Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 039334987X ISBN 13: 9780393349870

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2014

Riassunto

“The impressive collection of writers here have contributed essays that celebrate knitting and knitters. They share their knitting triumphs and disasters as well as their life triumphs and disasters. . . . These essays will break your heart. They will have you laughing out loud.”—Ann Hood, from the introductionWhy does knitting occupy a place in the hearts of so many writers? What’s so magical and transformative about yarn and needles? How does knitting help us get through life-changing events and inspire joy? In Knitting Yarns, twenty-seven writers tell stories about how knitting healed, challenged, or helped them to grow. Barbara Kingsolver describes sheering a sheep for yarn. Elizabeth Berg writes about her frustration at failing to knit. Ann Patchett traces her life through her knitting, writing about the scarf that knits together the women she’s loved and lost. Knitting a Christmas gift for his blind aunt helped Andre Dubus III knit an understanding with his girlfriend. Kaylie Jones finds the woman who used knitting to help raise her in France and heals old wounds. Sue Grafton writes about her passion for knitting. Also included are five original knitting patterns created by Helen Bingham.Poignant, funny, and moving, Knitting Yarns is sure to delight knitting enthusiasts and lovers of literature alike.

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L'autore:

Ann Hood is the author, most recently, of The Obituary Writer, as well as bestsellers The Red Thread (ISBN 978 0 393 33976 5) and The Knitting Circle. Author website: www.annhood.us

Product Description:

Fodera interna: poliestere
Forma della borsa: quadrato verticale
Stile di tendenza della borsa: borsa per bambini

Metodo di apertura: cerniera
Elementi popolari: filo per cucire
Struttura interna del pacchetto: sacchetto identificativo, borsa per cellulare, borsa con cerniera laminata

Numero della tracolla: singola radice
Dimensione della borsa: grande
Modello: colore solido

Stile: stile europeo e americano
Metodo di lavorazione: superficie morbida

Durezza: morbida
Parti di sollevamento: manico morbido
Tipo di borsa esterna: tasca applicata interna

Colore: bianco, rosso, grigio chiaro, verde, nero, rosa, marrone

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Anno della stagione quotata: inverno 2018
Genere applicabile: femmina
Materiale: PU

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 039334987X
• ISBN 13: 9780393349870
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 294
• Redattore: Hood Ann