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| Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephanie Pearl-mcphee
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 196146
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 218
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1580176585
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432
EAN: 9781580176583
ASIN: 1580176585
Publication Date: March 22, 2007
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Product Description
From the best-selling author of At Knit's End and Knitting Rules! comes yet another hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek observations on the world of knitting. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off invites knitters of all ages, levels, and persuasions to embark with her on a journey deep into the land populated by those who are obsessed with yarn, needles, and what’s on their needles now.
Using a travel guide format as her launching pad, Pearl-McPhee acts as tour guide extraordinaire, displaying her trademark razor-sharp wit as she describes and critiques every aspect of this land she knows so well — its people, native language, familiar phrases, strange beliefs, etiquette, and cultural customs. Readers will love her timeline of notable dates in knitting history and rarely celebrated knitting heroes, from the samurai warriors of Japan to the "Ter-rible Knitters of Dent." And, while the land of knitting is a peaceful place, it does have its political arguments, such as the acrylic versus natural fi bers and circular versus straight needles debates.
As she's toured (and knit) her way across North America during the past two years, Pearl-McPhee's smart, perfectly timed banter has captured the hearts, minds, and funny bones of thousands of knitters far and wide. No fan is going to want to be left behind as Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off on her latest yarn-bound expedition.
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I am a normal knitter after all April 2, 2007
56 out of 60 found this review helpful
I feared for my sanity. I'd just spent an entire evening looking at the child's sweater I'm knitting which causes me extreme pain with every stitch. The double yarn twisty stitch called for by the pattern is so painful I can't do more that one row at a time. The sweater is clearly going to still be under construction when the child is in college. Problem is I've already spent more than eighty dollars on the yarn.(Yes - I know I'm a little touched in the head and no - the child is not a heiress.)
Then I got my copy of "The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting" and found my dilemma was perfectly normal. I'd taken an unfortunate wrong turn in my knitting journey and if I want to scrap the project, I'm not insane. I just headed up the wrong path. All this vindication from one book - obviously the book is worth its weight in gold.
Fortunately, the book is a lot cheaper than that and is one that every knitter should keep in their knitting bag; if for no other reason than to occasionally do a sanity check. I have to admit I love the Yarn Harlot. I read her blog regularly, (one of the few blogs I do read) and I've read all her other books. She gives me hope when I hit forks in the road, like the one mentioned above, whether in knitting or in life. This book is a little different than the others - no short stories, no great knitting tips, this is not a how-to book. This is a wonderful affirmation of the joys of the knitting journey; the joy is not in the finished object, it's the fun in getting there. No matter what kind of knitter you are, the kinds of knitting hurdles you've faced or the amount of yarn you've accumulated, you'll find yourself in the book.
Buy it, give it a read and see if you agree with me. You may find, all indications to the contrary, you are a totally, normal knitter. You've just taken your own path in the Land of Knitting.
Very funny but not my favourite of her books April 13, 2007
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
I love Yarn Harlot's writing. I read her blog and appreciate her very balanced and hilarious view of life as a knitter (Can you have a balanced view of life when you are a knitter? *g*).
I was hanging out for "Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off" as I have read and then dipped back into her other books constantly, my favourite being At Knit's End. I have a sneaky suspicion that this latest book will grow on me, and as someone said in an earlier review it does validate knitters as being sane (or at the very least insane in good company). There were parts of it that I related to so closely that they could have been written specifically about me. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is a very astute observer of knitters and knitting culture.
This book is definitely worth buying, but if you only want to get one book and haven't read her earlier books I'd suggest buying either of them first.
 Not what I had hoped for in a book from Stephanie. June 6, 2007
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
I loved her other three books. She's a funny lady but this book is very amateurish in the way it's been presented. Was it rushed into publication? Has Stephanie run out of material? I not sure what it is, but I don't think she had anything new to say this time. I'm not keeping this book, but I'm happy to pass it along. Someone else might enjoy it. I still love her other three books and they have a place in my knitting library.
 Wonderful look at the knitting world March 30, 2007
19 out of 28 found this review helpful
A light-hearted (but reasonably through) look at the culture that knitters have created for themselves.
Wonderful antidote to misbehaving yarn..... Also a good read for those new to the knitting world.
 Very disappointing May 14, 2007
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed Yarn Harlot and Knitting Rules, so I was excited to read the new book. What a disappointment. The "knitting as travel" premise is extremely thin and gets very annoying as Stephanie Pearl-McPhee tries to milk it for all it's worth. The postcards and letters included as part of the travel gimmick are extremely annoying. The stories she tells have been recycled from her blog and from previous books. I gave this book to a couple of friends, and one could not get through it. Although I still enjoy the blog, I seriously regret spending my hard-earned money on this book.
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