Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #761784 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From AudioFile
Kymberly Dakin gives an exceptional performance of this collection of 16 stories on knitting. Dakin has a warm tone and clear speaking style that is appropriate to the topic. The stories are by several different authors, and Dakin creates believable characters for all of them. The stories range from the humorous to the intensely personal as the authors share how knitting plays a role in their lives. This anthology would be a perfect choice for listening while knitting and will also be of interest to those new to the world of yarn, patterns, and the community of knitters. R.F. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
Cool idea, no? Knit while listening to knitting. Not just podcasty knitting which tends to be opinion, and not always linear or well edited. Audio books are a very personal thing. It s not just content but the voices. I love Lela Nargi's style so Knitting Memories was a joy. One thing I do find about audio is that it's a unique experience. Even though I've read a book, with no plans to read it again, I will still listen and thoroughly enjoy listening to that same book. Now can we get Alan Rickman to read something? By Jillian Moreno, Knitty.com --Knitty.com

Kymberly Dakin gives an exceptional performance of this collection of 16 stories on knitting. Dakin has a warm tone and clear speaking style that is appropriate to the topic. The stories are by several different authors, and Dakin creates believable characters for all of them. The stories range from the humorous to the intensely personal as the authors share how knitting plays a role in their lives. This anthology would be a perfect choice for listening while knitting but will also be of interest to those new to the world of yarn, patterns, and the community of knitters. R.F. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine --AudioFile Magazine

Review
Interweave, October 2007
“This is a collection of fourteen essays written by thirteen knitters and one knitter’s husband. Every knitter I know could relate personally … some are deeply moving, others just plain fun, some educational, one or two perfect for putting me to sleep… Ms. Dakin is an exceptional reader. Her tone and voice takes on the personality of the written words so well that I looked forward to hearing the next essay.”
       
PublishersWeekly.com, Winter 2007
“Knitting Out Loud in Stockton Springs, Maine, bills itself as the only audiobook publisher to focus exclusively on knitting …The first three releases are shipping now: Knitting Memories: Reflections on the Knitter’s Life, edited by Nela Nargi and read by Kymberly Dakin.”
 

Customer Reviews

not so inspiring, not so well written
I like the yarnharlot and her blog and books and I enjoyed knitlit two, so I purchased this book as soon as it was on amazon. I was also curious to hear the stories of teva durham and lily chin. Maybe that is what is missing in the book: these women are desingers and that's what they do great, but they're not writers. that makes the book a disappointment for me. Buy 'knitting in America' of 'Knitknit' to learn more about the designing process and buy 'crazy aunt pearl' for a good story.

Stories for knitters...and those who love them.
Knitting is more than just a craft or the creation of something to wear. Between the knitter and yarn there is a tactile experience and a time of reflection, a chance to meditate or let the mind wander as it will. Between the knitter and the knitting is a relationship, and it is this that Lela Nargi explores in Knitting Memories: Reflections on the Knitter's Life.

This collection of sixteen essays has been written by knitters and non-knitters, givers and receivers, knitting stars (such as Lily Chin) and hospice-care workers. Here they reflection on the insights knitting has brought to their lives.

In her introduction, Nargi shares the story of her two-year-old daughter Ada's relationship with knitting. As she thought about the pieces Ada was drawn to, Nargi shares the philosophy she used to pull together the disparate elements of this collection. "These pieces of knitting...are intricate stories waiting to be unraveled, and mostly they are stories about relationships...one that has to do with history, tracing knitting's broad and narrow channels through the ages, linking knitters to ancient craftspeople or perhaps just our own mothers and grandmothers. And the story is also, sometimes, one about pure imagination--the way knitting exists in our minds as fertile territory to be plumbed, picked at, reveled in, and perhaps eventually presented to others so that they, too, may share in the imaginings."

What makes this collection more than another collection of knitters discussing their craft, is the inclusion of several essays by non-knitters. Of particular note is Cedric N. Chatterly's "Virginia," which shares the joy Virginia and her knitting have brought to his life. In "Silent Communion," Robert Bruce Cowan writes compellingly of his resentment for the activity that steals away his wife, making him feel "the house isn't big enough for the both of us." Yet he also realizes that his world is perfectly at peace when he is puttering and she is knitting.

This small hardcover is the perfect item to tuck into a knitting bag for moments stolen between projects or when the knitter needs to be reminded of their place in the larger story.

Armchair Interviews says: A little book filled with wonderful stories.