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Both a celebration of the craft and a sourcebook for practical information, Knitting Rules! is a collection of useful advice and emotional support for the avid knitter. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee unravels the mysteries of tangled yarn, confusing patterns, and stubbornly unfinished projects. Daring to question long-standing rules and encouraging crafters to knit in the way that works best for them, this illuminating, liberating, and hilarious look at the world of knitting is full of surprises and delightfully inspiring ideas.
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Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks
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Both a celebration of the craft and a sourcebook for practical information, Knitting Rules! is a collection of useful advice and emotional support for the avid knitter. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee unravels the mysteries of tangled yarn, confusing patterns, and stubbornly unfinished projects. Daring to question long-standing rules and encouraging crafters to knit in the way that works best for them, this illuminating, liberating, and hilarious look at the world of knitting is full of surprises and delightfully inspiring ideas.
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An enjoyable book that teaches and provides tips/techniques in a fun way. It has a lot of workable concepts to help build knitting skills. I would not, however, suggest it as a first or introductory book.
Rating: 4Actually funny, in that I would force my family and friends to listen to select passages (which, as non-knitters, they couldn't appreciate, unfortunately!).
Ms. Pearl-McPhee, whom I met at a recent knitting event, describes this book as her only actually useful book, but her voice is so compelling that I look forward to reading more of her not-truly-useful oeuvre. This is a very easy read, with short essays (technically the right term, but that sounds so dry--they're not!), sidebars, lists, caveats, etc., interspersed with instructions for making things, sometimes as simple as (I'm approximating) "knit to desired width, turn, keep knitting until scarf is desired length." See, knitting patterns don't have to be complicated!
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
Rating: 4Ms. Pearl-McPhee, whom I met at a recent knitting event, describes this book as her only actually useful book, but her voice is so compelling that I look forward to reading more of her not-truly-useful oeuvre. This is a very easy read, with short essays (technically the right term, but that sounds so dry--they're not!), sidebars, lists, caveats, etc., interspersed with instructions for making things, sometimes as simple as (I'm approximating) "knit to desired width, turn, keep knitting until scarf is desired length." See, knitting patterns don't have to be complicated!
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
hooray for Pearl-Mcphee! best yet!
Rating: 5Humorous "rules" about knitting and knitters. Includes several easy patterns for socks, scarves, and shawls.
Rating: 4I loved this book! Loved Stephanie's humour and all the little tips and tricks.
It was because of this book that I finally took the plunge and learned sock knitting on dpn's. I cast on using sport weight yarn and big needles and followed Stephanie's recipe. I ended up with one huge blue sock, but by god I did it!
So thanks for that.
Rating: 5It was because of this book that I finally took the plunge and learned sock knitting on dpn's. I cast on using sport weight yarn and big needles and followed Stephanie's recipe. I ended up with one huge blue sock, but by god I did it!
So thanks for that.
I never expected a knitting book to be this funny. It made me laugh out loud a couple of days after something really bad happened in my life. It's that funny (well, it is if you're a knitter)It also has a good simple pattern for a basic sock that I'm pretty sure I will be trying out.
Rating: 4One of the most amusing, resourceful, best knitting reference books ever!
Rating: 5There's a lot of good information in this book - both in the pattern/instruction chapters, and in the first few about knitting in general. I find the author's voice mildly to extremely irritating - way too twee - but I can ignore her assumptions about the addictiveness of knitting (and how anyone who knits but isn't addicted is a poseur of one sort or another) for the utility of the information. I definitely want to knit her basic sock pattern (I've been looking for this!) and probably several others as well, and the descriptions of gauge and yarn are quite useful. I got this because Elizabeth Moon (yes, the author) recommended it - she knits her own socks, and said that she started with McPhee's instructions (and then went off on her own, as you can with a firm foundation).
Rating: 4Her basic sock recipe. I love having it to hand. Will definitely try some of her other patterns.
Rating: 5I am upgrading my rating of this book for the general sock recipe alone, which I have used more times than I think I want to say.
Rating: 4Now I understand why knitters become such ardent fans of Stephanie McPhee! Not only is this book full of sage advice for knitters, it's very funny. I think (admitting to being prejudiced) that even a non-knitter would enjoy this book for its humor. While it's directed at knitters, hoping to help us make our lives a bit easier with suggestion on stash/book/magazine organizing, simple instructions for generic hats, scarves, sweaters, and socks, it's also full of a wealth of practical advice on how to cop with living with a knitter. Figuring out what kind of knitter you are (scientific), and what to do when Things Go Wrong. This was a joy to read and I plan to keep it right by my side, along with the other 457 books about knitting in my collection.
Rating: 5A nice little book about knitting. A number of good suggestions, I especially like her thought on hats. She has any number of good ideas, and reassures a beginning knitter about common mistakes. I think this is a good book to knitters just branching out into projects other than scarves.
Rating: 4Knitting Rules!is a very useful book. After checking it out from the library I had to get a copy for myself. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee covers most of the basics of knitting -- choosing yarn and needles, the importance of gauge and how to knit basic items including hats, socks, shawls, scarves and sweaters. And she does all this with wit and humor that makes the book funny as well as useful. I have found her charts for hats and socks extremely useful as well as her basic pattern formulas. This book does not include stitch directions, but once you know how to knit and purl this book will be very useful.
Rating: 5I love to read Stephanie Pearl McPhee's books and this one is no exception. She approachs knitting and learning how to knit with a sense of humor. She admits to a evergrowing stash and made me feel less guilty about mine (so much smaller). I agree with her that television is the prime time to sneak in some knitting. So often, I have felt my hands idle and all they needs is something to knit or to embrioder. Her book reads like an old friend chatting to you. I have to restrain myself from not buying everything that she had written. For anyone who wants to learn, learn more or who enjoys knitting.
Rating: 5What's not to like? Funny Stephanie, a knitting humorist.
Rating: 5Marvelously witty and entertaining, this book on knitting made me want to take up the needles again. Much practical advice and motivation.
Rating: 3Snort! I toted this book through the house with me putting down my knitting after trying to prop the book open with my jar of needles, various other books and even crochet stitch markers so that I could read and knit.To my husband's horror I muted his t.v. show to read him particularly amusing passages and to my chagrin he didn't quite get it. I realized I'd have to make atonement when I insisted on bring the book to bed with me so that I could just "finish the chapter (aka, sneak in a third when he wasn't looking)." But he was much amused at my amusement, and that counts for something!This book is a must have for Knitters. A perfect cure for the days when its been a frog too many. When that beautiful skein turned out to have one unforgivable knot too many, and when you notice that some how, perhaps through immaculate conception, there is a loose stitch hanging out way down there on the cast on row... approximately 3 feet away from your working needle.
Rating: 5As always Stephanie aka Yarn Harlot is absolutely hilarious and I just can't stop laughing at her book. I love her books and her blog. She is just an amazing knitter and writer and such an inspiration to other knitters.
Rating: 5This is an excellent overview of how to knit all sorts of things without having an official pattern. I love the humour, and the way she encourages people to view a pattern as a suggestion rather than a rule. My only complaint was the "sidebar" type pages which would sometimes interrupt paragraphs in progress - made it kind of tricky to read with lots of flipping back and forth.
Rating: 5This time, Yarn Harlot did a good reference book with lots of recipies for basic knitting projects. Really good and light hearted.
Rating: 5I love Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's writing style -- very enthusiastic, bordering on slightly insane. This book is full of great basic information on knitting and would be a nice resource for the knitting beginner (if they weren't overwhelmed by her zeal). Stephanie's basic formulae for socks, hats, etc., are also very useful -- if only I had the nerve to make modifications!
Rating: 4Who needs a pattern? After mastering these excellent "recipes" for socks, hats, scarves (who needs a pattern for those???), and shawls, you'll be creating your own patterns! This book taught me how to knit socks :) The author is hilarious!
Rating: 5Funny book with some useful tips for beginning knitters. Best read after you've knit at least one hat and one scarf, but before you've knit full cabled sweaters for your entire extended family.
Rating: 3I got this from Omly as a bookring and really enjoyed it, it was interesting and informative and I want a copy in order to try out some of the things for myself. Full of interesting tips and tricks as accumulated by Stephanie, from her own experience as a knitter. There are a few patterns, but more of the book is occupied by interesting tidbits. It's very matter of fact and a fun read.
Rating: 5Well, if I was only allowed one knitting book on a lonley island, it would probably NOT be this one- but its funny writing style and a lot of not-so-common-tricks and hints makes it a nice addition to every knitting-adict library shelf - and I loooove the "what kind of knitter are you" test in it!
Rating: 3an absolute hoot - plus lots of helpful hints.
Rating: 5Even if you already know most or all of the techniques and tips in this book, read this book just for the witty dialogue. If you need to build a new wing in your home just for your stash, or carry your knitting everywhere, or find yourself talking spontaneously about knitting when it isn't really the topic at hand, read this book.The Yarn Harlot knows exactly how knitters feel about all of the above, and knows how to write about it.
Rating: 5Eh. The last half of the book has useful information. However, spending the first half of the book on "Hey! We knit! Like, a LOT!" jokes is a waste of space, and the endless whining that arithmetic is haaaaaaard sets my teeth on edge.
Rating: 2This is a funny, readable book that combines humor with knitting tips and patterns. The patterns are really more like jumping-off-places rather than full-on patterns, which could be either freeing or frustrating, depending on what kind of knitter you are.
Rating: 5
Stephanie Pearl McPhee, better known as the Yarn Harlot on Ravelry has a few things to teach us about knitting. I've seen her in action and marvel at the incredible speed at which she wields her needles. Her sense of humor is priceless and makes this a book that I recommend to fellow knitters regardless of skill level.
Rating: 5