Faerie Knitting celebrates how stories and knitting can work their magic and save our lives. From the first page, I was enchanted.”

"The stories tell of the power of women and power of knitting, the magic of making and storytelling in ways that many knitters — and writers who knit, and knitters who write — will find familiar. It’s an interesting concept and the stories and knitting patterns are enjoyable alone and in combination."

"This book is a delightful collaboration ...with strong girls and women at their center. The patterns and stories mesh wonderfully each enriching the other to create a timeless collection. The photography lifts the book to an otherworldly realm, full of mist and magic. This is an imaginative book that can be used to knit or read some enchantment into your life."

"When Alice Hoffman – the Alice Hoffman ... releases a new book with her cousin, master knitter Lisa Hoffman, you sit up and pay attention ... With patterns like the ‘Amulet Necklace’ and ‘Witch Gloves,’ it’s just in time for Halloween. Perhaps weaving patterns from the Hoffman cousins’ book may be just the thing to unspool a bout of writer’s block this winter."

"Faerie Knitting is a beautiful book, lavish. Alice Hoffman ... knows her way around spells and enchantments. Faerie Knitting inhabits the timeless, nameless country we expect from traditional tales ... .Her heroines solve problems, fight enemies, and find love ... and better still, the stories tap into perennial fears and hopes that also feel extremely timely ... these women are concerned with far more than the arrival of a prince. The textile arts ... are natural and necessary aspects of magical tales. All the stories are set in, or include, the natural landscape. The colors and yarns she selects evoke wood and garden ... motifs cleverly echo the storytelling. The effect is beautifully disorienting ... quite dramatic. It’s a fine book, Faerie Knitting. This is one that will sit near my knitting and reading chair for quite some time."

Faerie Knitting celebrates how stories and knitting can work their magic and save our lives. From the first page, I was enchanted.

As featured in the 2018 Buzzfeed Holiday Gift Guide for Knitters

A beautiful book that takes flight and transports knitting to a magical place. I was enchanted by it all.

The Hoffmans have invited us to enter a magical world where adventures are enchanting, mysteries abound, and knitting projects and dreams come true.

"Like something ... from under the Christmas Tree."

"The book is beautifully photographed ... with easy to navigate charts, guides, and diagrams to make things extra helpful. One thing I love about this book is the sheer variety of projects ... Each story in the book blends nicely with the accompanying project and reads just like a classic storybook ... feels like a special vintage book. One of my favorite projects from the book is ... the Blue Heron Shawl, which also graces the cover. I'm such a shawl fanatic and this one is absolutely exquisite."

What a lovely gift, especially for the dreamy knitter as comfortable in the world of fantasy as she is in the world of wool.

Brilliant... the perfect book for lovers of books and of knitting.

A beautiful book that takes flight and transports knitting to a magical place. I was enchanted by it all.