Safety and protective gear
• Workshop set-up plans
• Basic equipment and upkeep
• Basic welding types, including arc and MIG
• Common mistakes and troubleshooting
• Instructive photos showing process details for successful results
• Tons of quick tips and welding hacks to give beginners a strong foundation to improve upon
• Three step-by-step projects: a cube, welding table, and long table

Adapted from Melissa Leapman's Indispensable Stitch Collection for Crocheters, this beautiful, comprehensive, and easy-to-tote stitch pattern companion is a must-have for your crochet project bag!

In a small, easy-to-tote format, Essential Crochet Starter Stitches is a concise stitch dictionary featuring 100 stitch patterns for solids, shells and fans, openwork and lace, and simple edgings.

• This rich library of crochet stitch designs covers a wide range of patterns, from a thicket pattern to summertime shells to clover lace.
• Each stitch pattern includes a photo of a finished swatch and both easy-to-read instructions and a stitch diagram using international symbols. Choose the format that makes you and your crochet hook happy.
• Most of the patterns are original and are accessible to most skill levels. If you've mastered looping yarn over your hook to create a simple chain, you already possess all the skills you need to create an infinite number of stitch patterns.

With information on how to read the patterns, shaping pieces, and designing from scratch, the stunning stitch patterns in Essential Crochet Starter Stitches will serve as a launching pad for your own fun experimentation and for creating unique designs for gorgeous hats, scarves, gloves, sweaters, vests, and more!

The Pocket Guides series from Quarry Books offer authoritative instruction and inspiration in a small-scale format that makes it easy to take with you on all your crafting adventures.

This captivating collection marries the world of crochet with the charm of the pop sensation, offering an amazing range of projects spanning fashion, home décor, amigurumi, and accessories. Each piece captures Taylor's signature aesthetic, ensuring a harmonious blend of elegance and fun. With projects suited to various skill levels--from beginners to more experienced crocheters--this book invites you to create stunning pieces for yourself or your favorite Swifties. Curated by designer extraordinaire Lee Sartori (@coco.crochet.lee), it features more than 20 projects from top crochet designers, ensuring a vibrant and varied crafting experience. You will find:

• Projects inspired by some of Swift's most popular songs, including Me! Taylor Doll, All Too Well Scarf, Style Newsboy Cap, Cardigan Sweater, Blank Space Journal Cover, Bejeweled Headband, and more
• A variety of crochet techniques, including amigurumi, filet crochet, granny squares, and more
• Taylor Made tips for customizing the designs

A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Healthy, Happy, and Productive Bees,

Experience the timeless joy of beekeeping--right in your backyard or on your urban rooftop--with this fully updated and accessible resource for beekeepers of all levels.

More than just a how-to guide, The Backyard Beekeeper offers expert insights and practical advice on every aspect of caring for bees and harvesting their gifts. Learn how to:

• Set Up and Maintain Hives - Start and care for thriving colonies.
• Choose the Ideal Location - Ensure the safety of your bees and yourself.
• Practice Nontoxic Beekeeping - Use natural, sustainable care methods.
• Manage Swarms - Prevent and control swarming behavior.
• Work with Top Bar Hives - Explore alternative hive options.
• Harvest Hive Products - Collect honey, beeswax, and more.
• Identify and Treat Bee Health Issues - Recognize problems early and apply effective solutions.

What's New in the 5th Edition:

• Natural Beekeeping Methods - Learn how to insulate hives for winter, mirroring the natural advantages of wild bee habitats.
• Updated Treatments for Varroa Mites - Stay ahead in the fight against one of beekeeping's greatest challenges.
• Guidance on New Antibiotic Regulations - Navigate the latest recommendations for managing American foulbrood.
• Modern Recordkeeping Tools - Discover innovative ways to track hive health and productivity.

This expanded edition also features a fresh, user-friendly design with larger, easy-to-read text, a clearer structure for quick reference, and dozens of new, vibrant photos that bring beekeeping to life.

With trusted guidance from Kim Flottum, editor emeritus of Bee Culture magazine, you'll gain the confidence and know-how to cultivate healthy, productive bees and enjoy the sweet rewards of your own hive.

Start your beekeeping journey today--naturally, sustainably, and successfully.

Stitch 16 stunning quilts and patchwork projects based on four underlying blueprints while learning skills to create your own original designs.

Uncover the mystery of quilt design with Anna Maria's Blueprint Quilting. Celebrated fiber artist Anna Maria Parry demystifies her seemingly complex patterns and sumptuous color combinations as she breaks down her signature designs into accessible blueprints, or underlying structures. This accessible, visually inspiring book features:

• A behind-the-scenes glimpse into an expert quilt designer's process
• Four quilt blueprints and accessible projects for different skill levels
• Techniques for intensifying details, adjusting colors, and scaling designs for endless possibilities
• Insight into planning and executing quilting and appliqué techniques
• Clear illustrations and photography for an inspiring and informative experience
• QR codes linked to videos that further illuminate important techniques

With easy-to-follow projects and insightful techniques for all levels of quilters, Anna Maria's Blueprint Quilting will empower your quilting journey as you infuse your creations with the beauty and inspiration found within Parry's extraordinary designs.

Adapted from Melissa Leapman's Indispensable Stitch Collection for Crocheters, this beautiful, comprehensive, and easy-to-tote stitch pattern companion is a must-have for your crochet project bag!

In a small, easy-to-tote format, Essential Crochet Next-Level Stitches is a concise stitch dictionary featuring 100 stitch patterns for textures, colorwork, and fancy edgings.

• This rich library of crochet stitch designs covers a wide range of patterns, from a braided cable to a reversible brocade to a delicate edging.
• Each stitch pattern includes a photo of a finished swatch and both easy-to-read instructions and a stitch diagram using international symbols. Choose the format that makes you and your crochet hook happy.
• Most of the patterns are original and accessible to most skill levels. If you've mastered looping yarn over your hook to create a simple chain, you already possess all the skills you need to create an infinite number of stitch patterns.

With information on how to read the patterns, shaping pieces, and designing from scratch, the stunning stitch patterns in Essential Crochet Next-Level Stitches will serve as a launching pad for your own fun experimentation when creating unique designs for gorgeous hats, scarves, gloves, sweaters, vests, and more!

The Pocket Guides series from Quarry Books offer authoritative instruction and inspiration in a small-scale format that makes it easy to take with you on all your crafting adventures.

Start Here: Paint gives you exciting prompts for kick-starting an artistic practice centered on painting. By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Paint builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without intimidating jargon or theory.

• Paint Play. Experiment with fearless mark-making ideas that can be achieved in a few minutes to an hour or so using a variety of mediums, including watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.
• Colorworks. Understand and master choosing and using colors, from putting together a palette to mixing the colors you want.
• Shapes and Shadows. Learn how to observe these important visual elements, then translate them into paint using ideas that will help you hone your skills.
• Make It Your Own. Building on the techniques learned in the first three chapters, develop your own creative path by exploring a range of styles, from painting patterns with simple motifs to trying a more realistic approach. In addition to creating original wall art, apply your newfound skills to the many Takeaway ideas offered throughout for gifts and home décor items.

Start Here: Paint is a companion title to Start Here: Draw, which guides you through the basics of drawing and sketching through 50 fun and inspiring exercises.

Misako is a Japanese manga comic artist who moved to the United States to pursue her dreams. With her online and in-person drawing lessons for children, and now with her Learn Manga with Misako series of books, she strives to help the next generation of young artists and readers bring their imaginations to life.

Combining drawing tutorials with motivational messages that encourage artists to draw and think freely, How to Draw Kawaii Manga Charactersinspires kids ages 7 to 12 to unleash their creativity in the most entertaining way possible.

This engaging and easy-to-follow book includes:

• Helpful tips on how to use the book
• Instructions for drawing a range of kawaii faces with different expressions and facial features
• A chapter on drawing different bodies, as well as poses
• Practice pages that allow kids to draw within the book
• Tips for adding color and shading to bring kawaii creations to life
• Worksheets, resources, and more

Find even more fun-loving manga instruction in How to Draw Kawaii Manga Fashion, also from the Learn Manga with Misako series.

Start Here: Draw gives you exciting prompts for kickstarting an artistic practice centered on drawing. By exploring how simple motifs, such as lines or circles, can be repeated to draw more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Draw builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without the usual intimidating jargon or theory.

• Start Here. Daily mark-making ideas, from the simplest single line to turning curves, dots, and scribbles into cute motifs designed to be drawn in 30 minutes to an hour.
• Get a Sketchbook. Guidance on how you can get the most out of your sketchbook and inspiration to help you keep it up.
• Practice Makes Perfect. Using these prompts as an inspiring starting point, have fun experimenting with different techniques and developing your own style.
• Make It Your Own. From patternmaking with stylized motifs to more realistic sketches, this section helps you develop your own creative approach by interpreting the prompts in your own way or by copying them using a different medium.
• Stuff. Here are a few essential pieces of equipment you'll need, or what you could add to your kit. Includes plenty of ideas of what to do with your finished work, from making T-shirts and mugs to curating your own pin it library of pieces you're proud of.

Start Here: Draw is a companion title to Start Here: Paint, which guides you through the basics of painting, including color mixing, value, and shadow, and using ink, watercolor, and acrylic.

Expert thrift-flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, takes you through every phase of the process, including how to find the best clothes and fabrics and easy ways to alter and tailor shirts, dresses, pants, coats, and more.

• Getting Started. Essential materials and tools, setting up a workspace, organizing supplies, sewing machine basics, and a concise fabric primer.
• How to Shop for Alterable Clothes. Where to shop, what types of clothes to look for, what can and can't be fixed, and how to gauge size when you can't try something on.
• Altering Basics. How to use patterns to alter clothes or parts of garments, techniques for altering without using patterns, the basics of garment altering, adding sleeves, hems, and pockets, and how to custom-tailor an altered piece for a great fit.
• Projects. Beginner to intermediate-level projects inspire and guide you along your own thrift flips.
• QR codes give you access to techniques, tutorials, and project details.

With DIY Thrift Flip, you'll learn how to build a wardrobe of original pieces that shows off your unique style and boosts your creativity in the process.

Peaceful Montessori Parenting is for all parents, caregivers, and anyone interested in fostering a conscious Montessori lifestyle. A certified Montessori guide and conscious parenting consultant, author Haley Turner is also a parent, and understands the struggles of balancing the demands of modern life while striving to provide a nurturing environment for children to flourish.

Whether you're a first-time parent or have multiple children, a caregiver responsible for children's well-being and education, or someone eager to support friends and family in raising children, this guide is for you.

Built on the foundation of Dr. Maria Montessori's principles and covering the first plane of development after infancy (roughly ages 1-6), the book is divided into four parts:

• The Guide's Role: Understanding your crucial role in your child's development, including tools for peaceful discipline and preparation of self.
• The Child's Role: Insights into your child's journey, development, and needs.
• The Environment: Creating an ideal and realistic environment on any budget, to bring ease in day-to-day parenting while fostering growth in your child.
• The Work: Exploring why, how, and when to offer Montessori-inspired activities.

You'll find simple, budget-friendly projects and activities throughout to inspire you to turn any space into a rich learning environment that fosters independence and curiosity and boost your child's confidence.

Regardless of whether your children attend a Montessori school, Peaceful Montessori Parenting is your guide to bringing Dr. Montessori's brilliant insights into your own home.

There's nothing more satisfying than creating something with your hands--especially when it's your own design and it's cuddly and adorable. In Amigurumi Friends, popular crochet designer Jade Gauthier-Boutin shares a variety of approaches to stitching, customizing, and designing your own crochet critters.

Jade first provides detailed patterns for five basic animal poses--two standing, two sitting, and one lying down. You then choose your own crochet adventure by changing the muzzles, ears, tails, colors, and other details to create more than 100 adorable animals. With an overview of crochet techniques and amigurumi basics, even beginning crocheters will be able to stitch their chosen crochet animals. This comprehensive guide includes:

• Clear instructions for the basic head and for five body shapes and poses
• Twenty animal types with instructions for crocheting all five variations
• Ideas for customizing the projects with different expressions, yarns, colors, and more
• Inspiration and guidance to design your own amigurumi from scratch
• QR codes linked to video tutorials to make creating amigurumi even easier

• At the Zoo: Take a walk on the wild side with lions, and pandas, and zebras, oh my!
• Woodland Friends: Sweet forest creatures like foxes, moose, and bears
• On the Farm: Cows, donkeys, bunnies, and other lovable barnyard pals
• Out of This World: Dinosaurs, dragons, and unicorns expand the amigurumi universe

Make your artwork sparkle!

Immerse yourself in the enchanting realm of metallic watercolor painting! As metallic watercolors become more and more popular and more of these incredible paints become available, artists of all skill levels are discovering the amazing potential they have to enhance their watercolor paintings. This comprehensive guide unlocks the shimmering potential of this captivating medium. Whether you're new to painting with watercolors or want to expand your repertoire to metallic watercolors, you will grow as an artist through:

• 20 mesmerizing projects featuring popular painting motifs, including flowers, animals, feathers, insects, and more
• Step-by-step instruction on techniques for both traditional and metallic watercolors, including blending, washes, and linework
• Stunning photography that inspires creativity and clearly demonstrates techniques
• Downloadable trace-and-paint designs to give you a head start

Taking an innovative approach that challenges metalworking's conventional wisdom, Ringgold creates intricate designs by fusing and carving scraps, and minimizes the need for chemicals by using tools in visionary ways.

• Essentials. An overview of safety rules, as well as metal, tools, and torch and how to use them.
• Projects. A variety of techniques, illustrated by stunning projects ranging from simple chain designs to a textured branch to a delicate dragonfly, provide inspiration as well as instruction.
• Access to online tutorials. QR codes throughout the book link to concise, silent how-to videos that depict the techniques shown.

Learning to sketch can be intimidating, especially when drawing subjects like architecture that seem to rely on perfect perspective, straight lines, and complex forms. In Housesketching, artist and instructor Albert Kiefer (Housesketcher) shares his signature techniques that will enable and empower you to abandon perfectionism and learn to sketch and express yourself creatively, like his tens of thousands of students have done. Whether you work in pen and ink and alcohol markers like Albert, or use your favorite medium, you will learn how to create amazingly expressive drawings.

From his whimsical linework to his playful use of perspective to his energetic colorwork, Albert's approach can be applied to any type or style of building--or any subject at all! Housesketching shows how to go beyond representation to create sketches that are evocative, vibrant, and completely unique.

With this encouraging guide, you will learn how to:

• Find inspiration and choose subjects to sketch--either en plein air or from photos
• Compose your sketch with placement, contrast, techniques for guiding the eye, and balance
• Use perspective--but only as much as you need to know!--to create a convincing sketch
• Make a sketch your own through editing, exaggeration, point of view, and creating a back story
• Use color and details to finish and embellish your sketches
• Share your sketches online

Whether you're completely new to sketching, interested in learning to sketch architecture, or looking to draw more expressively and creatively, Housesketching will give you all the tools, inspiration, and encouragement you need.

Learn how to make a sourdough starter, basic breads, as well as other innovative baked goods from start to finish with Bryan Ford, Instagram star (@artisanbryan) and host of The Artisan's Kitchen on Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network. With less emphasis on perfecting crumb structure or obsessive temperature monitoring, Bryan focuses on the tips and techniques he's developed in his own practice, inspired by his Honduran roots and New Orleans upbringing, to ensure your success and a good return on your time and effort.

Bryan's recipes include step-by-step instructions and photographs of all of the mixing, shaping, and baking techniques you'll need to know, with special attention paid to developing flavor as well as your own instincts. New World Sourdough offers practical, accessible techniques and enticing, creative recipes you'll want to return to again and again, like:

• Pan de Coco
• Ciabatta
• Pretzel Buns
• Challah
• Focaccia
• Pizza dough
• Cuban Muffins
• Pita Bread
• Flour Tortillas
• Queen Cake

Master MIG welding and the metal fabrication techniques you need to repair, create, and duplicate projects in your home welding studio. Learn to Weld starts with the basics: setting up your studio, the right safety gear and safety procedures, and the equipment and materials you will need to begin with welding. With the help of step-by-step metalworking photos and tutorials, you will learn detailed techniques for cutting and grinding, and for joinery using a MIG welder. Practice the techniques and projects, and you'll soon be able to repair, create, and duplicate metal fabrication projects in your own welding studio. Best of all, you will have both the fundamental skills and the confidence you need to create whatever is in your imagination. With Learn to Weld you'll be equipped to conquer a world of welding projects.

Inspired by his own experiences as a father and policy expert, Richard Reeves's groundbreaking book Of Boys and Men uncovered some of the ways and extents to which boys and men have been falling behind and imagined initiatives like He Can H.E.A.L. to inspire boys to pursue paths that they might otherwise feel are inaccessible or inappropriate for them. He says:

Gender equality is not a zero sum game. We can do more for boys and men without doing less for women and girls. We can be passionate about women's rights, and compassionate towards the struggles of boys and men.

Working with national elementary art educator of the year Jonathan Juravich, Richard puts He Can H.E.A.L. into action with Yes, Boys Can!, a book for boys ages 8 to 12 that tells the stories of men who have followed their dreams, cared for others, and changed the world, conveyed through biography, illustration, and simple suggested activities.

Here are just a few of the many compassionate and enterprising men introduced:

• Booker T. Washington - educator and author
• Luther Christman - the first man inducted into the American Nursing Association's Hall of Fame in 2004
• LeVar Burton - actor and literacy advocate
• Tom Daley - Olympian and knitter

Because representation matters, and if you don't see it, you can't be it.

From A is for Advocate to Z is for Zest, each letter of the alphabet is paired with inspirational historical concepts in this 9×9-inch board book. Along with the upbeat, rhyming text covering both well-known and more obscure topics, are colorful illustrations that promote an excitement and curiosity about Black American history. Covering trailblazers from A to Z but also chronologically, this book features a visual timeline with additional information for more in-depth learning on the people, places, and events discussed.

From Harriet Tubman and Fanny Jackson Coppin to Amanda Gorman and Ketanji Brown Jackson, ABC Black History and Me covers more than 170 years in a short board book appropriate for the little ones. This book is not only perfect for getting toddlers comfortable with their ABCs, but also for reflecting on how we are all affected by this history and how even the youngest of children will affect the future.

With age-appropriate concepts and visuals, ABC Black History and Me is a perfect discussion starter for the whole family. Even adults will find something to learn in this board book!

The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in this series include:

• ABC Love
• ABC What Can She Be?
• ABC Let's Celebrate You & Me
• ABC Bedtime

Just a few of the exciting things you'll create and learn about:
Hands-on activities:

• Concoct glow-in-the-dark slime
• Grow pipe cleaner snowflakes
• Design and build a model Martian habitat
• Mix milk and soap to create fireworks
• Make a working volcano
• Create an electromagnet

• Craft a laboratory to serve as your in-game headquarters
• Carve a crystal ice castle
• Construct a working dam
• Design and use a custom teleporter
• Build an underwater oceanographic field station

The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus--all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.