Passionate knitters know that knitting is more than just a craft or a hobby. Knitting forms the texture and a background for their lives, binding them to their mothers and grandmothers who shared their great legacies; to friends and family who wear their homemade gifts; and to their fellow knitters. The Knitter's Gift is an inspirational collection just for them. Beginner and longtime knitters will rejoice as they read about: A father who treasures the scarf made by his daughter decades earlier; A Ph.D. candidate who finds that knitting reduces her stress, and allows her to knit together her higher education with her craft; A mother-in-law who makes peace with her daughter-in-law by creating a luxurious handmade gift; Written and compiled by this best-selling author, The Knitter's Gift is a timeless work that spans the generations.
Jennifer D. Munro grew up in Hawaii as a fourth-generation islander but now lives in Seattle. Although J.D.'s grandfather slept through the bombing of Pearl Harbor not far from his bedroom window, she's an insomniac who writes when she can't sleep. From their Honolulu rooftop, her newlywed parents admired a spectacular false sunset produced by a distant nuclear bomb test; this hydrogen bomb was sixty-seven times more powerful than the atom bomb that leveled Nagasaki. The microscopic egg that became J.D. bathing in this toxic glow might account for her unique perception of the world.
J.D.'s essays and stories have been published in over sixty literary journals and anthologies. Whether fiction or nonfiction, she offers a candid, often humorous, exploration of sex and the sexes, with a quirky yet earthy take on marriage, miscarriage, motorcycling, and motherhood. Her short fiction is collected in The Erotica Writer's Husband & Other Stories. J.D. is completing her memoir about her ten-year journey to have a child and the 10,000-mile motorcycle trip she took that saved her marriage.
J.D. has taught for the Hugo House Literary Arts Center, King County Library, and Pacific Northwest Writers Association, leading classes on writing memoir, erotica, humor, and women's essays. She is a freelance editor and writing coach. J.D.'s writing projects have been supported by various Washington and Oregon State arts commissions and fellowships.
Learn more about the author and her work at www.munrojd.com.
