Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again (2008)

This was my least favorite of the three. By this point, the material felt hackneyed. The first book was so funny and touching. I read the third after that and was less than charmed but it had good points. This one was a rehashing of the same concepts -people's negative feelings about knitting, bu...

All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin (2011)

The Yarn Harlot always brings a smile to the knotty-tired-of knitting with her sense of humour and goodwill. A yarn diva of the highest order - providing that it's a serving of home-made soup because it's off to knit night - and Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee is a true treasure. Down-to-earth, user and r...

The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes: Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem and Other Things I Gave Up On (2014)

While this one didn't have as much knitting content, I can admit she's covered that a lot and we luckily have her blog posts for that. It had it's literal laugh out loud moments for me (scared my family a time or two) and it's thought provoking and touching times as well. There was only one chapt...

Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter (2005)

At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much (2005)

Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter (2006)