Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as the yarn harlot, is a Canadian knitter/writer/blogger who is known for her sharp witticism in her many anecdotal stories of failed knitting. She brings humor to the craft through her writing and has contributed to Cast-On, Spin Off, Interweave Knits and Knitty.com . Her next book, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off, is to be released March 21, 2007, for which she is organizing a book tour launch at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She has formed Knitters Without Borders/Tricoteuses Sans Frontières, a group of knitters who raise money for the non-profit organization Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders. Additionally, she founded the 2006 Knitting Olympics, where knitters were to complete a project between opening and closing ceremonies.
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- KnitLit (Too): Stories from Sheep to Shawl . . . and More Writing About Knitting, contributor
edited by Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf
February 24, 2004 Three Rivers Press
ISBN 1400051495
ISBN 978-1400051496
- At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
March 15, 2005,
Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 1580175899
ISBN 978-1580175890
- Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter
September 1, 2005
Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 0740750372
ISBN 978-0740750373
- Knitting Rules! The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks
March 1, 2006
Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 1580178340
ISBN 978-1580178341
- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting
Mar 15, 2007
Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 1580176585
ISBN 978-1580176583
