At Knit's End captures the wickedly funny musings of someone who doesn't believe it's possible to knit too much and who willingly sacrifices sleep, family, work, and sanity in order to keep doing it. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has seen it all, from the deadly “second sock syndrome” to a house so full of yarn she can't find her washing machine to desperate all-nighters spent feverishly finishing gifts. This hilarious collection of 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations will have knitters everywhere in stitches.
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From Publishers Weekly
Obsessive knitter Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, whose popular knitting blog (www.yarnharlot.com) gets 20,000 hits per day, offers her fellow knitters humorous knitting anecdotes, bits of homespun (no pun intended!) wisdom, helpful tips and little mantras to help keep their sanity when realizing an entire sleeve of a sweater has come out wrong and has to be redone. Even nonknitters can appreciate much of her humor-for example, her technique for darning socks that have holes in them, which consists of loudly exclaiming 'DARN!' and a few other choice expletives before dropping them in the garbage. Pearl-McPhee has a warm, engaging voice brimming with humor and often punctuated by a self-deprecating chuckle. This audiobook of her folksy ruminations would make the perfect gift for anyone who loves to knit. The print version of this title won the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award in humor. A Storey Publishing paperback. (July)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
From Booklist
This small book holds a treasure of thoughts with which every knitter can identify: the frustrations of ignoring gage, the thrill of a new project, the compulsion of yarn addiction aka SABLE (stash acquisition beyond life expectation). Pearl-McPhee is a lifelong knitter whose bona fides are secured with this story: when she asked her midwife how she'd know when to summon her, the midwife answered, "When you don't feel like knitting anymore." This small paperback, which fits easily in a knitting bag, contains about 300 short anecdotes, vignettes, and pieces of advice for knitters. For some of her musings, she adds lessons learned: "I will remember that no one has ever been killed or maimed by being adventurous with knitting." Many knitters will find it a relief to read a knitting book with no patterns they feel they must try. Ilene Cooper
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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the author of Yarn Harlot, At Knit's End, Knitting Rules!, and Casts Off. She maintains a popular blog at www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/. She lives with her family in an untidy, wool-filled house in Toronto, where she avoids doing the laundry and knits whenever she gets a minute.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This small gem of a book is just a delight for anyone who knits (or who knows a knitter). It's filled with little essay-like "meditations" about knitting, obsession, family, stashes of yarn . . . all things that any person who knits can appreciate. Each entry is short and sweet--some only a paragraph long, some a page or two--but they're unreservedly fun. Each is headed by a delicious quote, too, by knitters and non-knitters alike, and then summed up in Ms. Pearl-McPhee's own, sparkling way. It's a small little book, but easy to flip through, and I must for any knitter's library.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This little book is so much fun and every knitter who's a little bit serious (I would not call myself obsessed with knitting but I always squeeze some knitting in my schedule - even if my work week goes really crazy and beyond the 80 hours per week :))about her/his knitting will recognise themselves and their thoughts while reading this book.
I like the format in particular - you can pick it up, have a good time reading it, put it away for a while and then just pick up where you left off w/o an issue.
Without a doubt, I would buy it again.
I like the format in particular - you can pick it up, have a good time reading it, put it away for a while and then just pick up where you left off w/o an issue.
Without a doubt, I would buy it again.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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If you're just after surgery, stay away from this book.
If you don't like laughing so hard that you can't breathe, just keep your mouse away from that "buy now" button.
If you actually want to DO something between the moment you lay your hands on the book and the moment you finish reading the whole thing, spare yourself the anguish.
If you've got appendicitis... ...NOT the book for you.
But if you don't mind having a prolonged series of giggles at life's sublime ironies, buy a copy. Buy it because it's the funniest book to be published in 2005. Buy it to encourage Ms. Pearl-McPhee to keep writing. And knitting. Buy it - and drop by her blog to let her know you've done it.
But only if you don't mind some hearty laughter.
If you don't like laughing so hard that you can't breathe, just keep your mouse away from that "buy now" button.
If you actually want to DO something between the moment you lay your hands on the book and the moment you finish reading the whole thing, spare yourself the anguish.
If you've got appendicitis... ...NOT the book for you.
But if you don't mind having a prolonged series of giggles at life's sublime ironies, buy a copy. Buy it because it's the funniest book to be published in 2005. Buy it to encourage Ms. Pearl-McPhee to keep writing. And knitting. Buy it - and drop by her blog to let her know you've done it.
But only if you don't mind some hearty laughter.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
So much knitting, so little time!
Less complicated, it appears, than other book. Wonderful pictures of garments. I look forward to knitting many of these projects. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Brooke Simms
Fab !
This book is full of funny little snippets that prove that my knitting habbits are quite normal. I love it, thank you!
Published 5 months ago by Julia
VERY AMUSING BOOK
A CUTE BOOK IF YOU LOVE TO KNIT. THEY ARE AMUSING STORIES THAT A KNITTER CAN RELATE TO. HUMOROUS AND FUN TO READ.
Published 6 months ago by Kristi L. Kelley
A Little Boring
This book bored me. To me it was one of those "time to write another book" books. I've read two of her other books and a lot of the same exact words appear in the this book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Joy
A fun book for Knitters
I cannot say how much I enjoyed this book. It is both witty and right on the button. As I read the book, I found myself laughing in so many places, not just from the humor but I... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Texas Reader
Fantastic!
If you are a knitter or know a knitter.....buy this book. The author knows how a knitter thinks and feels. I have read this book over and over. Read more
Published 20 months ago by paperheart
At Last! Another obsessive knitter
If you knit during the sermon, at red lights, and can finish 3 hats during one plane flight, this book is for you. Hilarious (maybe only to another knitter). Read more
Published on November 14, 2009 by Sandy Huff
Not her best, in my opinion.
I have to respectfully disagree with the other reviews of this book. The following is my personal opinion; you don't have to share it. Read more
Published on October 16, 2009 by Cherry Ophelia
Hilarious Book
I originally checked this book out from the library. After reading it, I decided this would be the ideal book for a friend of mine who knits. Read more
Published on June 13, 2009 by Yarning Around
At Knit's End
An absolutely perfect gift for anyone who loves to knit! Wonderful humor mixed in with many "truths" which even those who knit a little would love!
Published on May 21, 2009 by Myrna Beck
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