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Yarn Harlot | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephanie Pearl-mcphee
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 15595
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0740750372
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432
EAN: 9780740750373
ASIN: 0740750372
Publication Date: March 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: New book. Due to problems with Standard Airmail delivery times from the USA, we have switched to using PRIORITY AIRMAIL ONLY. UK & European delivery is 7-10 days.
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 Great for yarn addicts March 25, 2008
Stephanie has a certain charm that is easy to warm to. The book is made up of short chapters telling of various knitting and fibre related adventures. They're cute and will make you smile, especially the one about the squirrel! Sure, it's not exactly a deep & meaningful book but it's an entertaining light read and her playful writing style keeps you interested.
 Very funny! July 15, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's nice to know that there are others who are just as obsessed as you and make the same mistakes! Fab read. Couldn't put it down.
Makes you think... December 27, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Of course it is about knitting and obsessively so. But it is also about being addicted to a hobby and that is something not only knitters will recognize. Sometimes a bit over the top, but then, you don't have to read it all in one go. She does make you want to knit and that is probably the most important aspect of this amusing book.
Warm, wise & insightful August 30, 2006
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
A lovely book. Steph's very first chapter is the cautionary tale of the Giant Green Afghan, in which she shocks a yarn store assistant with the sheer amount of wool she's buying. The author endures laughter from her mother ("that's a lot of knitting!"), invents psychological techniques to force herself to knit 200 identical green squares - and finally gives up, stuffing the half-completed item in the back of the cupboard.
This chapter alone tells you that Yarn Harlot is not going to be one of those preachy 'this is the right way to knit' books. Rather, it is like getting a warm and very honest letter from a friend who loves knitting even more than you do, but who isn't actually very good.
A heartwarming read. On completion, I wished I knew the author personally. She sounds like a great gal. Thoroughly recommended.
A great read for knitting fans August 29, 2006
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I had read a bit of Stephanie's blog and thought it was very funny. She is more obsessed with knitting than I am so it's a cautionary tale! The stories she tells are hilarious and some of the knitting nightmares she has had are familiar to everyone. If you don't know much about knitting yet you may be unfamiliar with some of the terms she uses but don't let that put you off, it's brilliant.
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