The Knitter's Gift: An Inspirational Bag of Words, Wisdom, and Craft [Paperback]

Bernadette Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bernadette Murphy is an essayist, fiction writer, book critic and longtime knitter. She also teaches creative writing and her work has appeared in many US newspapers.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Pull up a chair, drape an afghan over your legs, and enter the world of The Knitter's Gift. It is a realm in which a pair of needles and a single strand of yarn ties the generations together, a place where the wounds of the human condition are salved, a source of warmth on days when our souls shiver, and a moment to remind ourselves of the importance of the small things in life. -from the author's Introduction

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593371004
• ISBN-13: 978-1593371005
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer D. Munro's refreshing, new literary voice is like Nora Ephron meets Anaïs Nin in a library. Her stories and essays have been published in over sixty literary journals and anthologies, including Salon.com; Best American Erotica; Brain, Child; the best of Literary Mama anthology; and The Bigger The Better The Tighter The Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty and Body Image. Whether fiction or nonfiction, she often offers a candid, humorous, quirky exploration of sex and the sexes. Her short "humerotic" fiction is collected in THE EROTICA WRITER'S HUSBAND & OTHER STORIES. Her dark, fantastical fiction is collected in THE STRANGLER FIG.

J.D. blogs about unconventional motherhood and longterm marriage to an unconventional man at www.StraightNoChaserMom.com. She is a freelance editor who has taught for the Hugo House Literary Arts Center, King County Library, Edmonds Writers' Conference, Hedgebrook, and Pacific Northwest Writers Association, leading classes on writing memoir, erotica, humor, and women's essays. J.D.'s writing projects have been supported by various Washington and Oregon State arts commissions and fellowships.

J.D. grew up in Hawaii as a fourth-generation islander but now lives in the Pacific Northwest. 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 watched a nuclear bomb test. The microscopic egg that became J.D. bathing in this toxic glow might account for her unique perception of the world.

Learn more about the author and her work at www.munrojd.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep some tissues handy December 26, 2004

By Okie in Alaska

Format:Paperback

If you love knitting and reading about knitting, this is the book for you. It is comprised of many short (true) stories that involve knitting, many of which are tear jerkers. Keep your tissues handy.

I stayed up late reading this and finished it in one sitting. It would make a thoughtful gift for any knitter, newbie or advanced.

I plan on passing this book along to my mother-in-law for her to enjoy. It's too good to just sit on my shelf, I feel I have to share it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Knitters Unite December 11, 2005

By Lois Lain VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

A collection of thoughts, poems and essays on knitting with an occasional pattern thrown in. Fun and light reading for the most part, but beware -- there's more than one tear-jerker contained within!