Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
BUY IT NEW
- $12.99 List price$10.39 Online price$9.35 Member price(Save 28%)Limited Time Offer! Everyone receives the Member Price on books.
See Details
Reserve it at BN.com & pick it up in 60 minutes at your local store.
Enter a zip code
(Paperback)
- Pub. Date: September 2005
- 240pp
- Sales Rank: 58,147
Buy it Used: 27 copies from $1.99 See All Available
Customers who bought this also bought
Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2005
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 240pp
- Sales Rank: 58,147
- ISBN-13: 9780740750373
- ISBN: 0740750372
Synopsis
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."
Biography
A knitter for 30 years, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is also a writer of some celebrity known for her unique take on knitting voiced daily on her humorous blog www.yarnharlot.ca. She is the author of At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much. Her home is in Toronto where her best yarn is hidden in the basement deep freeze.
Customer Reviews
- Reader Rating:
- Ratings: 7Reviews: 5
- See All Reviews
Great read for beginning knitters or novices!by lotsofpuppies
Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
May 30, 2009: This book was intended as a present for my grandmother, but once I opened to chapter one and the green monster afghan I could not put it down! It was a pure delight and I laughed out loud too many times to count. I am a beginning knitter and I found the book funny and yet also inspirational for knowing that there is hope for beginners!
First Rate Funny!by Anonymous
Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
April 16, 2007: I have never laughed so hard! Out loud, even! An avid process knitter myself for many years with a burning desire to stay home and knit all day every day, Stephanie is dead on when she talks about 'souvenir stash' and her adventures in steeking. I am SO there! Knitters new and old can appreciate the tips in the book 'putting yarn in a garment bag', but Stephanie touched on all the reasons why we knitters knit. Stephanie, I tip my knitted cap to you!
loading...
loading...
loading...