Yarn Harlot The Secret Life of a Knitter

Name: Yarn Harlot The Secret Life of a Knitter
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ISBN: 9780740750373

ISBN-10: 0740750372

ISBN-13: 9780740750373

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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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…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.50" wide x 5.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, a.k.a. the Yarn Harlot, entertains knitters with her unique humor via her popular blog (www.yarnharlot.com) and her best-selling books, Knitting Rules!, At Knit's End, and Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off.



Introduction



The Red Wool of Courage: Or, Projects I Have Known and Loved


The Green Afghan


The Wedding Sweater Saga


The Cardigan Letter


The Thing About Socks


The Sheep Shawl


The Entrelac Socks



Twenty Thousand Skeins Under the Bed: Or, Stash and Why You Want It


The Beast


Cracking the Whip


Nothing in My Stash


Mine, Mine, All Mine


If You Have a Lot of Yarn...


The System


Moth



Dangerous Liaisons: Or, Yarn Can Be Addictive


Archaeology


Spring Is Sprung


How to Succeed at Knitting (Without Really Trying)


Yarn Requirements


"IT"


Sour Grapes


Socks for Sinead



War and Pieces: Or, You Can't Win Them All


What Her Hands Won't Do


Freakin' Birds


Operation: Cast On


I Can Do That


One Little Sock


What Passes for Perfect


Veni Vidi Steeki


Good Morning, Class



My Family, and Other Works in Progress


The Rules


What She Gave Me


Ten Ways to Anger a Knitter


This Makes More Sense


Three Blankets


Resister


Parents and Knitters


Is This a Test?


DPN


Acknowledgments