National Craft Month

March is National Craft Month. The Library is a great place to learn a new craft. We have books on all crafts from sewing to painting. We also have many crafting groups that meet here at the Library in the Community Room: Dreamweavers Basket Guild, Tuesday Threaders (Quiliting), American Needlepoint Guild, Cloth Souls Doll Club, Tri-County Artists, and The Paint Company.

Want to try your hand at a new craft? Here are a few enticing titles from the Library that are sure to inspire you:

The New Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques by Diana Craig & Hazel Harrison

Full color step-by-step photography of dozens of watercolor techniques.

The Ohio Knitting Mills Knitting Book by Steven Tatar with Denise Grollmus

26 sweater patterns from the 1940s to the 1970s, adapted from the archives of Cleveland's knitting mill.

The Beader's Color Palette by Margie Deeb

Inspiration for beaders of all skill levels with many color palettes and design ideas.

Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule

Simple crafts for the home using repurposed materials.

The Big Book of Cross-Stitch Designs from Reader's Digest

Over 900 easy-to-stitch patterns in contemporary and traditional styles.









Don't forget, your library card allows you access to full color digital magazines on Zinio, including plenty on crafting:
https://www.rbdigital.com/kirtlandoh/service/zinio/landing?q=Crafts&mode=1


Get started today! Whether you're an experienced crafter or a beginner, March is the time to CREATE!


Let us know which crafts you enjoy in the comments!

Have you tried Zinio yet?

Zinio for Libraries offers full color, interactive digital magazines for your enjoyment.  You can browse through Kirtland Public LIbrary's collection of popular titles and check out the magazines you want -- with no waiting, no checkout period, and no limit to the number of magazines you can download!

You can download to your computer; PC or Mac. And, there are apps that allow  you to download to the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire/Fire HD, Nook HD/HD+, Windows 8 and Blackberry Playbook.

To use Zinio, go to the Kirtland Public Library home page, www.kirtland.lib.oh.us and click on Digital Downloads.  Then click on Zinio.  You will have to set up two accounts; a Library Collection account to check out magazines; and a Zinio.com Reader account to read checked out magazines via streaming online with computers and/or downloaded offline via mobile apps.  You must use the same email address for both accounts. When you set up your account, have your Kirtland Public Library card handy as you will need to confirm that you are a Kirtland Library user. 

Once you have set up your accounts, you can begin browsing our collection.  We have access to nearly 100 different magazines.  You can search by genre, subject, or title.  The magazines in the Kirtland Library collection are available at no cost to you.  However, Zinio has many, many other magazines available for purchase and you may find yourself in that part of the website. If you do, look for and click on 'your library' to return to the magazines you have checked out.

It's a little confusing, but worth the effort to set up the accounts.  We have a lot of great magazines available -- now at your fingertips!  Zinio is a product of RB Digital and is made available through the CLEVNET Consortium.

Please call the Library at 440-256-7323 if you have questions about Zinio, we'll be happy to help you.