A must read for knitters. ( )

I'm knitting socks from Chapter 6 and I'm pretty obsessed. I love her philosophy and sense of humor. ( )

neither particularly funny nor entertaining ( )

Actually funny, in that I would force my family and friends to listen to select passages (which, as non-knitters, they couldn't appreciate, unfortunately!).

Ms. Pearl-McPhee, whom I met at a recent knitting event, describes this book as her only actually useful book, but her voice is so compelling that I look forward to reading more of her not-truly-useful oeuvre. This is a very easy read, with short essays (technically the right term, but that sounds so dry--they're not!), sidebars, lists, caveats, etc., interspersed with instructions for making things, sometimes as simple as (I'm approximating) "knit to desired width, turn, keep knitting until scarf is desired length." See, knitting patterns don't have to be complicated!

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). ( )

I found this book to be quite helpful. I'm a big Yarn Harlot fan, and a devoted reader of her blog, which is why this book initially caught my eye. It's been helpful in helping me transition from strictly following a pattern to striking out on my own and trying some designing. ( )