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Welcome a new baby with handmade blankets, sweaters, hats, booties, mitts, and more. In this collection, you'll find sets of coordinating items that can be made together (or mixed and matched) to make a great gift for baby. Each set includes 3 items, such as a blanket, hat, and booties. There are 10 sets--30 pieces in all.

Each of the designs is a classic, essential type of sweater everyone should own--jacket cardigan, turtleneck, oversize tunic, slouchy cardigan, hoodie, raglan pullover--and all knit in easy stitches but with added details to make them unique. Sizes XS to XXL. Knitting tutorials and detailed instructions make the sweater designs accessible for beginner to advanced knitters.

Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Create purses, baskets, and bowls in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. Simply wrap fabric strips around clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and secure with machine stitching. Special sections on lids, handles, and embellishments.

In Hitler¿s Great Gamble, James Ellman argues that Barbarossa was a gamble, but a reasonable gamble spoiled not by strategic shortsightedness, but by diplomatic errors and poor execution. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources Hitler¿s Great Gamble is a provocative work that will appeal to World War II enthusiasts and historians.

American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until their defeat at Kasserine Pass. After this disaster, Gen. George Patton took command, and at El Guettar, Patton¿s men defeated the Germans. It was the first victory of Patton¿s storied World War II career, and proved that the U.S. Army could win.

This powerful memoir tells the story of training and developing a superior pointing dog and is certain to gain favor with anyone who has shared the destiny of a once-in-a-lifetime dog.

Part military history and part group biography, Generals in the Making is the first comprehensive history of the United States¿ World War II generals between the wars, covering not only the lives and careers of this brotherhood of officers, but also the crucible of military ideas and innovation in which they served.

The Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces launched a massive attack. The resulting clash of tanks at Prokhorovka was the largest armor battle in history. The battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front, the Red Army gained the strategic initiative and would not lose it.

20 cross-stitch designs in Gail's signature chalk art style, featuring garden flowers and wildlife, many with inspirational words of encouragement. The designs are finished as small pillows, hangings, framed, book covers, and other items. Each project includes chart, finished photo, materials, and full instructions.

Inspiration at your fingertips!Within the pages of The New Knitting Stitch Dictionary you will find not only 500 innovative knitting stitch patterns, but dozens of ideas popping through your mind. Cables may inspire designs for sweaters or blankets, cozy textures for scarves, colorwork for hats, mittens, and more. You will turn to this book again and again for fresh ideas!The stitches are divided into sections by type of stitch to make it easy...

Grow your own sustainable clothes!From seed to shirt, Cindy Conner shows you how to plant, grow, harvest, process, spin, and weave cotton and flax into cloth from which you can sew your own clothes. And since cotton and flax are made from plants, when your clothes' usefulness has passed they can also return to the environment without causing harm--a truly renewable and sustainable option for clothing. Whether you live in colder climates where ...

Welcome baby with a beautiful handmade blanket!A crocheted blanket is the perfect gift for a new baby. Putting the time and effort into making your gift bestows a special meaning to it, and favorite blankets are often cherished into toddlerhood and beyond. Many become heirlooms for the next generation. The 10 designs in this book showcase a variety of stitches and techniques, but all are appropriate for a beginner to intermediate skill level. ...

In this photo history, Donald Nijboer traces the history of aircraft carriers, from their early development just after World War I, to the Japanese carrier-borne attack on Pearl Harbor, through the great battles of the Pacific War, which featured some of military history¿s great ships: the Yorktown, the Enterprise, the Hornet, and others.

In this riveting book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler's elite armored spearhead-the Hitler Youth Panzer Division-in the snowy Ardennes forest during one of World War II's biggest battles, the Battle of the Bulge. Zaloga carefully reconstructs how American G.I.s stymied Hitler's panzers and grand plans.

Learn John Barr's methods for tying his favorite flies, with step-by-step instructions and clear color photos so even inexperienced tiers can create the Copper John, Barr Emerger, B/C Hopper, Tung Teaser, Slumpbuster, and more.

First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit in Iraq for its entire combat tour in 2005¿06 for a boots-on-the-ground perspective on American policy in action in the country.

On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines waded ashore in the Solomons, defended by warships of the U.S. Navy. The amphibious landing was the first major American ground campaign of the Pacific War, intended to prevent the Japanese from establishing naval and air bases in the island chain and to establish Allied bases for future operations. Most famously¿and most gruelingly¿the invasion marked the beginning of the months-long Guadalcanal campaign. Caugh...

The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history and one of the turning points of World War II. In July 1943, German forces launched a massive attack that aimed to pinch off a salient in the Soviet front, destroy or capture significant numbers of Soviet soldiers and tanks, and gain the strategic upper hand on the Eastern Front. Most accounts of Kursk focus on the massive tank clash at Prokhorovka, but important fighting happened all ...

World of War explores the violent conflicts of the United States--on land, at sea, and in the air --with meticulous scholarship, thought-provoking analysis, and vivid prose.

Fred Brems was drafted in 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. He spent all of World War II as a tanker, serving in the European Theater in the U.S. Army's most celebrated division, the 2nd Armored Division, known as "Hell on Wheels." One of the most renowned units in American military history, the 2nd served in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe and fought in celebrated engagements including Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Rhine cam...