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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-09-23 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 240 Ean: 9780740769474 Book Isbn: 0740769472  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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". . . 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 Harlot 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. |
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Written on October 11, 2008 Summary: Time to change my stereotype of Stephanie? Just when I had Stephanie pegged as a writer of humor,(Just visit her website!) she pens this thoughtful, insight little book. I enjoyed reading it, and do not regret adding it to my knitting library...and yet.... I wanted to LAUGH!! The kind of "wake the hubby up because I am shaking the bed laughing" read. With a cover so like her first book, I was hoping for a repeat of that winner! There is some funny stuff, but I left reading Free Range Knitter feeling sad. I can see where she's going with the essays in the book and building her theme, and it is beautifully crafted. It just wasn't what I thought it would be or what I had hoped for. While my copy of The Yarn Harlot is tattered from frequent reading, I rather doubt that I will reread this one.  Written on October 6, 2008 Summary: Stories and essays that linger in the heart Stephanie's newest book leaves me unable to find words to match those inside the book. I doubt I can do this book justice. This fine book is about knitting, yes, but really not so much about knitting as about what happens when knitting is part of life. The stories and essays glide and ripple and twist, carrying the reader pellmell into intimate contact with men, women, children, animals, ideas, and humor - and always the light of knitting is leaking through, shining its innocence, tough love, and grace onto stumbling humanity. Stephanie is a master at fostering reflection through story-telling. The first story, about a very young knitter named Annabelle, holds many layers of meaning about incredibly important things. And the last story, about a very old knitter, who needed no yarn to knit, let me close the book with a sense of fulfilment. We knitters, as well as non-knitters (who would love this book) are so very lucky to have someone like Stephanie spinning tales for us, with her sharp and shiny wit rising so naturally from an honest heart. I am grateful. |
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| Release date | 2008-09-23 | 2008-06-15 | 2008-09-16 | 2008-03-19 | 2008-11-01 | 2008-12-01 |
| Media | Hardcover | Calendar | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 240 | 370 | 160 | 160 | 112 | 160 |
| Ean | 9780740769474 | 9780761150602 | 9780307381705 | 9781603420624 | 9781596680937 | 9781596680531 |
| Book Isbn | 0740769472 | 0761150609 | 0307381706 | 1603420622 | 1596680938 | 1596680539 |
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