Knitting yarns
Subtitle: writers on knitting
By: edited with an introduction by Ann Hood
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781410465283
Subjects: Large type books; Knitting; Knitters (Persons); Miscellanea
Description: A collection of essays about the transformative power of knitting from 27 contemporary authors, including Ann Patchett, Barbara Kingsolver, John Dufresne, and Joyce Maynard.
Table of contents: title: Knitting pattern: "Banks" fingerless mittens  -- Helen Bingham; title: The pretend knitter  -- Elizabeth Berg; title: The perfect gift  -- Lan Samantha Chang; title: Blood, root, knit, purl  -- Andre Dubus III; title: To knit a knot, or not : a beginner's yarn  -- John Dufresne; title: Home ec  -- Hope Edelman; title: Knitting pattern: "Bingham" cabled head wrap  -- Helen Bingham; title: Soft, warm, and fuzzy  -- Janice Eidus; title: Looped yarn  -- Martha Frankel; title: Teaching a child to knit  -- Sue Grafton; title: Knitting in Kathmandu  -- Jessi Hempel; title: Ten things I learned from knitting  -- Ann Hood; title: Knitting pattern: "Bowden" coffee cozies  -- Helen Bingham; title: Judite  -- Kaylie Jones; title: Where to begin  -- Barbara Kingsolver; title: The one-year marriage  -- Jennifer Lauck; title: Knitting a family  -- Anne D. LeClaire; title: Knitting : epic fail  -- Marianne Leone; title: I bought this pattern book last spring  -- Elinor Lipman; title: Knitting pattern: "Ashworth" ruffled slipper socks  -- Helen Bingham; title: The supernatural power of knitting  -- Alison Lurie; title: Straw into gold  -- Joyce Maynard; title: Failing better  -- Bernadette Murphy; title: How knitting saved my life. Twice.  -- Ann Patchett; title: The clothes make the dog  -- Taylor M. Polites; title: Knitting pattern: Clovis's perfect-fit sweater  -- Taylor M. Polites; title: High-strung knitter  -- Elissa Schappell; title: Knitted goods : notes from a nervous non-knitter  -- Elizabeth Searle; title: What are you making?  -- Ann Shayne; title: Crafty critters  -- Suzanne Strempek Shea; title: Found objects  -- Anita Shreve; title: Why bother?  -- Jane Smiley; title: Knitting pattern: "Fisher" lacy wrap -- Helen Bingham.