Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off

I am still a relatively new knitter having taken up the needles in Feb of 2008. I was starting to worry myself when all I could think about was wool and my next fix (project). My family were also starting to wonder as the corners of various rooms (and cupboards) in the house began to fill with yarn. Since I was self taught, I didn't know if this was normal knitting behavior or not. Luckily I happened across this book at a... Read Full Review

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the Jon Stewart of the knitting world. She skewers us with our own needles, unravels our obsession for the uninitiated and helps us learn to laugh at ourselves. Her fresh, tongue-in-cheek observations about the crazy world of knitting have become wildly popular on her blog, her speaking tours (accompanied by her trademark socks-in-progress) and in her three previous books. In her newest book Stephanie... Read Full Review

This book is the perfect example of technology giving two very old art forms -reading and knitting--a boost. I "read" this book via audio book. Which I think is brilliant... my husband finds it scary. He thinks it's a very bad idea for someone to enable me to enjoy my two passions together... especially knitting. Because then I can do MORE, MORE of both!! SPM Casts off is a travel book about knitting. It looks at Knitting... Read Full Review

This time, the Yarn Harlot has a clever spin; the Land of Knitting through the eyes of a tour guide. We learn how to pack, how many of us never knew how long we'd stay in the land of knitting, embassies, history, geography, famous knitters. You'll see something to make you chuckle or see yourself on nearly every page. Interspersed are tips, stories, humor; even a good scrap afghan pattern. I believe that this is the best... Read Full Review

A light-hearted (but reasonably through) look at the culture that knitters have created for themselves. Wonderful antidote to misbehaving yarn..... Also a good read for those new to the knitting world.