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KnitKnacks

Much Ado About Knitting

KnitKnacks Much Ado About Knitting
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Author:

Clara Parkes

Foreword by:

Kari Cornell

Foreword by:

Kari Cornell

Format: Hardcover, 96 Pages
Item: 144260
ISBN: 9780760328477
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Specs
Illustrations: 49 Color & 20 B&W Photos
Size: 5.5 x 5.5 x .25
Weight: 0.5 lb.
Edition: First
Published: April 15th 2007
DC: AP
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Taking a light-hearted approach to the art that keeps us in stitches, this nimble little book is filled with comical stories and words of wisdom, providing a humorous glimpse into the world of knitting. With laugh-out-loud tales of the allure of yarn, suggestions for the best places to knit (An ice shanty on a Minnesota lake, perhaps? Or maybe on the back of a motorcycle?), and the tell-tale signs of yarn-collecting spinning out of control, this nifty work is illustrated throughout with amusing vintage pattern booklets, advertisements, photographs, and charming artwork.

Kari Cornell is the editor of For the Love of Knitting, Knitting Yarns and Spinning Tales, Around the Quilt Frame, and Hooked: A Crocheter’s Stash of Wit and Wisdom, all published by Voyageur Press. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, two sons, and beagle. She has been a knitter for the past five years.

Still living in that drafty farmhouse on the coast of Maine, Clara Parkes achieves her yarnirvana by writing about yarn for Knitter's Review.  Non-knitting time is spent spinning, dyeing, gardening, drinking far too much tea, and dreaming of projects to come.  You can read her insights and discoveries at www.KnittersReview.com.

Laura Billings is a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In her spare time she tries to knit articles of clothing that her children will actually wear.

Sigrid Arnott is a recovering archaeologist who lives and knits in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Contents

Foreword

KnitKnacks

By Kari Cornell

 

Chapter 1

The Irrepressible Urge to Knit

How to Tell When You’ve Crossed the Line from Recreational Knitter to Full-fledged Addict

By Laura Billings

 

Chapter 2

Knitting on the Road…and Beyond

A Few Ideas on Where to Knit Your Bit

 

Chapter 3

The Agony and the Ecstasy

True Confessions of a Yarnileptic

By Clara Parkes

 

Chapter 4

Will Work for Yarn

Signs that Yarn (and acquiring more of it) Dominates Your Existence

 

Chapter 5

Ridiculous Knits

Knitting for the Man in Your Life

By Sigrid Arnott

 

Chapter 6

Knit Talk

A Knitter’s Translate-o-Matic

Socialize