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Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
A memoir as poignant as it is hilarious, Peggy Orenstein details her journey of hunkering down with a pair of shears at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chronicling the process of knitting a sweater from scratch with reflections on womanhood to race relations, Orenstein may just convince you to pick up your own set of knitting needles.
“Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it’s easy to forget she’s an important thinker too.”—People
In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch—shearing, spinning, dyeing wool—and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone.
The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein, ...