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Knitting Rules!


Knitting Rules!

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. The Yarn Harlot) is a writer, knitter, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Life
Pearl-McPhee’s grandmother, a professional knitter, taught her to knit when she was four years old.
 

Storey Publishing

210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams North Adams, city (1990 pop. 16,797), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshire Hills, on the Hoosic River near the Vt. border; settled c.1737, set off from Adams and inc. 1878. It is located in a summer resort and winter ski area. , MA 01247

1580178340 $12.95 www.storey.com

Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels The Mysteries Of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing And Rolling To Free Your Inner Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is a collection of creative, innovative, and eclectic information and commentary on knitting and yarn design. Expertly organized to provide readers easy access to essential survival skills, insider secrets, and undercover revelations for yarn enthusiasts of all levels and persuasion, Knitting Rules! offers invaluable preparedness techniques, discreet stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden  management practices, bushwhacking bush·whack  
v. bush·whacked, bush·whack·ing, bush·whacks

v.intr.
1. To make one's way through thick woods by cutting away bushes and branches.

2. To travel through or live in the woods.
 smarts for cutting pattern jungles, gauge hazards and yarn mysteries, first responder first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency  tactics to handle antagonistic non-practitioners, foolproof methods for eye-balling measurements, improvisational recipes for the resourceful knitter for socks, hats, scarves, and shawls, and much more. Knitting Rules! is very strongly recommended for all enthusiastic knitters from novice beginners to seasoned veterans for its informative commentary on the art and skill of knitting.
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Date:Jul 1, 2006
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