Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again

I love this book. So easy to pick up and put down as time permits. It is lighthearted and funny.

Another winner from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee!

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the funniest lady I know. She truly is the Erma Bombeck of knitting. I was thrilled to get this book as early as I did so that I could take it to the book signing and actually meet Steph and get it autographed.

If you have a chance to read her books - any of them - or hear her live, do it. Your sides will hurt from laughing.

It's an easy carry-around book, too. Small format and broken into short essays for short-term reading. Try it.

This is a pretty good book, and has some funny insights in it, but it is not as funny as Stephanie's first book was. However, I would purchase it again, and would definitely recommend it as a good read for all fiber enthusiasts. And why don't we have a radio show????

I had expected this book to be like the Stitch and Bitch books with trendy and/or practical patterns and amusing comments thrown in. I was soon over that disappointment. After all, like most knitters, I have plenty of patterns that I have not completed--sufficient to last me many years into retirement. The author, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, has delightfully knit together this collection of essays about herself, motherhood, yarns, and knitting. I particularly liked what she wrote about her daughters. I spoke to my daughter last evening and checked to see if she was still knitting. She lives in a warm and humid climate, and she acknowledged that it has sufficiently cooled off that she is returning to her knitting and has found a knowledgable knitting friend. This was such a delightful little book--a perfect "just because" gift. I'll package up the book with a couple skeins of interesting yarn and mail it to my daughter. Maybe she too will prop it up as she is eating lunch and read one of the short chapters. (So far I have found it impossible to knit and eat at the same time. )

This is a pretty little book and very enjoyable to read and share.

I am at the half way mark and I can say this is a very entertaining book.
For a knitter, all of these situations, anecdotes are totally relatable to. Most of this has happened to a Knitter at some time !
For those who loved the previous books by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, you will not regret your purchase.
For those who love this one, you will probably end up buying the previous ones.
I'm a fan of the writting, the subject matter, the lay-out of the book (really beautiful and almost delicate)