Synopses & Reviews
A celebration of the ancient craft of knitting. Everyone knows someone who knits--a mother, a grandmother, a great-aunt or two--but lately a remarkable trend has surfaced across the country. Today it's not uncommon to see women (and some men, too!) in their twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties knitting sweaters in the park, talking technique in cafes, and flocking to yarn shops for meetings of their weekly kr itting circles. What is it about the practice of knitting that draws people in and keeps them returning--day after day--to their yarn? In this book, a somewhat vague obsession with knitting a pair of socks launches Lela Nargi on a spiritual journey through interconnected circles of knitters from all across the nation. As profoundly simple as it is profoundly ... not simple, the knitters featured in Knitting Lessons describe how knitting encourages a more peaceful and productive existence. The knitting-obsessed will delight in the inspiring, enlightening, and sometimes just plain funny reasons why people knit--all delightfully presented in this beautifully designed and illustrated book.
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Knitting Lessons, Lela Nargi takes readers on a journey through the varied landscapes of knitting, accompanied by the people who take obsessive pleasure in learning and mastering this ancient craft. Since the first of what would be a series of profound realizations gained from knitting (You mean there are only two stitches involved?), Nargi has not been able to put her needles down, and in this book she seeks to discover exactly what it is about the practice of knitting that draws people in and keeps them returning, day after day, to their yarn.
The people Nargi encountered as she followed a path through interconnected circles of knitters from all across the country describe how knitting-as profoundly simple as it is profoundly not simple-encourages a more peaceful and productive existence. In Knitting Lessons, aficionados will delight in hearing the inspiring, enlightening, and sometimes just plain funny reasons why people knit, as told by knitters all across the country.
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The knitting obsessed will delight in the inspiring, enlightening reasons whypeople knit--presented in this beautifully designed and illustrated book.
Synopsis
A women's memoir about the sense of community created through knitting. Possible two-color interiors and illustrations of stitches throughout.
About the Author
Lela Nargi contributes articles on art, photography, and culture to a variety of national and international magazines.