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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Description
Crafts. Nonfiction. HTML: Inside All Wound Up, New York Times best-selling author and self-proclaimed Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee spins her third yarn on knitting for the 60 million knitters in North America who collectively spend $45 billion a year on knitting-related merchandise. In her trademark style, McPhee talks about knitting, parenting, friendship, and�??gasp!�??even crocheting in essays that are at times touching, often hilarious, and always entertaining. Fans of her popular blog at www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ will adore this all-new collection of tales of the woolen and silky skein, which follow the Yarn Harlot's previous exploits chronicled inside Yarn Harlot and Free-Range Knitter
User reviews
LibraryThing member OptimisticCautiously
Memoirs, particularly in the form of a collection of personal essays, are very difficult to review as a significant part of the enjoyment is whether you respond to the author's writing style or not. Lucky for me, I connect with her style. I appreciate that the essays can be largely stream of
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consciousness (I actually cannot tell if she plans the essays, as her stream takes her to a different place from where she started - leaving me delightfully surprised). She infuses her observations of everyday life (most of it, a common experience - most) with a sense of humour I appreciate: light, relatively non-judgemental, smart without being obtuse. Being personal essays, I also appreciate that I can easily read this book in smalls doses - a little pick-me-up on a rough day or leave the book in my purse for stolen moments. Overall, I am enjoying myself and recommend this book to others. Show Less
LibraryThing member OptimisticCautiously
Memoirs, particularly in the form of a collection of personal essays, are very difficult to review as a significant part of the enjoyment is whether you respond to the author's writing style or not. Lucky for me, I connect with her style. I appreciate that the essays can be largely stream of
Show More
consciousness (I actually cannot tell if she plans the essays, as her stream takes her to a different place from where she started - leaving me delightfully surprised). She infuses her observations of everyday life (most of it, a common experience - most) with a sense of humour I appreciate: light, relatively non-judgemental, smart without being obtuse. Being personal essays, I also appreciate that I can easily read this book in smalls doses - a little pick-me-up on a rough day or leave the book in my purse for stolen moments. Overall, I am enjoying myself and recommend this book to others. Show Less
ISBN
9781449402082
DDC/MDS
| 818.5402 |