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It Itches: A Stash Of Knitting Cartoons (2008)

by Franklin Habit(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1596680938 (ISBN13: 9781596680937)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Interweave Press

review 1: I got this just to get some knitting-related giggles. I got that in form of one-page cartoons that only a knitter, or a knitter-enabler would love. There were also some essays that were cute. My favorite essay was from the viewpoint of a poncho knit by a grandmother. It reminded me of some of the handknit and crocheted items I have saved downstairs, including a bright orange-and-white afghan with my name on it. It's now upstairs in my daughter's play area.I think this would be a great book for a gift for the knitter in your life.
review 2: This is a very short book, containing 10 little essays and 75 cartoons. The essays are funny and personal, but considerably more satirical than, for example, the writings of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. (I love Stephanie's bo... moreoks too, but I wanted to make clear that Franklin's stories are very much his own style)He is a blogger, and his essays and cartoons touch quite heavily on the in-jokes and common discussions in the online knitting community. I think it will still be funny to knitters who don't participate much in the online knitting world, since most of the subjects are well known to all knitters. But I think some of the cartoons holds a little extra resonance for people who have watched a wool vs acrylic argument get deeply and disturbingly out of hand on a knitting forum.The single funniest of the essays was, in my opinion, the collection of variations on the classic learn-to-knit rhyme: "In through the front door/Run around the back/Peek through the window/And off jumps Jack", including variants for Eco-tourists and Mobsters. I like that kind of strange and clever humor.Since it is not a technique book, pattern book, or stitch dictionary, I really would not be able to classify this as a "must have", but it's cute and funny. It's an excellent small gift for a secret santa exchange in a knitting group, or other small-gift kind of occasion. less

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