num_pages: 228
description: . . . a sort of David Sedaris-like take on knitting-laugh-out-loud funny most of the time and poignantly reflective when it's not cracking you up. --Library Journal on Yarn HarlotStephanie Pearl-McPhee returns to pen another hilarious and poignant collection of essays surrounding her favorite 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.
language: English
title: Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again
publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing