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Unraveling : what I learned about life while shearing sheep, dyeing wool, and making the world's ugliest sweater Cover Image Book

Unraveling : what I learned about life while shearing sheep, dyeing wool, and making the world's ugliest sweater / Peggy Orenstein.

Orenstein, Peggy, (author.).

Summary:

The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063081727
  • ISBN: 0063081725
  • Physical Description: xxi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: from sheep to sweater -- You do ewe -- Shear madness, shear delight -- The stuff of us -- Spinning my wheels -- The prick of the spindle -- I would dye 4 u -- Something blue -- Crafty women -- Knit one.

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Subject:
Orenstein, Peggy.
Grief.
Knitters (Persons)
Knitting > Psychological aspects.
Sheep-shearing.
Dyes and dyeing.
Knitting.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 25 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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Mars Hill Library 155.9 ORE (Text) 30229101278256 Adult Nonfiction Available -