Knit-Lit

Review: All Wound Up

by --Deb 11.23.2011
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First, the facts: Title: All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin Author: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2011 Pages: 235 Type: Knitting Humor. Chapters: No chapters, exactly, just essays The In-Depth Look: I’ve been a fan of Stephanie-the-Yarn-Harlot for years. I’ve been reading her blog since long before her first [...]

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Review: Craft Activism

by --Deb 09.24.2011
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Crafts aren’t just about dressing babies and making things cute. With the right mind at work, they can become powerful tools for making the world a better place. The point to this book is to take a look at the things you can already do, and the things you already know about what’s right and what’s wrong in the world, and then using your own native creativity to put them together to make something remarkable.

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Review: A Life in Stitches

by --Deb 09.15.2011
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Rachael really is a lovely writer, and this book of pieces about her own life is the perfect illustration. This book tells 20 stories, all with the common theme of how knitting is a vital, burning part of her life–one that has kept her warm, sane, and comforted through some of the most difficult (and joyous) times of her life.

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Review: 10 Secrets of the Laidback Knitters

by --Deb 07.21.2011
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“Holistic Knitting: The knitting world can’t be explained by its component parts alone. Rather, the whole of the knitting world–more than simply the sum of its parts–has an existence all its own.”

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Review: A Knitter’s Home Companion

by --Deb 05.16.2011
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How many times can I tell you that a book is sweet and nice and good and filled with heart-warming little stories and patterns? You’re going to stop believing me–they can’t all be that good, can they?

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Review: Freddie’s Blanket

by --Deb 01.23.2011
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Like their last book, Phoebe’s Sweater, this book is just adorable. (Yes, that really is the first thing you need to know.)

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Review: Phoebe’s Sweater

by --Deb 06.03.2010
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This is an adorable little book.

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Review: Sweater Quest

by --Deb 04.17.2010
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This book is being referred to as “Julie and Julia” for knitters, and I can see that point. Here, the author decides to challenge herself to knit Alice Starmore’s “Mary Tudor” pattern in one year, even though she’s never done fair isle knitting before, never tackled a project this big before

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Review: How to Knit a Love Song

by --Deb 03.04.2010
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First, the facts: Title: How to Knit a Love Song Author: Rachel Herron Published by: Avon Books, 2010 Pages: 318 Type: Fiction, Romance. The In-Depth Look: You DID know that our very own knit-blogging friend had her new novel published, didn’t you? It came out this week. How to Knit a Love Song. Romance isn’t [...]

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Review: Knitting Lit

by --Deb 01.10.2010
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Sometimes, of course, you want to read about knitting, but you don’t want to read about KNITTING. You’re not interested in patterns. You’re not interested in yet another collection of stitches, or in reading the knitty-gritty of some new knitting technique. This is where essays are remarkably handy. Collections of stories, reminiscenses. Tales of sweaters [...]

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Review: Not My Daughter

by --Deb 01.04.2010
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Not My Daughter tells the story of three teenage girls who stun their New England town by forming a pact to get pregnant at the same time. The girls are all good students, “achievers,” as one mother puts it, which just adds to the shock as the ripples and the news spread.

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Review: Knit It Together

by --Deb 06.07.2009
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If the point of the book is to talk about all the reasons we gather together to knit, it’s the stories that matter the most. It’s not what’s on the needles that’s important so much as the act of knitting in the first place. Like the author says,
“Welcome to my knitting circle: a collection of writers and designers who have thought deeply about how a community of knitters with a shared passion for yarn and needles can bridge divides, spread goodwill, and strengthen us all.”

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Review: Fiber Gathering

by --Deb 03.22.2009
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Well, welcome to Fiber Gatherings. This book is devoted to the idea of fiber festivals, specifically ones in the United States. Each chapter looks at one, specific festival and explores what makes it special, and different from all the others. But, more than just describing what makes each gathering unique, she looks at what makes them the same. In a good way.

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Review: For the Love of Knitting

by --Deb 03.08.2009
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This book is described as “a scrapbook of stories, essays and memories that celebrates knitting and knitting heritage,” and it does a fine job of it. It’s pleasant and easy on the eyes, and a reminder of all the different things that make knitters knit. Creativity. Therapy. Relaxation. Necessity. It’s all in there. Kind of like just about any knitting circle you can think of.

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