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Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously by Martini, Adrienne
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1416597646
- Book Title
- Sweater Quest : My Year of Knitting Dangerously
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Design, Biography & Autobiography, Crafts & Hobbies
- Topic
- Women, Needlework / Knitting, Fashion & Accessories, Personal Memoirs
- Item Weight
- 8.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1416597646
ISBN-13
9781416597643
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74868030
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sweater Quest : My Year of Knitting Dangerously
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Needlework / Knitting, Fashion & Accessories, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Design, Biography & Autobiography, Crafts & Hobbies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-031901
Reviews
eoeTo answer the seemingly innocent question, 'What makes knitters knit?" Martini visits knitterly landmarks, chats with influential figures, and ponders our peculiar habits and traditionse"all the while marking her journeye(tm)s progress through an exquisite Alice Starmore Fair Isle sweater. All roads ultimately lead back to one simple universal truth: Ite(tm)s not about the wearing, ite(tm)s about the making .e e"Clara Parkes, publisher of Knittere(tm)s Review and author of The Knittere(tm)s Book of Wool, "Adrienne Martini combines her passion for knitting with her astonishing ambition, bringing to her lovely new memoir an enthusiasm which is infectious.'Sweater Quest'will have you reaching for your needles to knit your own dream sweater, and it belongs on every knitter's bookshelf."?—Rachael Herron,?How to Knit a Love Song, 'To answer the seemingly innocent question, 'What makes knitters knit?' Martini visits knitterly landmarks, chats with influential figures, and ponders our peculiar habits and traditions—all the while marking her journey's progress through an exquisite Alice Starmore Fair Isle sweater. All roads ultimately lead back to one simple universal truth: It's not about the wearing, it's about the making.'—Clara Parkes, publisher of Knitter's Review and author of The Knitter's Book of Wool, "To answer the seemingly innocent question, 'What makes knitters knit?" Martini visits knitterly landmarks, chats with influential figures, and ponders our peculiar habits and traditions--all the while marking her journey's progress through an exquisite Alice Starmore Fair Isle sweater. All roads ultimately lead back to one simple universal truth: It's not about the wearing, it's about the making ." --Clara Parkes, publisher of Knitter's Review and author of The Knitter's Book of Wool, "I could NOT put Sweater Quest down! I felt as though I was knitting the sweater along with Adrienne, felt her pain and her joy. Once I even thought, as I was packing the car, 'Now WHERE is that Alice Starmore sweater I was working on?' The book became that insinuated into my psyche. I love this book." e"Annie Modesitt, author of C onfessions of a Knitting Heretic, "Adrienne Martini combines her passion for knitting with her astonishing ambition, bringing to her lovely new memoir an enthusiasm which is infectious. Sweater Quest will have you reaching for your needles to knit your own dream sweater, and it belongs on every knitter's bookshelf." -Rachael Herron, How to Knit a Love Song, "Adrienne Martini combines her passion for knitting with her astonishing ambition, bringing to her lovely new memoir an enthusiasm which is infectious. Sweater Quest will have you reaching for your needles to knit your own dream sweater, and it belongs on every knitter's bookshelf." --Rachael Herron, How to Knit a Love Song, eoeAdrienne Martini combines her passion for knitting with her astonishing ambition, bringing to her lovely new memoir an enthusiasm which is infectious. Sweater Quest will have you reaching for your needles to knit your own dream sweater, and it belongs on every knitter's bookshelf.e e"Rachael Herron, How to Knit a Love Song, "To answer the seemingly innocent question, 'What makes knitters knit?" Martini visits knitterly landmarks, chats with influential figures, and ponders our peculiar habits and traditions-all the while marking her journey's progress through an exquisite Alice Starmore Fair Isle sweater. All roads ultimately lead back to one simple universal truth: It's not about the wearing, it's about the making ." -Clara Parkes, publisher of Knitter's Review and author of The Knitter's Book of Wool, 'Adrienne Martini combines her passion for knitting with her astonishing ambition, bringing to her lovely new memoir an enthusiasm which is infectious. Sweater Quest will have you reaching for your needles to knit your own dream sweater, and it belongs on every knitter's bookshelf.' —Rachael Herron, How to Knit a Love Song, "To answer the seemingly innocent question, 'What makes knitters knit?'?Martini visits knitterly landmarks, chats with influential figures, and ponders our peculiar habits and traditions—all the while marking her journey's progress through an exquisite Alice Starmore Fair Isle sweater. All roads ultimately lead back to one simple universal truth: It's not about the wearing, it's about the'making."—Clara Parkes, publisher of?Knitter's Review'and author of?The Knitter's Book of Wool, "I could NOT put Sweater Quest down! I felt as though I was knitting the sweater along with Adrienne, felt her pain and her joy. Once I even thought, as I was packing the car, 'Now WHERE is that Alice Starmore sweater I was working on?' The book became that insinuated into my psyche. I love this book." --Annie Modesitt, author of C onfessions of a Knitting Heretic, "I could NOT put?Sweater Quest'down! I felt as though I was knitting the sweater along with Adrienne, felt her pain and her joy. Once I even thought, as I was packing the car, 'Now WHERE is that Alice Starmore sweater I was working on?' The book becamethatinsinuated into my psyche. I love this book."—Annie Modesitt, author of?Confessions of a Knitting Heretic, "I could NOT put Sweater Quest down! I felt as though I was knitting the sweater along with Adrienne, felt her pain and her joy. Once I even thought, as I was packing the car, 'Now WHERE is that Alice Starmore sweater I was working on?' The book becamethatinsinuated into my psyche. I love this book."—Annie Modesitt, author of Confessions of a Knitting Heretic, "I could NOT put Sweater Quest down! I felt as though I was knitting the sweater along with Adrienne, felt her pain and her joy. Once I even thought, as I was packing the car, 'Now WHERE is that Alice Starmore sweater I was working on?' The book became that insinuated into my psyche. I love this book." -Annie Modesitt, author of C onfessions of a Knitting Heretic
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
746.43/20922
Synopsis
"I knit so I don't kill people" --bumper sticker spotted at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival For Adrienne Martini, and countless others, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini wanted a challenge that would make her feel in charge. So she decided to make the Holy Grail of sweaters--her own Mary Tudor, whose mind-numbingly gorgeous pattern is so complicated to knit that its mere mention can hush a roomful of experienced knitters. Created by reclusive designer Alice Starmore, the Mary Tudor can be found only in a rare, out-of-print book of Fair Isle-style patterns, Tudor Roses, and requires a discontinued, irreplaceable yarn. The sweater, Martini explains, "is a knitter's Mount Everest, our curse, and our compulsion. I want one more than I can begin to tell you." And so she took on the challenge: one year, two needles, and countless knits and purls to conquer Mary Tudor while also taking care of her two kids, two cats, two jobs, and (thankfully) one husband--without unraveling in the process. Along the way, Adrienne investigates the tangled origins of the coveted pattern, inquires into the nature of artistic creation, and details her quest to buy supplies on the knitting black market. As she tries not to pull out her hair along with rows gone wrong, Martini gets guidance from some knitterati, who offer invaluable inspiration as she conquers her fear of Fair Isle. A wooly Julie and Julia, this epic yarn celebrates the profound joys of creating--and aspiring to--remarkable achievements.
LC Classification Number
TT825.M27595 2010
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- 20 Jan, 2011
Enjoyable, enjoyable read! It was great to laugh!
- 10 Apr, 2011
Great Book for Knitters
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