Knitting yarns writers on knitting
(2014)
Nonfiction
Large Type
Series:
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/746.432/KNITTING
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PUBLISHED
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, c2014
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
423 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410465283 (hardback), 1410465284 (hardcover), 9781410465283
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
A collection of essays about the transformative power of knitting from 27 contemporary authors, including Ann Patchett, Barbara Kingsolver, John Dufresne, and Joyce Maynard
CONTENTS
Knitting pattern: "Banks" fingerless mittens /
Helen Bingham -- Pretend knitter /
Elizabeth Berg -- Perfect gift /
Lan Samantha Chang -- Blood, root, knit, purl /
Andre Dubus III -- To knit a knot, or not : a beginner's yarn /
John Dufresne -- Home ec /
Hope Edelman -- Knitting pattern: "Bingham" cabled head wrap /
Helen Bingham -- Soft, warm, and fuzzy /
Janice Eidus -- Looped yarn /
Martha Frankel -- Teaching a child to knit /
Sue Grafton -- Knitting in Kathmandu /
Jessi Hempel -- Ten things I learned from knitting /
Ann Hood -- Knitting pattern: "Bowden" coffee cozies /
Helen Bingham -- Judite /
Kaylie Jones -- Where to begin /
Barbara Kingsolver -- One-year marriage /
Jennifer Lauck -- Knitting a family /
Anne D. LeClaire -- Knitting : epic fail /
Marianne Leone -- I bought this pattern book last spring /
Elinor Lipman -- Knitting pattern: "Ashworth" ruffled slipper socks /
Helen Bingham -- Supernatural power of knitting /
Alison Lurie -- Straw into gold /
Joyce Maynard -- Failing better /
Bernadette Murphy -- How knitting saved my life. Twice. /
Ann Patchett -- Clothes make the dog /
Taylor M. Polites -- Knitting pattern: Clovis's perfect-fit sweater /
Taylor M. Polites -- High-strung knitter /
Elissa Schappell -- Knitted goods : notes from a nervous non-knitter /
Elizabeth Searle -- What are you making? /
Ann Shayne -- Crafty critters /
Suzanne Strempek Shea -- Found objects /
Anita Shreve -- Why bother? /
Jane Smiley -- Knitting pattern: "Fisher" lacy wrap /
Helen Bingham