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At Knit's End

Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

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 The "Yarn Harlot" takes time away from her knitting to offer observations, meditations, reflections, and rants to soothe and delight the knitter's unraveled soul.

Like golfing, fishing, and gardening, knitting is an obsession. It's an activity fraught with guilt, frustration, over-optimism, sly deception, and compulsion, along with passionate moments of creative enlightenment - not to mention heaps of yarn you really think you'll knit someday. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee totally understands. In this hilarious collection of tangled reflections, she offers ample reassurance for anyone who has ever wondered, "Am I alone in my mania?"

Casting off with some of her favorite quotations, she muses on why it's impossible to knit too much, how many calories knitting burns (about 90 an hour, not counting the extra for retrieving your ball of yarn from under the couch), and when it's alright to stalk a man in the grocery store (not because he's good-looking, but because he's wearing an Aran sweater you want to know how to knit).

The first step toward recovery is getting help - and having a good laugh at your compulsion. At Knit's End is a wicked and wickedly funny fix for any knitter.

©2003 Stephanie Pearl-McPhee; (P)2007 HighBridge Company 20th Century Crafts & Hobbies Education Modern Funny Witty Inspiring

What the critics say

"Holds a treasure of thoughts with which every knitter can identify....Many knitters will find it a relief to read a knitting book with no patterns they feel they must try." ( Booklist)
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I am a knitter as well. I loved all the stories and can relate to every......you know you knit to much when? LOL

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This was very relatable, provided excellent advice, and entertained! I loved that the reader’s small chuckles came through.

I could listen to this on repeat!

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Monotonous description of everything about knitting.
I did not find it interesting and could not continue this book after just a few pages.

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