A Knitter's Home Companion A Heartwarming Collection of Stories, Patterns, and Recipes

by Edwards, Michelle; Gotch, Jen

• ISBN13: 9781584799160
• ISBN10: 1584799161
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

A Knitter's Home Companionis an illustrated collection of stories, patterns, and recipes from beloved knitter and essayist Michelle Edwards. This heartwarming title will appeal to knitters interested in not only stitches, yarn, and patterns, but also in the lives of other knitters, the lessons that can be learned from their craft, the ways knitting helps knitters cope during difficult times, and the role of knitting in family life. "Let [this book] keep you company when you need another knitter's voice beside you," Edwards writes in her introduction. Like a good friend,A Knitter's Home Companionwill inspire readers to laugh, cry, remember, be thoughtful, cook, and, of course, pick up their needlessometimes to soothe, sometimes to celebrate, and sometimes to just pass the time. Divided into four chaptersMotherhood, Home, Community, and Legacystories range from "But She Doesn't Have Any Underpants," about the challenges of knitting for family to "Home Ec Workshop and the Mystery of the Indian Slipper," about finding community at a local yarn shop. Projects range from mittens and socks to a baby blanket and afghan.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome	p. 6
Motherhood	p. 8
Meera's Blanket	p. 10
The Knitting Lesson	p. 18
Readalong: Safe Return	p. 21
But She Doesn't Have Any Underpants	p. 28
My Mother, Lillian Edwards	p. 31
The Memory Skein	p. 34
Home	p. 40
Here Lives a Knitter	p. 42
Readalong: A Chair for My Mother	p. 45
Untangling	p. 46
Readalong: East of the Sun and West of the Moon	p. 48
The Knitter and the Woodpecker	p. 55
Only Wool	p. 59
Readalong: The Settlement Cookbook	p. 63
Community	p. 64
First Socks	p. 66
Readalong: Chicken Man	p. 69
Home Ec Workshop & The Mystery of the Indian Slipper	p. 76
The Master Knitter	p. 89
Fae Ridge Farm Knitters	p. 96
Readalong: Little Heathens	p. 99
A Quickening of the Heart	p. 105
Legacy	p. 108
Yarn Began It All	p. 110
Readalong: Knitting for Peace	p. 113
Mitten Ladies	p. 116
Readalong: The Endless Steppe	p. 119
Golden Hands	p. 125
Iowa Knitter	p. 132
We're Still Knitting	p. 140
Loops to the End	p. 149
Readalong: The Opinionated Knitter	p. 150
Abbreviations	p. 157
Special Techniques	p. 158
Acknowledgments	p. 159
Zigzag Baby Blanket	p. 15
Foolproof Frosting	p. 22
Playtime Cape-A Project to Knit Together	p. 25
Sis Gessner's Mandel Bread	p. 38
Esther Retish's Spaghetti Sauce	p. 51
Clutch of Inspiration	p. 53
Jon Zeltsman's Roasted Root Vegetables	p. 71
Quick and Easy First Socks (aka Gussies)	p. 73
Heidi Anderson's Spinach, Onion, Sun-dried Tomato, and Feta Quiche	p. 82
Good Karma Slippers	p. 85
Lacy Scarf	p. 95
Genie's Killer Deviled Eggs	p. 100
Chicken Egg Warmers	p. 103
Latkes	p. 114
Mitten Ladies Slow-Cooker Soup	p. 120
Quick and Easy Mittens (aka Pearl)	p. 121
Updated Ripple Afghan	p. 129
Victory Scarf and Wristers	p. 137
Aunt Charlotte's "You Won't Believe How Easy It Is to Make" Jam	p. 144
Trio of Lacy Washcloths	p. 147
Genie's Hat	p. 153
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