Tag: Weaving

Weaving a Navajo Blanket


Free Download Gladys A. Reichard, "Weaving a Navajo Blanket"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0486229920 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 6.8 mb
The author spent four summers (1930-33) living and working among the Navajo, during which time she learned the principles of weaving. In this book she takes readers through the same process, introducing the careful details, the personalities she encountered, and the materials and methods of weaving in the Navajo style.

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Finger Weaving Scarves & Wraps 18 Fun, Easy Projects Made without Loom, Needle or Hook


Free Download Naoko Minowa, "Finger Weaving Scarves & Wraps: 18 Fun, Easy Projects Made without Loom, Needle or Hook"
English | 2015 | pages: 105 | ISBN: 0811715574 | PDF | 9,5 mb
Do you want to make scarves and wraps but feel intimidated by knitting needles, looms, or crochet hooks-or are you just always interested in trying a new technique? Finger Weaving Scarves & Wraps will teach you to weave simple patterns from yarn using just your fingers and a few basic tools you already own, such as a ruler on which to tie the yarn and a water bottle to hold the ruler in place while you work-it’s that easy!

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Weaving Analytics for Effective Decision Making


Free Download Arindam Banerjee, "Weaving Analytics for Effective Decision Making"
English | ISBN: 9386446766 | 2017 | 184 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Weaving Analytics for Effective Decision Making helps managers unleash the power of analytics. It provides a roadmap for implementing analytics and securing a high return on investment for the organization. The book is meant primarily for decision makers, business leaders and business problem solvers who are engaged in decision-making roles in organizations. Several books have established the need for analytics in decision making; this book moves one step ahead and explains how managers can maximize the benefits of analytics in organizations. It spells out the sequence business managers should adopt towards building business intelligence-driven organizations.

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Cynefin – Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World


Free Download Boudewijn Bertsch, "Cynefin – Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World"
English | 2020 | pages: 376 | ISBN: 1735379905 | EPUB | 6,7 mb
The Cynefin® sense-making Framework, brainchild of innovative thinker Dave Snowden, has never been more needed. The Framework empowers leaders across organizations, governments, and local communities, to work with uncertainty – to navigate complexity, create resilience, and thrive. As Snowden says, "The Framework guides us to make sense of the world, so that we can skillfully act in it." Come with us on the remarkable 21-year journey of Cynefin, a framework that enables people from all walks of life to improve – their situation, their work, their business, their relationships, and their environment. Cynefin practitioners share their wisdom, applications, and experiences using the Framework, across healthcare, leadership facilitation, organizational behavior, safety, software development, strategy, and well-being. You’ll discover how to not only ‘ride the rapids of complexity,’ but find in so doing, grace, power, and inexplicable opportunity.Other content contributions by Milica Begovic, Elmi Bester, Chris Bolton, Mary E. Boone, Greg Brougham, Anne Caspari & Johann Entz-von Zerssen, Chris Corrigan, Jennifer Garvey-Berger, Carolyn Coughlin, Keith Johnston & Jim Wicks, Friso Gosliga, Riva Greenberg & Boudewijn Bertsch, Lou Hayes Jr., Steve Holt, Trent Hone, Harold Jarche, Iwan Jenkins, Alicia Juarrero, Gabriel Jurj, Liz Keogh, Marion Kiely & Ellie Snowden, Robert Koch, Steve McCrone & Ian Snape, Anne McMurray, Anna Panagiotou, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Vivienne (Viv) Read, Kendra Rosencrans, Peter Stanbridge, John Turner & Nigel Thurlow, Jesko von den Steinen, Juanita Uribe & Andrés Jiménez, Simon Wardley, Gary Wong & Michael Cheveldave, and Jules Yim.

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Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage Weaving Ancient Wisdom With Modern Knowledge


Free Download Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom With Modern Knowledge by Rachel Reed
English | March 13th, 2021 | ISBN: 064500250X | 358 pages | True EPUB | 0.55 MB
It’s time for a childbirth revolution. The modern approach to maternity care fails women, families and care providers with outdated practices that centre the needs of institutions rather than individuals. In this book, Rachel Reed weaves history, science and research with the experiences of women and care providers to create a holistic, evidence-based framework for understanding birth. Reclaiming childbirth as a rite of passage requires us to recognise that mothers own the power and expertise when it comes to birthing their babies. Whether you are a parent, care provider or educator, this book will transform how you think and feel about childbirth.

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