Pre-Owned Sweater Quest : My Year of Knitting Dangerously (Hardcover) 9781410428165

from whitreidtan

I tend to enjoy "stunt memoirs" where an author chooses to indulge in a passion (or something just eccentric) for a year and chronicles the journey for those of us not inclined to devote a year of our lives to whatever task they have chosen. So I thought I would simply adore Adrienne Marini's Swe...

from LCrinion

Interesting story of a persons year long journey of knitting a sweater. I enjoyed her discussion of the kinship of knitting, her trip to Rhinebeck and to Toronto more then the description of the kntting of the sweater. I did not realize that Toronto was such a haven for knitters - I have now put ...

from elsiereads

As a knitter I was interested in this book's knitting minutiae and minor celebs, but the author rambled a lot. Regardless of the fact that she knitted a sweater with a Tudor-related name, the Tudor history lesson seemed pretty tangential. It seemed like she was trying to fill space. Ultimately, t...

from solslett

If you knit - if you love reading Yarn Harlot - if you enjoy listening to the musing and angst of another knitter - you should read this book. I felt Adrienne's pain, knew the trials and tribulations that she was going through. Even after finishing the book and knowing in my heart that the projec...

from EvelynBernard

I found this to be an enjoyable, easy read. As a lifelong knitter, I too have been intrigued by the Alice Starmore sweaters - more so now that it is difficult to obtain the book and yarns. When I picked the book up, I thought I would be reading about knitting the Mary Tudor sweater - instead I re...