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

Orenstein, Peggy, (author.).

Summary:
"In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein 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. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone. The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein, a lifelong knitter, went just a little further. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, she set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater. Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool but her grief over the recent death of her mother and the decline of her dad, the impending departure of her college-bound daughter, and other thorny issues of aging as a woman in a culture that by turns ignores and disdains them. What she didn't expect was a journey into some of the major issues of our time: climate anxiety, racial justice, women's rights, the impact of technology, sustainability, and, ultimately, the meaning of home. With her wry voice, sharp intelligence, and exuberant honesty, Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter, wife, mother, writer, and maker--and teaches us all something about creativity and connection."-- Inside front jacket flap

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 193-195).
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.
Subject: Orenstein, Peggy.
Grief.
Knitting > Psychological aspects.
Knitters (Persons)
Sheep-shearing.
Dyes and dyeing.
Knitting.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 18 of 20 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 155.9 ORENSTE (Text) 50686016277068 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/15/2024
Altoona Area Public Library 155.9 ORE (Text) 33240005349231 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library 155.937 ORE (Text) 33249024856092 Non-fiction Available -
Collinsville Community Library Adults Orenstein Biography (Text) 34259000493371 Main Room Available -
Dalton Community Library 155.9 ORENSTE (Text) 50689010458791 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 155.9 ORE Nonfiction (Text) 34001001431335 Adult Area Available -
Exeter Community Library 155.937 ORE (Text) 33249025522263 Non-fiction Available -
Glatfelter Memorial Library Adults Orenstein Biography (Text) 34216001018805 Adult Area Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) 155.937 ORENSTEIN (Text)
Endowment: Leslie Flynn Named Endowment, 2023
35740635919459 Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Biography Orenstein (Text) 39427103723854 Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography Available -


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