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Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks
Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Publisher Comments
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, the best-selling author of At Knit&'s End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much and celebrated blogger and humorist of the knitting world, is back! Funnier than ever, Pearl-McPhee continues her running dialogue with her... (read more)

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Knitting Heaven and Earth: Healing the Heart with Craft
Knitting Heaven and Earth: Healing the Heart with Craft
by Susan Gordon Lydon
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Susan Gordon Lydon’s groundbreaking book The Knitting Sutra offered a new way for knitters to look at their craft—as a healing and meditative endeavor instead of a granny hobby or an indulgent pastime. The first book without knitting patterns... (read more)

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Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again
Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again
by Stephanie Pearl-mcphee
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. . . a sort of David Sedaris-like take on knitting-laugh-out-loud funny most of the time and poignantly reflective when it's not cracking you up." --Library Journal on Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee returns to pen another hilarious and poignant... (read more)

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Beyond Stitch and Bitch: Knitting as a Metaphor for Life
Beyond Stitch and Bitch: Knitting as a Metaphor for Life
by Afi Odelia Scruggs
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BEYOND STITCH and BITCH is a collection of essays that explores the emotional and spiritual experiences common to those who knit. Its engaging, appealing stories chronicle how knitting can be a spiritual, meditative experience, and how one can learn... (read more)

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Zen and the Art of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity
Zen and the Art of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity
by Bernadette Murphy
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Knitting has become the hip new trend among twenty- and thirty-somethings, with celebrities such as Julia Roberts, Winona Ryder, Cameron Diaz, Hilary Swank, and Julianne Moore leading the way. This book explores what virtually everyone's grandmother... (read more)

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A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter
A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter
by Rachael Herron
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In these 20 heartfelt essays, Rachael Herron celebrated romance novelist by day, 911 dispatcher by night, and founder of the hugely popular blog Yarnagogo.com shows how when life unravels there s always a way to knit it back together again, many times... (read more)

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The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
by Susan Gordon Lydon
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Available for the first time in paperback, The Knitting Sutra reveals how women can learn to knit their way to nirvana. When Susan Gordon Lydon was coping with a broken arm, her craft took on new significance. While knitting was essential to... (read more)

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At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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Do you ever...Experience palpitations when passing a yarn shop?Sneak new yarn purchases into the house?Utter the words "just one more row"?Plan your vacation around yarn store locations?Secretly scope out new spots to store your stash?If you answered... (read more)

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Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split
Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split
by Laurie Perry
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If you've ever been dumped, duped, or three minutes from crazy, you'll love Crazy Aunt Purl. Side-splittingly funny and profoundly moving, Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair is the true-life misadventures of Laurie Perry, aka Crazy Aunt Purl, a... (read more)

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Knitticisms . . . and Other Purls of Wisdom
Knitticisms . . . and Other Purls of Wisdom
by Kari Cornell
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Knitticisms . . . And Other Purls of Wisdom is a fun, breezy look at the world of knitting, knitted pieces, and the artwork associated with this popular pastime. With brilliant color photographs, historical black-and-white images, artwork, vintage... (read more)

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Urban Knits
Urban Knits
by Simone Werle
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The latest urban street art doesn't involve paint cans, stickers or wallpaper paste-- but knitting needles and wool--as can be seen in this book filled with eye-popping images. Whether they're knitting colorful clothes for trees, crocheting adornments on... (read more)

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The Knitter's Gift: An Inspirational Bag of Words, Wisdom, and Craft
The Knitter's Gift: An Inspirational Bag of Words, Wisdom, and Craft
by Bernadette Murphy
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Beginner and longtime knitters will rejoice as they read about: - A father who treasures a scarf made by his daughter decades earlier while she was in fifth grade - A Ph.D. candidate who finds that knitting reduces her stress, and allows her to... (read more)

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Knitting Sutra
Knitting Sutra
by Susan Gordon Lydon
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"The purpose of meditation is to quiet the mind so that it can sink down into contemplation of its true nature. You cannot stop your mind by an act of will any more than you can stop the beating of your own heart. Some cultures describe mind as a drunken... (read more)

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All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin
All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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Inside All Wound Up, New York Times best-selling author and self-proclaimed Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee spins her third yarn on knitting for the 60 million knitters in North America who collectively spend $45 billion a year on knitting-related... (read more)

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Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again
Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again
by Stephanie Pearl-mcphee
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This paperback edition of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's New York Times best-selling Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again reminds readers of the joy they felt upon first encountering her hilarious and poignant collection of essays.... (read more)

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Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social & Political Change, Stitch by Stitch
Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social & Political Change, Stitch by Stitch
by Betsy Greer
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Every time we knit, we have the opportunity to create positive change in ourselves, our community, and in the world. Thats Betsy Greers fervent belief, and in this book she shows us how. Betsy explores the ways we can use knitting to slow down in a fast... (read more)

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For the Love of Knitting: A Celebration of the Knitter's Art
For the Love of Knitting: A Celebration of the Knitter's Art
by Kari Cornell
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2004 MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS FINALIST! Do you live to knit? Have you made finding that perfect shade of periwinkle yarn an obsession? Have you ever stayed up to the wee hours of the night just to see how a yarn pattern would knit up? If you answered “... (read more)

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Not Tonight Darling, I'm Knitting
Not Tonight Darling, I'm Knitting
by Betty Hosegood
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This glamorous and gifty book will inspire knitters everywhere to pick up their needles and join the fun. It features knitting anecdotes, advice about materials, and a fascinating history of knitting fashion.... (read more)

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It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons
It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons
by Franklin Habit
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An affectionate and humorous celebration of every aspect of the craft of knitting, from buying—and hiding—massive quantities of yarn to wrestling with projects that go seriously awry to prescriptions for alleviating the stress brought on by... (read more)

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Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously
Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously
by Adrienne Martini
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"I knit so I don't kill people" — bumper sticker spotted at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival For Adrienne Martini, and countless others, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini wanted a challenge that would make... (read more)

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