Crafts (Bookshelf)

A craft is a skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a trade or particular art.

—Excerpted from craft on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

See also Technology - Home economics

General

• Things To Make   (English) Williams, Archibald

Bookbinding

• Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
  A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians  (English)

Brewing and Wine Making

• The American Practical Brewer and Tanner  (English)
• The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened  (English)
• The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines  (English)
• The London and Country Brewer  (English)

Distilling

• The Practical Distiller
  An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits,
  &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than
  Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce
  of the United States  (English)
• The Art of Making Whiskey
  So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater
  Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain  (English)

Dyeing

• The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics  (English)
• The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics
  A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student  (English)
• Vegetable Dyes  (English)

French Polishing

• French Polishing and Enamelling  (English)

Japanning

• Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition  (English)

Knitting and Crochet

• Beeton's Book of Needlework  (English)
• Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings  (English) by H. P. Rider
• Exercises in Knitting  (English)
• Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet  (English)
• Knitting, Crochet and Netting  (English)
• The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book  (English)
• The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc.  (English)
• The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850: Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery, with Clear and Explicit Directions for Working the Patterns   (English)
• My Knitting Book  (English) by Miss Lambert
• The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet  (English) by Mary Jane Cooper
• Spool Knitting  (English) by Mary A. McCormack

Lace

• The Art of Modern Lace-Making  (English)
• Chats on Old Lace and Needlework  (English)
• Étoile Dorée In Tatting  (English)

Miscellaneous

• Handicraft for Girls
  A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care  (English)

Millinery

• Make Your Own Hats  (English)

• Manuel complet des fabricans de chapeaux en tous genres  (French)

Needlework

• Art in Needlework  (English)
• The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages  (English)
• Beeton's Book of Needlework  (English)
• Chats on Old Lace and Needlework  (English)
• The Development of Embroidery in America  (English)
• Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving  (English)
• Encyclopedia of Needlework  (English)
• English Embroidered Bookbindings  (English)
• Handbook of Embroidery  (English)
• Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor  (English)
• Needlework As Art  (English)
• The Ladies' Work-Table Book  (English)
• The Tapestry Book  (English)

Patchwork and Quilting

• Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them  (English)

Plumbing

• Elements of Plumbing  (English)

Rug-making

• How to Make Rugs  (English) Wheeler, Candace

Sewing

• Dress Design  (English) Hughes, Talbot
• Textiles and Clothing   (English) Watson, Kate Heintz

Soap Making

• The Handbook of Soap Manufacture  (English)

Tatting

• The Bath Tatting Book  (English)
• Étoile Dorée In Tatting  (English)

Taxidermy

• Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit
  A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration 

• Taxidermy  Pray, Leon L.

Wax Flower Making

• The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling  Peachey, Emma

Weaving

• Aboriginal American Weaving  Kissell, Mary Lois (English)
• Hand-Loom Weaving  (English)
• Theory of Silk Weaving  (English)

Wood-block Printing

• Wood-block Printing  (English)

Wood-working

• A Course In Wood Turning  (English)
• Carpentry for Boys
  In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations  (English)
• Woodwork Joints
  How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.  (English)
• Handwork in Wood  (English)
• The Mechanical Properties of Wood
  Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing  (English)
• Wood-Carving
  Design and Workmanship  (English)
• Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 1  (English)
• Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2  (English)
• Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3  (English)