A knitter's home companion : a heartwarming collection of stories, patterns, and recipes

A knitter's home companion A heartwarming collection of stories, patterns, and recipes

Michelle Edwards

Book - 2011

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Subjects
Knitting > Patterns.
Knitting.
Published
New York, NY : STC Craft 2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Michelle Edwards (-)
Other Authors
Jen Gotch (-)
Item Description
"A Melanie Falick book."
Physical Description
156 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
ISBN
9781584799160
  • Introduction: Welcome
  • Chapter 1. Motherhood
  • Meera's Blanket
  • The Knitting Lesson
  • Readalong: Safe Return
  • But She Doesn't Have Any Underpants
  • My Mother, Lillian Edwards
  • The Memory Skein
  • Chapter 2. Home
  • Here Lives a Knitter
  • Readalong: A Chair for My Mother
  • Untangling
  • Readalong: East of the Sun and West of the Moon
  • The Knitter and the Woodpecker
  • Only Wool
  • Readalong: The Settlement Cookbook
  • Chapter 3. Community
  • First Socks
  • Readalong: Chicken Man
  • Home Ec Workshop & The Mystery of the Indian Slipper
  • The Master Knitter
  • Fae Ridge Farm Knitters
  • Readalong: Little Heathens
  • A Quickening of the Heart
  • Chapter 4. Legacy
  • Yarn Began It All
  • Readalong: Knitting for Peace
  • Mitten Ladies
  • Readalong: The Endless Steppe
  • Golden Hands
  • Iowa Knitter
  • We're Still Knitting
  • Loops to the End
  • Readalong: The Opinionated Knitter
  • Abbreviations
  • Special Techniques
  • Acknowledgments
  • Zigzag Baby Blanket
  • Foolproof Frosting
  • Playtime Cape-A Project to Knit Together
  • Sis Gessner's Mandel Bread
  • Esther Retish's Spaghetti Sauce
  • Clutch of Inspiration
  • Jon Zeltsman's Roasted Root Vegetables
  • Quick and Easy First Socks (aka Gussies)
  • Heidi Anderson's Spinach, Onion, Sun-dried Tomato, and Feta Quiche
  • Good Karma Slippers
  • Lacy Scarf
  • Genie's Killer Deviled Eggs
  • Chicken Egg Warmers
  • Latkes
  • Mitten Ladies Slow-Cooker Soup
  • Quick and Easy Mittens (aka Pearl)
  • Updated Ripple Afghan
  • Victory Scarf and Wristers
  • Aunt Charlotte's "You Won't Believe How Easy It Is to Make" Jam
  • Trio of Lacy Washcloths
  • Genie's Hat
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Edwards, a children's book author who also writes for Lion Brand Yarn's e-newsletter, has produced an interesting hybrid that is neither autobiography, cookbook, nor pattern collection but a blending of these things. Edwards draws from knitting technique sources, such as Elizabeth Zimmermann and the Knitting Guild Association, as well as from newer sources of knitting self-discovery and anecdote, like Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Debbie Stoller, and Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne. But what makes this book such a gem is its mimetic depiction of a knitter's life. Children, friends, moves to new cities, and crises of all kinds insert themselves and become part of the fabric of this book as they became part of the author's experience. The included recipes and patterns are uncomplicated, concise, well written, and user friendly. Verdict This would be an inspiring gift for a new mom home on maternity leave. A worthwhile purchase.-Felicity D. Walsh, Emory Univ., Decatur, GA © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Review by Library Journal Review

Edwards, a children's book author who also writes for Lion Brand Yarn's e-newsletter, has produced an interesting hybrid that is neither autobiography, cookbook, nor pattern collection but a blending of these things. Edwards draws from knitting technique sources, such as Elizabeth Zimmermann and the Knitting Guild Association, as well as from newer sources of knitting self-discovery and anecdote, like Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Debbie Stoller, and Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne. But what makes this book such a gem is its mimetic depiction of a knitter's life. Children, friends, moves to new cities, and crises of all kinds insert themselves and become part of the fabric of this book as they became part of the author's experience. The included recipes and patterns are uncomplicated, concise, well written, and user friendly. Verdict This would be an inspiring gift for a new mom home on maternity leave. A worthwhile purchase.-Felicity D. Walsh, Emory Univ., Decatur, GA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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