[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting book recommendation

[Cathy]

Hello yarnaholics,

 

I was on bookshare tonight and was looking for the two books that Sunshine
recommended. I didn't find those yet, but found this one and thought that
many of us on this list would probably enjoy this book. I figured I'd give
it a try and maybe you want to as well.

 

Here is the book info from bookshare.org

 

KnitLit 

by 

Linda Roghaar 

Molly Wolf 

 

Whether you're a dedicated knitter who bestows lovingly crafted gifts upon
family and friends at every possible occasion, a sometimes knitter with a
bag

of fully conceived but half-completed projects, or a newcomer who has
recently taken up the needles with great gusto, you know the rewards that
this hobby

can bring. You may also know that knitting as a hobby can verge on
obsession--be it the compulsive purchasing of stunning hand-spun wool, the
desire to

rip out nearly finished sweaters because you dropped a stitch, or the need
to knit wherever, whenever, or however you can. Most important, though,
knitting

offers a camaraderie, a society of women and men who converse in a language
all their own, flock to yarn stores with religious devotion, and can recite

the time and place where they first learned to purl. These feelings are what
KnitLit is all about. In this charming collection of stories, essays,
anecdotes,

and recollections, knitters of every "color" celebrate their hobby and share
with you the joy it brings into their lives.From the touching tale of a
caring

woman whose hand-knit dolls bring security to young hospital patients, to
the hilarious story of a woman scorned who sends her ex-boyfriend a scarf
knit

with wolf hair only to have it torn to shreds by his dogs, to the moving
recollection of a man whose grandmother's dying wish was to knit all the
wool

in her knitting stash, to the finely wrought account of a man who keeps
alive the memories of his companions and friends who have succumbed to AIDS
by

wearing the sweaters they left behind, KnitLit is a gift from knitters to
knitters--crafted with as much love and care as an afghan or a wool scarf.
Wrap

yourself in KnitLit, and be inspired.From the Trade Paperback edition.