Pam Allen – författare

An illustrated guide showing how to create beautiful, timeless pieces, whether you're picking up needles for the first time or a seasoned pro looking for advanced patternsFrom scarves and sweaters to bags, pillows, and more, you'll find lots of projects for practicing and perfecting your knitting skills in Knitting For Dummies, which includes an instructional online video showing you the actual knitting techniques being done step-by-step.Experienced and novice crafters alike can benefit from the book's step-by-step instructions that explain knitting in plain English. For anyone new to knitting, this hands-on friendly guide shows you how to Cast on, knit, purl, and bind off -- the four basic skills needed to complete any knittingDecipher pattern instructions and chartsCombine knit and purl stitches with increases and decreases for different effectsCreate different kinds of cables, lace, and moreRead the language and graphics in knitting patterns and chartsIncrease and decrease stitches and use these techniques to shape a project and create designIt also shows you what to do if you drop a stitch or inadvertently add one. If you know the basics of knitting and want to expand your skills to include stitch patterns with more complexity, you've come to the right place: Combine stitch increases and decreases to create laceworkGet familiar with Fair Isle patterns and simple intarsia motifs, which involve working in more than one color in one rowPractice with plenty of projects to perfect your advanced knitting techniquesLearn to add interest with stripesHave fun with fulling and feltingMake sweaters, from blocking and assembling your pieces to adding finishing touches like neckbands, edging, and buttonholesKnitting For Dummies includes ten quick projects to make for gifts and exercises to "unkink" your neck and shoulders should you lose yourself for hours at a time in your craft! Finally, the book ends with a couple appendixes showing you more cool effects and a list of knitting software and helpful online resources. If you're itching to start stitching, grab this book to start crafting your knitted masterpiece today.

The patterns and instruction you need to start crocheting and kitting today!Knitting and crocheting go hand-in-hand and are the most popular yarn crafts today. This one-stop guide to all things needles, hooks, and yarn will give you everything you need to know to get started knitting or crocheting.The book covers absolute basics such as selecting yarn, casting on, and even how to hold the tools and yarn, to understanding stitches, checking gauge, and deciphering patterns. Hundreds of projects, from beginner to advanced, include complete, step-by-step instructions as well as detailed illustrations and photos, and instructional videos online. It includes content from: Knitting For DummiesKnitting Patterns For DummiesCrocheting For DummiesCrochet Patterns For DummiesGet started today and you'll be knitting and crocheting like a champ in no time!

Includes CD-Rom

In this new book, Pam Allen provides a valuable resource designed to help develop preventative approaches for learning mentors to work and deal effectively with the emotional needs of vulnerable young people.

The resources included will help young people:

o build their capacity to set realistic targets

o build a positive view of their strengths and abilities

o improve skills in communication and problem solving

o build their capacity to manage strong feelings.

There are comprehensive facilitator notes, activities and materials to provide a general course on mental health and wellbeing, as well as sections on working with vulnerable young people, teenage girls and white working class boys.

This accessible book will help ensure that children and young people can learn ways to feel safe and valued and to have a sense of self-efficacy.

Refugee children have often experienced great disruption, violence and fear. They have frequently lost members of their family and may even have witnessed their deaths. They have left everything that is familiar and found themselves deposited in a completely different, strange and sometimes frightening environment.

This exceptional resource offers the adults who support these young people a sensitive, honest and practical programme. There is a good balance between affective and skills based activities and, whilst recognising the uncertainty they face, the eight sessions all provide a positive focus for the young people and their families.

The programme includes:

} Exploring our Feelings about Who We Are

} Role-Models

} Poetry and Painting

} History, Legislation and my Bill of Rights

} My Shield of Strength

} Hopes, Fears and Dreams

The resource includes copiable material for participants personal files, and posters for display.

Refugee children have often experienced great disruption, violence and fear. They have frequently lost members of their family and may even have witnessed their deaths. They have left everything that is familiar and found themselves deposited in a completely different, strange and sometimes frightening environment.

Following the publication of New in Our Nation, a resource for older students, this book has been written to provide a similar resource for younger pupils. It offers the adult who supports these pupils a sensitive, honest and practical programme. This is a good balance between affective and skills based activities and, whilst recognising the uncertainty they face, the six sessions all provide a positive focus for the children and their families.

The programme includes:

"who we are

"important things to me

"similarities and differences

"what is it like to be different?

"my shield of strength.

The resource includes copiable material for participants personal files, and posters for display.