Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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| Pen name | The Yarn Harlot |
| Occupation | writer and blogger |
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.
One of Pearl-McPhee's best known works is her blog, which also carries the moniker "The Yarn Harlot". 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 December, 2007, they have raised over $434,000 CAD.
In 2006 she started the 2006 Knitting Olympics, a competition for knitters to start and finish one challenging 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 held the same rules but was organized elsewhere.
Pearl-McPhee often makes personal appearances at conventions, book stores and other craft-related events where she shares her view of life and knitting with fellow crafters. Her 2008 tour includes venues across the USA and Canada, including branches of Barnes & Noble and the Borders Group, independent bookshops, knitting shops and fibre festivals. The tour will include her first ever appearance in Europe, at I Knit London's I Knit Day in September 2008
[edit] Books
- Knitlit Too (contributor), 2004 (ISBN 1400051495)
- At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much, 2005 (ISBN 1580175899)
- Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter, 2005 (ISBN 0740750372)
- Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks, 2006 (ISBN 1580178340)
- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting, 2007 (ISBN 9781580176583)
- Things I Learned from Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not), 2008 (ISBN 9781603420624)
