The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein, a lifelong knitter, went just a little further. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, she set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater. Orenstein hoped the project would help her process...

"The Knitter's Life List" is a richly illustrated road map to woolly adventures guaranteed to get any knitter's needles clicking faster. Listing more than 1,000 must-have experiences, this is the ultimate guidebook to everything knitting.

"The rhythm, ritual, and pleasure of knitting are celebrated in this new collection for lovers of both knitting and literature. In [this book], two dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting. Lily King remembers the year her family lived in Italy, and a knitted hat that helped her daughter adjust to her new home. Laura Lippman explores how converting to Judaism changed not only Christmas but also her mother's gift...

Rachael Herron has always had a knitting project close at hand, as she learned that knitting is more than just a process of making objects...knitting can be a way of measuring a life by the stitches made. Honest, funny, and full of warmth, her tales will speak to knitters of every type showing that even when things unravel, there is always a way to knit them back together...sometimes into something even better.

"Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this inspiring and witty memoir on a creative life enriched by her adventures around the world. Building on the success of The Yarn Whisperer, Parkes's rich personal essays invite readers and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, from a guide who quickly comes to feel like a trusted confidante. In Knitlandia, she takes readers along on 17 of her most...