Book Review: At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (The Yarn Harlot)

I wish I had thought of this. I'm a writer. I'm a knitter. I'm funny.

Okay, sometimes I'm funny.

Okay, I'm not very funny but I try.

This is a short little book that reads like peanuts or popcorn. Brief thoughts about knitting stash - there's no such thing as too much, knitting relatives - yes they do come in crazy and understanding non-knitters and their hopelessly void world.

She begins each page with a  quote from a famous person (usually a non-knitter), and then relates it briefly to knitting, and then has a conclusion that helps her do better at whatever she wants to do better at.

For the most part it's funny with some wisdom thrown in.

Excerpt example:

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Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. - Heinrich Heine

"I have been trying to get my stash of yarn under control. My husband thinks this means that I am trying to get rid of some yarn. In truth it actually means that I have been trying to find much, much better hiding spots."

I will remember that there is more than one way to get control of an issue.

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Each short musing takes one short page. It's a nice book to tuck into your purse or knitting bag when you have a moment. I've become a big fan of this woman and I'm on the lookout for more of her knitting essays. I just wish I didn't have to give this copy back to the friend I borrowed it from.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is a Canadian writer who writes about knitting. Her blog is at Yarn Harlot.

Sigh, I wish I had a cool nickname.