Download or read book Big Book of Crochet Afghans written by and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adding a touch of comfort and style to a crafter's home decor, the patterns in this collection can be made from a variety of yarns and colors and by crocheters of all skill levels. With 26 designs, this book features full-color photographs and detailed instructions on stitching and incorporating motifs and patterns such as granny squares, Tunisian lace, pineapples, shells, ripples, and more. Beautiful, whimsical, and practical, these afghans make perfect gifts and home accents.
Download or read book Big Book of Quick Knit Afghans written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snuggle up by the fire with these 24 knit afghans, the perfect shield from winter's chill. Relatively quick and easy, each solid-color wrap offers comforting warmth while adding a welcome spot of color to the gray days of winter.
Download or read book The Big Book of Baby Afghans written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2011 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Book of Baby Afghans, - A must for any crocheter's library, this book has 22+ baby blankets for all skill levels. Perfect for quick and easy gifts or family heirlooms.
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Scrap Afghans written by Bobbie Matela and published by DRG Wholesale. This book was released on 1999 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make room for more yarn when you use up your stash on these irresistible scrap afghans. Offering a contemporary take on the traditional scrappy afghan, each of the 20 designs requires a main color, plus no more than one skein each of the scrap colors.
Download or read book A Year of Afghans 1997 written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quick Knitted Afghans written by Jeanne Stauffer and published by DRG Wholesale. This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructions for 65 brand-new afghans that can be knitted in less than two weeks.
Download or read book Our Best Knit Baby Afghans written by Susan White Sullivan and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2010 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Best Knit Baby Afghans: Book 2, -Here are 33 classic baby afghans in traditional patterns, such as ripples and lacy looks, that knitters have loved for generations.
Download or read book A Year of Baby Afghans Book 4 written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby gifts are always so much fun to make, and this collection of 12 crocheted baby afghans is sure to have the perfect match for your little one. Baby afghans make great shower gifts, too. Pick your favorite or work your way through the year; you'll be prepared no matter when the next shower pops up. And you know that new mommy will love you for it! 12 wraps, from Easy to Experienced, using Light or Medium Weight yarn: Stripes for January; hearts and ribbons for February; flowers for March; rainbow squares for April; floral strips for May; patchwork for June; ripples for July; animals for August; an up-to-date granny for September; "X" kisses for October; tiered stitches for November; and shells for December.
Download or read book Donna Kooler s Crocheted Afghans written by Donna Kooler and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 40 fabulous afghan patterns from master designer Donna Kooler, crocheters will grab their needles and stitch to their hearts' content. These incredible blankets come in a range of styles and colors, from sweet baby blues to bright hot pinks. Some are filled with country charm, others feature festive designs, still more are sophisticated, warm and cozy, and just right for masculine comfort. There's one for a wedding present, plus soft and gentle afghans to cuddle a child, a cool cotton throw to keep away the chill, a "take and make" design that's easily portable, and many more.
Download or read book Heirloom Afghans to Knit and Crochet written by Jean Leinhauser and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafters who wish to showcase their skills, pamper themselves or someone special, or mark an occasion with a one-of-a-kind remembrance, will love knitting or crocheting the luxurious afghans in this new book. All are heirloom-quality afghans--displayed in breathtaking color photos--featuring deluxe yarns such as silk blends, mohair, or cashmere. And it's an anything-but-ordinary collection that includes new takes on classic afghans, afghans with hundreds of bullion stitches, and those that look like the finest lace. You'll be proud to give any one as a gift for a wedding, christening, anniversary, dedication ceremony or whenever you want to show love or appreciation with a gift well worth the time and cost--one that will be cherished for a lifetime!
Download or read book Kabul in Winter written by Ann Jones and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp and arresting people's-eye view of real life in Afghanistan after the Taliban Soon after the bombing of Kabul ceased, award-winning journalist and women's rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city, determined to bring help where her country had brought destruction. Here is her trenchant report from inside a city struggling to rise from the ruins. Working among the multitude of impoverished war widows, retraining Kabul's long-silenced English teachers, and investigating the city's prison for women, Jones enters a large community of female outcasts: runaway child brides, pariah prostitutes, cast-off wives, victims of rape. In the streets and markets, she hears the Afghan view of the supposed benefits brought by the fall of the Taliban, and learns that regarding women as less than human is the norm, not the aberration of one conspicuously repressive regime. Jones confronts the ways in which Afghan education, culture, and politics have repeatedly been hijacked—by Communists, Islamic fundamentalists, and the Western free marketeers—always with disastrous results. And she reveals, through small events, the big disjunctions: between U.S promises and performance, between the new "democracy" and the still-entrenched warlords, between what's boasted of and what is. At once angry, profound, and starkly beautiful, Kabul in Winter brings alive the people and day-to-day life of a place whose future depends so much upon our own.
Download or read book The Hardest Place written by Wesley Morgan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COLBY AWARD WINNER • “One of the most important books to come out of the Afghanistan war.”—Foreign Policy “A saga of courage and futility, of valor and error and heartbreak.”—Rick Atkinson, author of the Liberation Trilogy and The British Are Coming Of the many battlefields on which U.S. troops and intelligence operatives fought in Afghanistan, one remote corner of the country stands as a microcosm of the American campaign: the Pech and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan. The area’s rugged, steep terrain and thick forests made it a natural hiding spot for local insurgents and international terrorists alike, and it came to represent both the valor and futility of America’s two-decade-long Afghan war. Drawing on reporting trips, hundreds of interviews, and documentary research, Wesley Morgan reveals the history of the war in this iconic region, captures the culture and reality of the conflict through both American and Afghan eyes, and reports on the snowballing missteps—some kept secret from even the troops fighting there—that doomed the American mission. The Hardest Place is the story of one of the twenty-first century’s most unforgiving battlefields and a portrait of the American military that fought there.
Download or read book Baby Afghans written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight crochet patterns for baby afghans.
Download or read book A Year of Afghans Book 3 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Afghanistan Papers written by Craig Whitlock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Whitlock. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military become mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public’s understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains “fast-paced and vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government’s strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn’t know the name of his Afghanistan war commander—and didn’t want to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that he had “no visibility into who the bad guys are.” His successor, Robert Gates, said: “We didn’t know jack shit about al-Qaeda.” The Afghanistan Papers is a “searing indictment of the deceit, blunders, and hubris of senior military and civilian officials” (Tom Bowman, NRP Pentagon Correspondent) that will supercharge a long-overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered.
Download or read book Unexpected Afghans written by Robyn Chachula and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexpected Afghans presents 29 innovative interpretations of a favorite at-home essential. From best-selling author Robyn Chachula comes an in-depth look into crocheting traditional afghans using contemporary techniques, colors and patterns. Expert designers including Kristin Omdahl, Kathy Merrick, Kimberly McAlindin, and many more, provide an abundance of fresh patterns and projects that are perfect for new and advanced crocheters as they start out beginner-friendly and become more complex, allowing a crocheter to build skills and confidence. Designers at any level will enjoy: • A detailed technique's workshop in every chapter including cables, motifs, color, lace, and Tunisian crochet. • Helpful tips from designers for working through each afghan project. • Easy-to-follow charts and diagrams. Along with tons of beautiful afghan projects for all skill levels, you'll find many of your favorite designer's biographies--giving you an exploration into their inspiration.
Download or read book Quick Knit Baby Afghans written by Evelyn Clark and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knit these stunning baby afghans in no time! The 7 styles include Soft & Sweet, Cuddle Up, Rock-A-Bye, Hush-A-Bye, Whisper Soft, Sweet Dreams, and Sleepy Time. Clear step-by-step instructions and color photography included.
