Knitting Yarns : Writers on Knitting

from jbarr5

Knitting Yarns by Ann Hood Loved reading this author's other works and knew I'd like this. It is a compilation of other writers who also knit and why they knit and what knitting has done for them over the years. Some find it calming, others do it to relieve grief, make gifts for those we love. Do...

from mchwest

The first thing I loved about this book is how it made me feel when I read that knitting makes all people feel at ease. One of the chapters even referred to the fact that watching someone knit can be mesmerizing, and forget about watching a person that continental knits... not all the chapters, w...

from cathyskye

In Knitting Yarns, twenty-seven writers share how knitting healed, challenged, or helped them grow. There are twenty-six short stories, one poem, and five original patterns in this book, and I enjoyed almost every single one. They run the gamut from serious to light-hearted, and it's certainly po...

from librarycatnip

Didn't really find many of the memoir pieces all that compelling. Some of the angry ones were really disheartening even though I recognize that we all have different relationships with fiber arts. It is just that so many of the people I know who knit, including myself, have such passion and deep ...