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Crafts. Nonfiction. HTML: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's deepest wish is that everyone understand that knitting is at least as fun as baseball and way cooler than the evil looped path of crochet. Every project, from a misshapen hat to the most magnificent sweater, holds a story. Yarn Harlot tells all those stories with humor, insight, and sympathy for the obsessed. Over 50 million people in America knit. The average knitter spends between $500 and $1,700 a year on yarn, patterns, needles, and books. No longer just a fad or a hobby, knitting has advanced to a lifestyle. Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter moves beyond instructions and patterns into the purest elements of knitting: obsession, frustration, reflection, and fun. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's humorous and poignant essays find humor in knitting an enormous afghan that requires a whopping 30 balls of wool, having a husband with size 13 feet who loves to wear hand-knit socks, and earns her yarn harlot title with her love of any new yarn�??she'll quickly drop an old project for the fresh saucy look of a new interesting yarn. Since the upsurge in knitting began in the early '90s, the number of women under 45 who knit has doubled. Knitting is no longer a hobby for just grandmothers�??women and men of all ages are embracing this art. Describing its allure is best left to Stephanie who explains: It is a well-known fact that knitting is a sparkling form of entertainment, as spiritual as yoga, as relaxing as a massage, and as funny as Erma Bombeck trapped in a PTA meeting… (more)
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Brilliant, funny, sometimes sad, worth buying and adding to your library.
When she's funny, she's VERY funny, as when she warns against quick crochet projects. You can have
If you knit and, like me, are well on your way to becoming a yarn ho yourself, you should read this book. Besides, the chapters are short and self-contained, so it's easy to pick up and put down between knitting projects.
(By the way, it's now almost impossible for me to type the author's name correctly. I keep wanting to type "Purl-McPhee". I believe she should have it legally changed.)
I am a new knitter and learning to appreciate some of the things she talks about. Can't wait to read more.