Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. The Yarn Harlot) is a writer, knitter, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Life
Pearl-McPhee’s grandmother, a professional knitter, taught her to knit when she was four years old. She and her husband, Joe, have three daughters: Amanda, Meg and Sam. After many years together, she and Joe were married on September 30, 2006.
[edit] Work
Pearl-McPhee has contributed articles and patterns to knitting magazines such as Cast On, Interweave Knits, Knitty, Stranded, and Spin Off. She also contributed a chapter to the book Knitlit Too. In addition, she has written four books on knitting.
Pearl-McPhee’s writing and work is best known through her blog. In 2004, she founded Tricoteuses sans Frontières (Knitters without Borders), a group dedicated to raising money for the non-profit Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). As of January, 2007, they have raised over $320,000.
In 2006 she started the 2006 Knitting Olympics, a competition for knitters to start and finish one project during the timeframe of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Over 4,000 knitters worldwide participated. The event was also the catalyst for a 2006 Crochet Olympics, which operated under the same rules but was organized elsewhere.
[edit] Books
- Knitlit Too (contributor) (2004)
- At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much (2005)
- Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter (2005)
- Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks (2006)
- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting (2007)
