Leisure Arts Teach Yourself Plastic Canvas Book- Beginner's guide to needlepoint and plastic canvas. Learn all about stitching on plastic canvas with 18 informative pages. Step-by-step instructions teach the basics, from selecting canvas mesh size, yarn weight, and needles to cutting canvas shapes and learning a variety of stitches. The final lessons take you through creating a coaster set with a storage box; includes eight different coaster patterns. The 30 stitches include mosaic, scotch, bargello, Byzantine, cashmere, double brick, Milanese, Parisian, Rhodes variation, Smyrna cross, triangle, and more. Materials needed for coaster projects include: 7 mesh plastic canvas, US size 4 worsted weight yarn and a size #16 tapestry needle. Finished coasters measure approximately 4 1/4 in. x 4 1/4 in. 24 pages, softcover.