At HotHive, we pride ourselves on being able to provide you with whatever you need to keep your hobbies and interests supplied with new ideas and inspirations. As part of this, we now have a huge sale on in our bookstore! To help you decide which book or books! might be best for you, we have taken a few of our favourites and have reviewed them for you here. The sale has been split into 5 sections, according to price, so we will be looking at one book from each section.

To find all our sale items, got to The Textile Directory Bookstore

This is a fantastic book. It will motivate the reader into wanting to do even more to help our environment. It promotes environmental consciousness not only as being very important, but also as being stylish, and something you can get quality, handmade, products out of! As well as its clever little ideas for around the home, the book itself has been produced in a sustainable way – using eco friendly ink, and recycled paper. The reader will be inspired to look at their ‘rubbish’ differently, and make them think before throwing something away.

As well as being our Book of the Month, Eco Craft is also the Editor’s choice. To read Katie Powell’s review, go to this page Eco Craft Review.

Eco Craft is currently on sale in the HotHive Bookstore for £16.99. To order your copy, please go to this page Order Eco Craft

If you would like to recommend a book, to be our September Book of the Month then please send us an email, with your reasons, to textiles@thehothive.com .

The only rule – you can’t have written the book yourself!

A basic listing in the directory is absolutely free and there are some fantastic low-cost packages available for those of you who would like to promote your business even more.

We have had a good year at The Textile Directory and have been making a number of subtle changes to the site to help improve visitor experience and ensure you get the most out of your listing.

We will shortly be sending out our renewal letters to ensure that we have the most up to date information for you and give you the chance to amend or update any details that you wish to as we know how things can change over the course of a year.
 

We will also be offering you the chance to upgrade your listing as we have three categories on offer; Bronze, Silver and Gold.  Over the coming months we will be doing a lot of advertising, mail shots and online marketing to improve the presence of the site and increase the number of visitors to the site.  If you want to take advantage of an increased presence and prominent listing on the site then consider upgrading.  For a very small fee you can have a featured article and could be on the front page for all to see.

You can see the top reasons to get the most out of the Textile Directory in our newsletter so do read through and ensure you are doing the most to maxmise your listing on the website.

HotHive Textiles aims to promote arts and crafts across the country – so whether you are an artist, supplier, exhibition organiser, gallery owner, student or professional we want to help you progress by getting the most out of the site. And with this in mind we have put together our top ten tips for using HotHive Textiles to its full potential. And the best part? Everything listed below is absolutely free to do.

Top Tip Number 1
Keep us informed – remember to tell us about the things you are doing: new product launches, big commissions you have been involved in, competitions you have won and anything exciting you are working on, as we will be happy to feature them, both on the website and in our newsletters.

Top Tip Number 2
Take a listing – A basic listing on the website with space for one image, 30 words and all your contact details is completely free – and free advertising is certainly something we can all do with in the current credit crunch. We want to keep our site as comprehensive as possible, so if you aren’t yet listed and would like to find new customers then make sure you sign up! You can do this here.

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Cico Books have recently published a fabulous new book called Super-cute Crochet, which teaches you how to make your own super-cute amigurumi family. The book shows you how to make 35 gorgeous creatures, including a bird, bear, chick, bee, elephant, baby goose, giraffe, mouse, panda, parrot, crocodile, reindeer, and many more.

The patterns are really easy, so you can make as many as you like, and the creatures will grow fast on your crochet hook! When you’ve crocheted the bodies, enjoy adding clothes and accessories to make each little cutie a real character. With 35 patterns to choose from, there is sure to be an animal there you’ll love. There’s also a techniques section at the back of the book to show you the simple crochet stitches you’ll need.

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This is an impressively fresh and fun book, aiming to make the skill of knitting trendier and more appealing to the younger generation. Here at HotHive Textiles, we think it is a noble cause, and anything that will help to change the stereotypical image of knitting is alright by us!

Stitch ’n Bitch Nation is currently on sale in the HotHive Bookstore for £10.99, plus post and package. To order your copy, please click on the links below