All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin

As a knitter, I always appreciate Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's books. This early collection of her blogs (published 2011) is no exception.

Knitters will identify with swatches that lie, unfortunate matches between pattern and yarn, random mathematical oddities (such as the inability to count up to two), patterns with land mines embedded in them, and other hazards of the hobby.

Non-knitters will have to satisfy themselves with domestic humor (how replacing a washing machine essentially led to the deconstruction of a large portion of her house), a break-up letter written to an inanimate object, musings on family life, and how even the dorkiest kid in high school can eventually end up sitting at "the cool table".

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I love Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and have since she was only posting on the knitting lists before she started publishing. While not quite as funny as [bc:Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter|210362|Yarn Harlot The Secret Life of a Knitter|Stephanie Pearl-McPhee|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172719049s/210362.jpg|203608] I still laughed out loud in public while reading this book. Maybe it's only marginally less good because the Yarn Harlot was so new and refreshing and different when it came out. In this one several of the essays were quieter and more reflective. There were a couple that I had to read out loud to my non knitting sister. My sister is a spinner so she gets the fiber addiction of it all. And really these essays speak show more to all crafters really. You don't have to be a knitter or even a crafter to enjoy this but it makes it even funnier. The author has a turn of phrase that just breaks me up.

Recommended, you'll laugh.


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The Yarn Harlot rides again! Stephanie Pearl-McPhee never fails to make me laugh, no matter the subject. In this book she touches on the cool kids in high school, how to raise your children without killing them, the beauty of October and, of course, yarn, glorious yarn. Knitters will roll their eyes with each familiar tale of stashes, tinking, and deadlines. A great book of short pieces to read during a break from your knitting.

I've read all of the Yarn Harlot's books, and they're kind of starting to blend together. I still love them, and I still love her, but for some reason, this one didn't grip me as much as the others.

Love Stephanie's stuff, love her sense of humor, love how she turns knitting into the main character & makes it come alive.

I've actually read this book a couple of times, each time you read it you gain something new from the book, see something you hadn't seen the first time.

Good for what it is, which is an entertaining, light, sometimes humorous series of essays by a very likable married woman who loves to knit.

Really nicely done. Not only are those essays that are humorous really humorous and those meant to be moving or thoughtful really thoughtful - I felt like a lot of care went into picking just the right words and phrases to evoke those moods. One of YarnHarlot's best.