From New York Times bestselling knitting writer Clara Parkes, comes
a new collection of essays and stories drawn from the yarn-loving,
stash-collecting, close-knit community of knitters.
This addictive-to-read anthology celebrates yarn--specifically, the
knitter's reputation for acquiring it in large quantities and storing it
away in what's lovingly referred to as a "stash." Consider contributions
from knitting and teaching luminaries, including:
- BUST co-founder Debbie Stoller
- Meg Swansen, daughter of master knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann
- Knitting blogger and author Susan B. Anderson
alongside offerings from knitting greats Amy Herzog, Stephanie
Pearl-McPhee, and Franklin Habit--plus, stories from a romance novelist,
an illustrator, a PhD-wielding feminist publisher, a globetrotting
textile artist, a licensed clinical social worker, and the people behind
the world's largest collective online stash, Ravelry.com. The pieces
range from comical to earnest, lighthearted to deeply philosophical as
each seeks to answer the question of how the stash a knitter has
accumulated over the years reflects his or her place in universe.
The stories in A Stash of One's Own represent and provide validation
for knitters' wildly varying perspectives on yarn, from holding zero
stash, to stash-busting, to stockpiling masses of it--and even including
it in estate plans. These tales are for all fiber artists, spinners,
dyers, crafters, crocheters, sheep farmers, shop owners, beginning
knitters to yarn experts, and everyone who has ever loved a skein too
hard to let it go.
