March Was Made Of Yarn

Author : Elmer Luke
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307948870
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book March Was Made of Yarn written by Elmer Luke and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In time for the one year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a collection of essays and stories by Japanese writers on the devastating disaster, its aftermath, and the resolve of a people to rebuild. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to such a tragedy, in what is a fascinating, enigmatic and poignant collection.

Author : Elmer Luke
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 184655618X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book March was Made of Yarn written by Elmer Luke and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11th March 2011. An earthquake occurring off the north-eastern coast of Japan - magnitude 9.0, duration six minutes - unleashed a 50-foot tsunami that slammed its way ashore, rushing inland six miles, crushing all in its path. This collection features writers who seek to explore the impact of this catastrophe through a variety of different means.

Author : Elmer Luke
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307948862
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book March Was Made of Yarn written by Elmer Luke and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In time for the one year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a collection of essays and stories by Japanese writers on the devastating disaster, its aftermath, and the resolve of a people to rebuild. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to such a tragedy, in what is a fascinating, enigmatic and poignant collection.

Author : Kimura Yūsuke
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023154832X
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa's Deluge written by Kimura Yūsuke and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these two novellas, Kimura Yūsuke explores human and animal life in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March 11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the “Triple Disaster” into a rich regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it in the aftermath of calamity. ​ In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from Tokyo travels to volunteer at a cattle farm known as the “Fortress of Hope,” tending irradiated animals abandoned after the reactor meltdown. The farm closely resembles an actual ranch that has been widely covered in Japan, and the story’s portrayal of those who stubbornly care for animals in spite of the danger speaks to the sense of futility and meaningfulness in the wake of traumatic events. Isa’s Deluge depicts a family of fishermen whose crotchety patriarch draws on old tales of the floods that have plagued the region to fashion himself as the father of the tsunami. Together, the novellas present often-unheard voices of one of Japan’s peripheral regions and their anger toward the government and Tokyo for mishandling and forgetting their part of the country. Kimura’s command of dialect and conversational language is masterfully translated by Doug Slaymaker. Postapocalyptically surreal yet teeming with life, Kimura’s stories will be a revelation for readers looking for a new perspective on the disaster’s consequences for Japan and on the interrelated meanings of human and animal lives and deaths.

Author : Sally Goldenbaum
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781101466063
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Holiday Yarn written by Sally Goldenbaum and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holiday time is magical in Sea Harbor, as the Seaside Knitters turn winter yarns of deep reds, greens, and golds into gifts. But when murder comes to this small New England town, they must set aside their needles to pursue justice—and restore joy to the season. In Sea Harbor the scent of snow fills the salty air, and at Izzy’s Seaside Yarn Studio, the Knitters feast on cookies, knit their gifts, and plan their holiday gatherings. Across town, Mary Pisano is sparing no expense to transform the estate she inherited from her grandfather into a bed-and-breakfast. When the Pisano family gathers for their annual meeting, Mary offers to put up her cousins in the refurbished family home, hoping to dispel any ill will over her inheriting the estate. But hard feelings are likely the cause when Mary’s cousin Pamela is found dead on the B and B’s snowy back porch. While the Seaside Knitters begin unraveling the case, Izzy Chambers is knitting her brow over her own mystery—the mystery of love. As the holiday draws nigh, the four friends will need all their crafty know-how to solve the crime and restore holiday peace—and the magic of mistletoe—to Sea Harbor.

Author : Wendy Bernard
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1683352181
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Stitches Unraveled written by Wendy Bernard and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese stitch patterns are eye-catching and much sought after by devotees, but before now, they often seemed out of reach, whether locked behind Japanese-only instructions or tangled up in difficult-to-decipher illustrations. Japanese Stitches Unraveled offers 150 rare patterns inspired by these elusive and intricate Japanese stitch designs, along with fully illustrated charts, familiar symbols, and clear instructions for every single stitch. Each stitch pattern receives Bernard’s unique four-direction makeover—topdown, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round. To showcase the knitting in action, Bernard also includes instructions for six garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting without a pattern.

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393239497
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays about the transformative power of knitting from 27 contemporary authors, including Ann Patchett, Barbara Kingsolver, John Dufresne, and Joyce Maynard.

Author : Alice Ormsbee Beltran
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1419742795
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knitstrips written by Alice Ormsbee Beltran and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s first comic-strip knitting book, Knitstrips presents 22 original patterns, boundless humor, and seriously appealing knitting instruction Inspired, original, and laugh-out-loud funny, knitstrips are patterns and knitting instruction mixed with advice and humorous commentary—and presented in illustrated comic book panels. Launched in 2016 on the mega-popular knitting site Modern Daily Knitting, the strips gained instant popularity and have attracted thousands of avid fans. The book includes 22 brand-new patterns and is designed to mimic a bound collection of comic books in a series: each “issue” with its own cover and wry theme—from yarn stashes to binge knitting—that is close to the heart of knitters. Issues offer four to six knitting patterns each, plus designer highlights and a variety of stories and technical discussions. The result is a fresh, lively knitting adventure that is like nothing the fiber world has seen before.

Author : Clara Parkes
Publisher : Potter Craft
ISBN 13 : 0307586987
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knitter's Book of Yarn written by Clara Parkes and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater that started pilling before it even came off the needles. The stunning colorwork scarf that you can’t wear because the yarn feels like sandpaper against your neck. If only there were a way to read a skein and know how it would behave and what it wanted to become before you invested your time, energy, and money in it. Now there is! With The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, you’ll learn how to unleash your inner yarn whisperer. In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations used by large-scale manufacturers and importers, medium-sized companies, boutique dye shops, community spinneries, and old-fashioned sheep farms. And, because we learn best by doing, Parkes went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimize the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it’s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it longs to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you won’t have to wonder what to do with it. You’ll just know–the way any yarn whisperer would.

Author : Miriam Kosman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945560460
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Blue and Yellow Yarn written by Miriam Kosman and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: