| Description |
260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Ann Hood -- Clothes for the living / Steve Almond -- Knitting took me halfway round the world / Anne Bartlett -- Unraveling / Cynthia Chinelly -- Casting off a spell / Melissa Coleman -- Big maroon sweater / Michael Collier -- The Unravelers / Stephanie Mannatt Danler -- Handmade at home / Jared Flood -- Wool / Nick Flynn -- Why, yes-- I can knit my way out of a wet paper bag... / Diana Gabaldon -- The Red vest / Debra Gwartney -- What happened in Scotland / Jane Hamilton -- My mother-in-law, her knitting, and me / Cathi Hanauer -- The Italian hat / Lily King -- The Museum of the lady with only one neck / Perri Klass -- How we spend our days / Christina Baker Kline -- On knitting / Ann Leary -- The Dinosaur sweater / Caroline Leavitt -- The Thirty-first stocking / Laura Lippmann -- Possitive capability / Maile Meloy -- Knit your bit / Stewart O'Nan -- An open letter to all my unfinished projects / Clara Parkes -- Why I don't knit / Jodi Picoult -- Creation myth / Robin Romm -- Sarah with an H / Bill Roorbach -- Just this / Dani Shapiro -- Emma's lessons / Samantha van Leer -- The Santa stocking / Lee Woodruff -- Contributors' notes -- About our knitting stores. |
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PATTERNS: Classic cuffed hat (Purl Soho) -- Paintbrush lace cowl (Hill Country Weavers) -- Cherry seed stitch tea cozy (Churchmouse Yarns & Teas) -- Chimes cowl (Loop) -- Stonehaven stole and scarf (The Yarnery) -- Rivulet cowl (Knit Purl). |
| Summary |
An anthology for lovers of knitting shares anecdotal contributions by two dozen writers--including Lily King, Bill Roorbach, Laura Lippman, Steve Almond, and Jodi Picoult--on the transformative and healing powers of knitting, and includes a selection of knitting patterns. |
| Subject |
Knitting -- Patterns.
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Knitters (Persons) -- Anecdotes.
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Authors -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Hood, Ann, 1956- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780393246087 (hc.) |
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0393246086 (hc.) |
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