Posted by Melody on Tuesday, Sep 29, 2015
Love to knit, sew, or quilt? We have books for you! In addition to the great recommendations from Library Director Susan Craig, I wanted to share my own ways to find crafting books and magazines—ones you can check out from the comfort of your own home.
Part 1: e-books on Digital Johnson County (OverDrive)
If you are used to searching our catalog on a computer, you can always start there. Type in your craft of choice, then go to the left-hand side and select “Adult EBOOK” under the Format heading.
Once you are there, you can click the “Check out with OverDrive” button. If your library account is up to date and you know your password, you can log in and be on your way! If you haven’t updated your address with us in a while or have more than $10 in fines, you may get an error message.
You can also go directly to the Digital Johnson County website to browse around that way. To get all the craft books we have on OverDrive, you’ll want to do an Advanced Search, and change the drop-down menu that says “All Subjects” to “Crafts”. For some reason, you can’t get to the Crafts subject from the red box area where you might be used to looking around. You can type in “crafts” into the general search, too, but not all of the books that show up will be relevant. You’ll have a better time searching for the specific craft (knitting, crochet, etc.) in that simple search box.</p?
And keep the 4th Annual ICPL Arts and Crafts Bazaar in mind while you work on your projects. If you have something special enough to donate, this ICPL fundraiser is on Saturday, December 5, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and donations will be accepted through Friday, December 4.
Stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow--Craft magazines on Zinio!
About the Author
I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to... more
I can't wait to read Ali Hazelwood's Summer 2025 release Problematic Summer Romance. This book follows two of her characters from Not in Love as they dance around each other at Eli and Rue's destination wedding in Taormina, Italy. I love a book with scenery so different from my own, and I know I'm going to have some mental lust over Taormina's hills and coastline. With Hazelwood herself hailing from Italy, I know I'm in for some accurate travel fiction. This book's main characters, Maya Kilgore and Conor Harkness, experience glimpses of attraction in Not in Love, but an age gap and grumpier-than-grump personality prevent any dalliances from fruitioning. I'm not sure how I'd feel about an age gap romance that was in hands less capable than Hazelwood's. She treats her characters with such respect despite their youthfulness. Life experiences may be fewer when you're 23, but that doesn't mean you're not a capable and feeling human being. Looking forward to reading how she handles this love story! -Melody