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    Things I Learned from Knitting...Whether I Wanted to or Not by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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    • Publisher: Storey Books
    • Pub. Date: March 2008
    • ISBN-13: 9781603420624
    • Sales Rank: 3,812
    • 160pp
     
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    Synopsis

    The Yarn Harlot strikes again! Best-selling knitting author and humorist Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is back with an irresistible collection of witty observations on how knitting and life wisdom are spun together.

    In Things I Learned From Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not), Pearl Mc-Phee examines age-old aphorisms in light of knitting. From "Hope Springs Eternal" to "A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed" and "Birds Of A Feather Flock Together," Pearl-McPhee casts a fresh, off-beat light on these sayings. Presented in quick, punchy takes, each entry in this book calls out to be read aloud and shared with anyone who enjoys playing with yarn and needles.

    Pearl-McPhee's observations are hilarious; the situations she describes strike a familiar, "not you, too?" feeling in the heart of anyone who knits. Interspersed throughout the book are her notes on the things that "Knitting is still trying to teach me. . ." That no matter how well you knit, looking at your work too closely isn't helpful. It's like kissing with your eyes open. Nobody looks good that close up.

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    Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 She Did It Again!
    thekraziknitter, obsessive knitter & crocheter!, 05/16/2008

    When I picked up this book, I just could not put it down! The perfect book to add to your knitting bag & to take out when you are in a situation when you cannot knit 'airplane, etc'. If you loved Yarn Harlot's other books- you will definately enjoy this one!

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    sleknits, a Knitter!, 03/17/2008

    I am looking forward to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's new book. I have all of her other books and always read one of them if I'm having a hard time with a wonderful pattern or just not in the mood. I look at one of her books and I'm back on my knitting way again!! With my job I do data entry and haven't found out a way to knit and type at the same time BUT I have two of Ms. Pearl-McPhee's audio books that I can listen as I type. With her I can laugh my working time away. Thank you so much with your knitting wisdom and humor. I don't know how BUT with your books - my knitting is getting better!!

    Also recommended: Any book by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs Mother, A Novel by Linda Ann Rentschler Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann