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Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again

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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee returns to pen another hilarious and poignant collection of essays surrounding her favorite topics: knitting, knitters, and what happens when you get those two things anywhere near ordinary people.

For the 60 million knitters in America, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. the Yarn Harlot) shares stories of knitting horrors and triumphs, knitting successes and defeats, but, mostly, stories about the human condition that ring true for everyone--especially if you happen to have a rather large amount of yarn in your house.

Pearl-McPhee maintains a popular blog at www.yarnharlot.ca. Divided into sections relating to each essay's content, such as women, politics, family, and overcoming boredom, Free-Range Knitter will entertain yarnsmiths who enjoy sharing in the collective experiences of the woolen and silky skein.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432
EAN: 9780740769474
ISBN: 0740769472
Label: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Studio: Andrews McMeel Publishing


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Never Not Knitting! Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
• Things I Learned From Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not)
• Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines: Patterns, Stories, Pictures, True Confessions, Tricky Bits, Whole New Worlds, and Familiar Ones, Too
• It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons
• Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Funny and insightful look at knitting -
This is a great read for any knitter or crafter. It puts the passion for crafting into perspective for anyone who wonders why crafters get so involved with their projects and so protective of their supplies. I just had to laugh out loud at her battle with the moth and the war she waged with the wedding sweaters. I'd shake me head, roll my eyes, and chuckle all at the same time! She's a wonderful author of short tales. I've not knit any of her patterns yet, but if they are written like this book, they'll be great!

Knitting philosopher & comedien -
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is an excellent author. She writes well, with both well crafted prose and hysterical rants that will have you with tears in your eyes. (Don't read her stuff in public, people will stare as you alternate with giggles and tears!) You will agree with her because she manages to grab the most interesting topics and make them funny. She also outs every knitter's lust for more and more yarn, and the inevitable goof in various projects. I will be reading everything she writes, just hope she keeps on putting those wonderful books out!

Blog in Book form -
I am a huge fan of the Yarn harlot. I like her writing, I like her nature, I like how she handles herself and her business and I respect her as a knitter and a writer.

I was drawn in first by her blog which manages to be graceful and kind all the time and have been following her for years now. I faithfully buy every book of hers and can not say that I have disliked any of her books. Some of them I loved more than others, but that is simply personal taste.

If you like her blog, you will like her books. This one is my favorite of her styles, the essay books where it is like reading her off of the computer. I enjoyed it a great deal.

Free-Range Fun! -
This book is a collection of stories. While it's written by knitters for knitters, you don't actually have to be a knitter to appreciate the stories. (The lingo might make a bit more sense though.) Since one of my ex-girlfriends liked to knit (and consequently, I've been on trips to buy yarn), I'm not entirely unfamiliar with knitting, but I've certainly never done anything with knitting needles that didn't involve pretend sword-fighting.

However, like I said, you don't have to be a knitter to appreciate the stories. The book's author/compiler, Susan Pearl McPhee, winds her own stories (and humourous letters) throughout the book, giving it a nice overall cohesiveness, and the stories that she's brought in from other writers are quite good. Broken up into sections which have knitting names ("Cast On" for the first, "Cast Off" for the last, etc.), the book is easy enough to read by story or by section.

There were times during the stories when I found myself laughing out loud, so I'm confident that others will really enjoy this book. Even though it's skewed toward a female audience (there's only one story about a male knitter, written by a woman, who then talks about how women view male knitters) the underlying themes of family, trials, tribulations, love, loss, happiness, and yes, knitting, speak to a human audience.

She's funny as ever! -
More laughs and thought-provoking commentary. Very funny, even for the less experienced knitter. The Yarn Harlot is great!